The viewing deck is called the Miyazaki Airport Park where a small airplane Beechcraft C90A King Air JA8850 can be seen. The aircraft belongs to the Civil Aviation College which is based in Miyazaki City.

The Umisachi Yamasachi train is not a regular train but a sightseeing train. It travels along the scenic Nichinan coastline between Miyazaki city and Nango in Miyazaki Prefecture. The train starts from Miyazaki Station at 10:06am, spends 4 hours in Nango, and returns to Miyazaki by 5:15pm.

Considered as the most important shrine in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Jingu the oldest which is said to be established over 2600 years ago. According to legend, the place where the present shrine stood formerly housed a palace enshrining the spirit of Emperor Jimmu. The present structure was built in 1907 with the main shrine built with only Japanese cedar from Sano.

Aoshima is a small island measuring 1.5 kilometer in diameter and a surface area of 4.4 hectares. There are more than 200 varieties of subtropical plants fluorishing on the island, particularly the 5000 palm trees with some of which are 350 years old. It was assigned as one of Japan’s National Special Natural Monuments.

After attending the first day of my conference in Miyazaki, I took the bus with two colleagues going to Shimin no Mori (Citizen’s Forest). The Awakigaharashinrin Park and Eda Jinja are located in this forest.