Important Cultural Property of Miyazaki
宮 崎 県 の 重 要 文 化 財Miyazaki’s Important Cultural Properties — designated for their value to the nation’s cultural history.
Kurasaki Lighthouse, standing on the southern tip of Oshima Island off Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture, is Japan's oldest surviving unreinforced concrete lighthouse, completed in 1884. Designed by pioneering Japanese engineer Fujikura Kentatsu, it was designated a National Important Cultural Property in 2024. Discover its distinctive dodecagonal tower, dramatic clifftop setting, and the adventure of reaching this remote island beacon.
Koda Shrine's main hall in Miyazaki is a rare medieval shrine in southern Kyushu, dated by ridge tags to 1448 and restored to its red-lacquer and gold-leaf finish.
Kodama Shrine's inner sanctuary in Miyakonojo is Miyazaki's oldest dated wooden building, a 1399 Buddhist tabernacle saved by villagers during the Meiji purges.
Takachiho Shrine's 1778 main hall in highland Miyazaki is a grand five-bay nagare-zukuri in plain zelkova, carved with dragons, a phoenix, and a local hero's legend.
Shiiba's Nasu Family Residence, an 1823 Important Cultural Property, is 25 meters long yet one room deep, and known as Tsurutomi Yashiki after a Genpei-era legend.
Dated to 1787 by a carved post inscription, this is Miyazaki's oldest documented farmhouse: no doma, just two board-floored rooms in an archaic mountain plan.
Nestled deep in the mountains of Misato Town, Miyazaki Prefecture, the main hall of Mikado Shrine is a nationally designated Important Cultural Property built in 1661 in the rare seven-bay nagare-zukuri style. Enshrining Prince Jeongga of the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje, the shrine preserves bronze mirrors identical to those in the Nara Shōsōin Repository. Together with the adjacent Nishi no Shōsōin and Hall of Baekje, it offers a unique window into ancient Japan-Korea cultural exchange.
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