An ancient shrine perched on a cliff overlooking Hyuga-nada (the sea off Miyazaki), known as a direct auxiliary shrine (chokku) of Amaterasu Omikami. The shrine enshrines Amaterasu, the ancestral deity of Emperor Jimmu, and has been revered since antiquity as a sacred site deeply intertwined with the myths of Hyuga Province. The columnar jointing and 'sazare-ishi' (fine-grained rocks) within the p…

The exact founding date of Omio-jinja Shrine is unknown, but it is traditionally held that the shrine has been venerated since ancient times as a direct sanctuary (chokkyu) dedicated to Amaterasu Omikami, enshrined on a cliff overlooking Hyuga-nada. The site is deeply connected to the mythological l…