Recommended Route_Day 1

Miyazaki Country Club

One of Miyazaki's best seaside courses facing the Hyuga Sea.

A historic golf course opened in 1960, located about 5 minutes by car from Miyazaki Bougainvillea Airport. It is a seaside course that hosts the LPGA Tour Championship Ricoh Cup and is popular with players from Japan and abroad. With a warm climate all year round, you can comfortably play rounds on the Korai turf even in winter. The 18-hole par 72 course is strategically designed with a layout that makes the best use of the seaside pine forest and the natural beauty of the topography.

Best Season: Throughout the year

URL: https://www.miyazakicc.jp

Address: 4855-90 Tayoshi, Miyazaki-City 

Nishitachi

An entertainment district where you can enjoy the local food and alcohol.
This area is the largest entertainment district in Miyazaki City with more than 1,500 restaurants. Many lanterns are hung on both sides of the street, so there is a retro and warm atmosphere. You can savor the food and alcohol of Miyazaki (e.g., local chicken, Miyazaki beef and Shochu).

Best Season: Throughout the year

URL: N/A
Address: Approx. 13 minutes on foot from Miyazaki Station

Recommended Route_Day 2

Obi Castle / Obi Castle Town

A castle town where the old townscape of Japan remains.

Obi castle has many splendid gated samurai residences surrounded by stone walls and mortar fences can still be found here. These provide a reminder of the days when samurai were present. It is known as a famous spot for cherry blossoms in the spring.
The day after playing golf, how about strolling around and eating in the atmospheric castle town of Obi?

Best Season: Cherry Blossom Season

URL: http://obijyo.com

Address: 4-Obi, Nichinan-City

Udo Shrine

This is a shrine famous for superb scenery overlooking the Pacific Ocean on the road leading to the main shrine building. The main shrine building is located inside a cave, so it has a mysterious atmosphere. There are statues of rabbits, the messengers of god, in places throughout the grounds of this shrine. It is said that your wishes will come true by stroking them.

Best Season: Throughout the year

URL: https://www.udojingu.com

Address: 3232 Miyaura, Nichinan-City

Sun Messe Nichinan

This is a park symbolized by seven moai statues restored with permission from Easter Island - a unique sight in the world. The sight of the moai statues lined up against a background of the blue sky and the majestic Pacific Ocean is stunning. There are also shops and restaurants, so you can taste local foods.

Best Season: Throughout the year

URL: https://www.sun-messe.co.jp

Address: 2650 Miyaura, Nichinan-City

Aoshima Shrine

Aoshima Shrine is located on Aoshima. It is famous as a shrine which answers prayers for marriage. Many couples and women visit this shrine from all over Japan. 

The heart-shaped artworks in the grounds of the shrine, the ema wooden plaques which are hung up after visitors write their wishes down on them and love fortune telling slips that predict love are popular. 

There is also a place where you can pray for good luck by tying string with different colors depending on your wish or by throwing earthenware dishes in a special place.

Best Season: Throughout the year

URL: https://aoshima-jinja.jp

Address: 2-13-1 Aoshima, Miyazaki-City

Recommended Route_Day 3

Takachiho

Takachiho Gorge is one of Japan's representative scenic spots, designated as a national scenic natural monument in 1934 as the Gokase River Gorge. It is known for the unique beauty of the valley formed by columnar joints, including Manai Falls, the symbol of Takachiho. It is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Miyazaki Prefecture and is popular both inside and outside the prefecture. In the mysterious and characteristic scenery created by nature, you will feel like you are in another world while you are on the boat.

Best Season: Spring / Summer / Autumn

URL: https://takachiho-kanko.info

Address: Mitai Mishioi, Takachiho-Town

Amano Iwato Shrine

It is a shrine that tells the Amanoiwato myth described in the Kojiki and Nihonshoki.

At Nishi Hongu, you can visit the sacred object "Amanoiwato" with a fixed schedule. (No photography allowed)

Higashi Hongu is the place where Amaterasu Omikami, who came out of Amano Yasugawara, first lived.

Best Season: Throughout the year

URL: https://amanoiwato-jinja.jp/

Address: 1073-1 Iwato, Takachiho-Town

Amano Yasugawara

It is said to be a cave where eight million gods gathered to consult in order to bring out the hidden Amaterasu Omikami.

You can feel the origin of myth in the scenery with the torii gate in the cave.

It is said that if you pile up stones with a wish in mind, your wish will come true.

Please try to accumulate your wishes.

Best Season: Throughout the year

URL: N/A

Address: Iwato, Takachiho-Town

Tsuno Winery

A winery in Miyazaki Prefecture that is attracting attention from famous sommeliers.

Tsuno Wine is a winery established on the Makiuchi Plateau at an altitude of 150m overlooking the Miyazaki Plain. Based on the belief that wine should be local sake, the wine made using 100% locally grown grapes is not only widely loved by the locals, but is also highly rated both domestically and internationally. It is currently attracting attention as a high-quality Japanese wine that boasts to the world.

Best Season: Autumn

URL: https://tsunowine.com

Address: 14609-20 Kawakita, Tsuno-Town

Miyazaki Gyouza Mawatari

Founded in 1967, Gyoza no Mawatari is a gyoza specialty store located in Takanabe Town, Miyazaki Prefecture. Takanabe-cho is famous as a gyoza town, boasting top-class gyoza consumption in Japan.

”Mawatari” is a well-known store that competes for the number one place in Takanabe Town. You can enjoy Miyazaki's famous gyoza dumplings, which are baked in an iron pot that has been used for over 50 years.

Best Season: Throughout the year

URL: https://mawatari.net

Address: 589 Takanabe-Town