「飫肥の日本庭園的景観」宮崎県 / "Japanese Garden Landscape of Obi" Miyazaki Pref

「飫肥の日本庭園的景観」宮崎県日南市

飫肥は、宮崎県の南部、日南市中央部にある小さな町。天正16年（1588）から明治初期までの280年間飫肥藩・伊東氏5万1千石の城下町として、また飫肥杉の生産で栄えたところです。武家屋敷を象徴する門構え、風情ある石垣が残る町並みは、昭和52年に重要伝統的建造物群保存地区に選定されました。

昭和53年に復元された大手門を起点に町を歩けば、商人町通りには樽を店頭に置いた商家や、格子に壁燈籠、番傘を飾った商家が軒を連ね、町を流れる堀割の清流など、江戸時代を彷彿とさせる町の様々な場所に日本庭園や日本庭園的景観が残されておりお勧めです。

◼︎名称：「飫肥」

◼︎住所：宮崎県日南市飫肥

◼︎TEL:  0987-67-6029（日南市観光協会）

◼︎駐車場：飫肥観光駐車場（大型車中型車有料）

◼︎アクセス：東九州自動車道日南東郷ICより10分 、宮崎空港より車で40分 、JR日南線飫肥駅より徒歩15分

"Japanese Garden Landscape of Obi" Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture

Obi is a small town in the central part of Nichinan City, in the southern part of Miyazaki Prefecture. For 280 years from 1588 to the early Meiji period, it prospered as a castle town of the Obi Domain and the Ito clan, with a stipend of 51,000 koku, and also prospered through the production of Obi cedar. The townscape, with its gates symbolizing samurai residences and tasteful stone walls, was designated as an Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings in 1977.

Starting from the Otemon Gate, which was restored in 1978, you can walk through the town and see merchants' houses with barrels in front of their stores, latticed wall lanterns and umbrellas on their eaves along Shoninmachi Street, and the clear streams of the moats that run through the town, all of which are reminiscent of the Edo period. Japanese gardens and Japanese garden-like landscapes remain in various places in the town, making them highly recommended.

◼︎Name: "Obi"

◼︎Address: Obi, Nichinan City, Miyazaki Prefecture

◼︎TEL: 0987-67-6029 (Nichinan City Tourism Association)

◼︎Parking: Obi Tourist Parking (charges apply for large and medium-sized vehicles)

◼︎Access: 10 minutes from Nichinan Togo IC on the Higashi Kyushu Expressway, 40 minutes by car from Miyazaki Airport, 15 minutes on foot from Obi Station on the JR Nichinan Line