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.
The Akagi Family Residence in Tsuno, Miyazaki, is an 1844 merchant house that also lodged daimyo as a honjin. See its guest rooms, storehouse and stone-based barn.
Raised in 1919 by a Kushima family enriched by forestry, the Former Yoshimatsu Family Residence keeps all five buildings. An Important Cultural Property since 2008.
Kurasaki Lighthouse on a cliff in Nichinan, Miyazaki, first lit in 1884 for the Yokohama to Hong Kong route, has one of the earliest concrete towers in Japan.
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.
The main hall of Mikado Shrine in Misato, Miyazaki, at the eastern foot of the Kyushu Mountains, is a seven-bay nagare-style hall of 1661, dated by its ridge tags.
More from Miyazaki
Miyazaki’s registered properties across designations, with featured heritage and travel notes.
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Nationwide jūyō bunkazai — architecture, sculpture, painting, crafts, and documents.