Discover

is located on the island of Kyūshū, Japan. The capital is the city of Miyazaki.

Contents

History

Geography

Region

Cities

Districts

Mergers already occurred

Sports

See also

External links

History

Historically, after the Meiji Restoration, Hyūga Province was renamed Miyazaki Prefecture. See Abolition of the han system article for detailed discussion.

Geography

Miyazaki Prefecture is located on the eastern coast of the island of Kyūshū. Surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the south and east, Ōita Prefecture to the north, and Kumamoto and Kagoshima Prefectures to the west.

Region

Nine cities, 18 towns, and 3 villages are located in Miyazaki Prefecture:

Cities

★ Ebino

★ Hyūga

★ Kobayashi

★ Kushima

★ Miyakonojō

★ Miyazaki (capital)

★ Nichinan

★ Nobeoka

★ Saito

Districts

★ Higashimorokata District

★
★ Aya

★
★ Kunitomi

★ Higashiusuki District

★
★ Kadogawa

★
★ Misato

★
★ Morotsuka

★
★ Shiiba

★ Kitamorokata District

★
★ Mimata

★ Koyu District

★
★ Kawaminami

★
★ Kijo

★
★ Nishimera

★
★ Shintomi

★
★ Takanabe

★
★ Tsuno

★ Minaminaka District

★
★ Kitago

★
★ Nango

★ Miyazaki District

★
★ Kiyotake

★ Nishimorokata District

★
★ Nojiri

★
★ Takaharu

★ Nishiusuki District

★
★ Gokase

★
★ Hinokage

★
★ Takachiho

Mergers already occurred

★ The towns of :Tano, Sadowara, and Takaoka merged into the city of Miyazaki (January 1, 2006)

★ The towns of Takajo, Takazaki, Yamada and Yamanokuchi and the city of Miyakonojo→the city of Miyakonojo (January 1, 2006) ※New municipal organization

★ The villages of Nango, Saigo and Kitago→the town of Misato (January 1, 2006)

★ The towns of Kitaura and Kitakata merged into the city of Nobeoka (February 20, 2006)

★ The town of Togo merged into the city of Hyūga. (February 25, 2006)

★ The city of Kobayashi and the village of Suki→the city of Kobayashi. (March 20, 2006) ※New municipal organization

★ The town of Kitagawa merged into the city of Nobeoka. (March 31, 2007)

★ With the mergers held across Japan, Miyazaki Prefecture is one of the prefectures have only a handful of the new city with a new name (Tokyo, Osaka, Kanagawa, Yamagata, and Tottori Prefectures are others).

Sports

The sports teams listed below are based in Miyazaki.
Football (soccer)


★ Honda Lock S.C. (Miyazaki city)

See also

★ Miyazaki Ocean Dome

External links

★ Official Miyazaki Prefecture website

★ Official Miyazaki Prefecture website

★ Miyazaki and Vicinity Information from the JNTO