Edo
Miyazaki · 江戸Browse Miyazaki’s cultural heritage from the Edo period (1603 – 1868). Filter by type and keyword, with concise stories, maps, and travel tips.
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.
Aitai Bridge in Ebino City, Miyazaki Prefecture, is a stone single-arch bridge built in 1729. Serving as both a road bridge on the Hitoyoshi Highway and an irrigation aqueduct, it features double-layered voussoirs and cut stone paving, and is registered as a national Tangible Cultural Property.