:Miyazaki Prefecture

{{See also|History of Miyazaki Prefecture|Historic Sites of Miyazaki Prefecture}}

Historically, after the Meiji Restoration, Hyūga Province was renamed Miyazaki Prefecture.Nussbaum, "Provinces and prefectures" at {{Google books|p2QnPijAEmEC|p. 780|page=780}}.

In Japan, Miyazaki Prefecture was first created in 1873 when Mimitsu Prefecture was merged with parts of Miyakonojō Prefecture. The first Miyazaki existed only until 1876 when it was merged (back) into Kagoshima Prefecture. Under public pressure and demands in the Kagoshima Prefectural Assembly, Miyazaki became finally independent from Kagoshima in 1883.Prefectural government of Miyazaki (2013): [http://www.pref.miyazaki.lg.jp/contents/org/honbu/hisho/komiya/sp1_1308.htm 宮崎県 置県130年] (Miyazaki-ken chiken 130-nen, "Miyazaki Prefecture – 130 years [since/after] the establishment of the prefecture"), retrieved September 1, 2020.

Miyazaki Prefecture is on the eastern coast of the island of Kyushu, surrounded by the Pacific Ocean to the south and east, Ōita Prefecture to the north, and Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures to the west. It is one of only two locations on Earth where the fungus Chorioactis geaster is found.{{cite journal |vauthors=Nagao H, Kurogi S, Kiyota E, Sasatomi K |year=2009 |title=Kumanasamuha geaster sp. nov., an anamorph of Chorioactis geaster from Japan |journal=Mycologia |volume=101 |issue=6 |pages=871–877 |doi=10.3852/08-121 |pmid=19927753|s2cid=27704164 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/895516 }} Miyazaki is the home of the hyuganatsu fruit. It is also home to two virgin forests of the palm Livistona chinensis, one of which, on the islet of Aoshima, Miyazaki, is the northernmost reproducing population of its native range.{{cite web|url=https://ucanr.edu/sites/HodelPalmsTrees/files/256103.pdf |title=Exploring for Palms in Japan}} 14 February 2017. University of California Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. Retrieved 24 December 2021

As of 31 March 2019, 12% of the total land area of the prefecture was designated as Natural Parks, namely the Kirishima-Kinkōwan National Park; Kyūshū Chūō Sanchi, Nichinan Kaigan, Nippō Kaigan, and Sobo-Katamuki Quasi-National Parks; and Mochio-Sekinoo, Osuzu, Saitobaru-Sugiyasukyō, Sobo Katamuki, Wanitsuka, and Yatake Kōgen Prefectural Natural Parks.{{cite web |url=https://www.env.go.jp/park/doc/data/natural/naturalpark_4.pdf |script-title=ja:自然公園都道府県別面積総括 |trans-title=General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture |language=ja |publisher=Ministry of the Environment |date=31 March 2019 |access-date=12 August 2019}}{{cite web |url=http://eco.pref.miyazaki.lg.jp/nature_environment2/national_park/ |script-title=ja:宮崎の国定公園・県立自然公園 |trans-title=Quasi-National and Prefectural Natural Parks of Miyazaki |language=ja |publisher=Miyazaki Prefecture |access-date=12 August 2019}}

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{{See also|List of cities in Miyazaki Prefecture by population}}Image:Map of Miyazaki Prefecture Ja.svg

Nine cities are in Miyazaki Prefecture:

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These are the towns and villages of each district:

{{main|List of mergers in Miyazaki Prefecture}}

The sports teams/events listed below are based in Miyazaki.

• Honda Lock S.C. (Miyazaki City)
• Tegevajaro Miyazaki (Miyazaki City)

• Miyazaki Shining Suns (Miyazaki City)

• Dunlop Phoenix Tournament (ダンロップフェニックストーナメント, Danroppu fenikkusu tōnamento) (Miyazaki City)
• Annual Japan Golf Tour event, with one of the highest prize money amounts on the tour, that attracts top players from around the world.

• JR Kyushu
• Nippō Main Line, Miyazaki Kūkō Line, Nichinan Line, Kitto Line, Hisatsu Line

• Miyazaki Kōtsu

• Miyazaki Airport

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• History of Miyazaki Prefecture
• Miyazaki Ocean Dome

{{Reflist}}

• Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric and Käthe Roth. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC Japan encyclopedia.] Cambridge: Harvard University Press. {{ISBN|978-0-674-01753-5}}; [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/58053128?referer=di&ht=edition OCLC 58053128]

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• [http://www.kanko-miyazaki.jp/english/index.html Official Miyazaki Prefecture website]
• [http://www.pref.miyazaki.lg.jp/ Official Miyazaki Prefecture website] {{in lang|ja}}
• [http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/location/rtg/pdf/pg-706.pdf Miyazaki and Vicinity Information from the JNTO]

The following travel- and tourism-related videos were shot and provided by video artist [https://www.youtube.com/user/egawauemon egawauemon].

• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5EtB7MnxI0 General video footage]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox8LEbZgJa8 Scenery-related video footage]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVSJdd2H1w Culture-related video footage]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmFCAn9gUsg Leisure-related video footage]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZojkhTJR6U Food-related video footage]
• [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZ1ofpkhhco Golf-related video footage]

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