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Compare the visit scope, transport notes and prayer traditions of the shrines currently listed here. This is a selected guide, not a complete regional directory.
Compare Miyazaki Jingu's wooded city precinct, Aoshima Shrine's coastal island and Udo Jingu's sea-cliff cave. Choose for transport, scenery and walking conditions as well as prayer traditions. Udo's main sanctuary requires descending steps; coastal journeys are additional to the time at each shrine.
Vermilion buildings and torii on the island · The subtropical trees around the precinct · Coastal rock formations seen from the approach
Estimated visit
40–60 min
Bridge crossing, ordinary worship and the main island precinct; excludes travel from the station, a full coastal circuit, museum visits, formal prayers and queues.
Getting there
About 10 minutes on foot from JR Aoshima Station. Reach the island across the pedestrian bridge; ordinary visitors cannot drive across to the shrine.
Address & enshrined kami
2-13-1 Aoshima, Miyazaki
Hikohohodemi no Mikoto · Toyotamahime no Mikoto · Shiotsutsu no Okami
Vermilion sanctuary inside a cave · Views over the Nichinan coast · Undama clay-ball tradition, with a separate charge
Estimated visit
30–60 min
Ordinary worship at the cave sanctuary and the main coastal approach. Excludes transport, queues, additional mountain paths and Namikiri Shrine.
Getting there
The prefectural guide lists a Miyazaki Kotsu bus towards Obi from Miyazaki Station, about 90 minutes to Udo Jingu, followed by about 10 minutes on foot. Check present services and the return journey before relying on the bus.
Address & enshrined kami
3232 Miyaura, Nichinan, Miyazaki
Hikonagisatake Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto (Ugayafukiaezu)
