Registered Tangible Cultural Properties of Miyazaki

Standing on the cliffs of Hyuga Cape at the eastern tip of the Hososhima Peninsula in Miyazaki Prefecture, Hososhima Lighthouse is an eleven-meter white cylindrical concrete tower with a remarkable history. First lit in 1910 only to burn down twelve days later, it was rebuilt in its current form in 1941 and registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2019. Architectural details such as the semicircular arched entrance and bold triangular brackets are valued examples of early-Showa design, and in 2017 it became Miyazaki's first 'Lovers' Lighthouse.' Combined with the columnar cliffs of Mt. Umagase and the legendary Cross Sea, it is one of Hyuga's most breathtaking coastal destinations.

Standing quietly in the historic port district of Aburatsu in Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Mitsuo Shoten is a wooden, tile-roofed two-story building constructed around 1929 in the pseudo-Western signboard architecture style. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2006, it is a rare southern example of an architectural fashion that swept through Tokyo and Osaka in the early Showa era — a testament to Aburatsu's prosperity during the legendary tuna boom.

The Miyazaki Prefectural Government Main Building, completed in 1932, is a striking Neo-Gothic structure of reinforced concrete with three above-ground stories and a basement. The fourth-oldest active prefectural main office in Japan — and the very oldest in Kyushu — it was designed by Oshio Akira and built by Obayashi Corporation. Inside, visitors find granite from Hiroshima's Kurahashi Island (the same Diet Stone used in Japan's National Diet Building), fossil-bearing marble handrails from Mount Gion in Miyazaki, and eight stained-glass round windows in an arrow-feather pattern. Registered as a National Tangible Cultural Property in 2017, the building welcomes visitors with free guided tours on the first Sunday of each month.

Miyazaki Shrine's Stone Fence, built in 1907, runs some 235 meters of cast artificial stone around the sanctuary to the Funatsuka tumulus, an early concrete boundary.

Miyazaki Shrine's Goryoya, built in 1907, stands east of the heiden and, with its twin hall to the west, forms the symmetrical facade Ito Chuta designed here.

Miyazaki Shrine's Shinsenjo, built in 1907, stands west of the heiden and holds the shrine's sacred food offerings. It is registered as a fine example of its type.

Miyazaki Shrine's Shinden, built in 1907, faces south before the Funatsuka burial mound. Its plain, Ise-influenced form earned a rare listing as a model of design.