45382 ／ くにとみちょう
Miyazaki Prefecture 東諸県郡Mikoshi and a drum float vie in town.
Muikamachi Yoimaka, festival01 ／ Honjo Kofun Cluster
The Honjo Kofun Cluster overlaps the town's central urban area; the town's management plan calls it "an extremely rare situation across Japan, with kofun lying within an urban area." In 1871, an officiant of Kentsuka Inari Shrine (宮永真琴) made the Honjo Kofun Map, and in 1874 he wrote an illustrated account too.
02 ／ Ceiling painting dedicated by Ito Sukeharu
This cypress ceiling board, 264cm square, is kept at Hokedake Yakushiji (法華嶽薬師寺). A dragon among clouds is painted inside a circle on the front. An ink inscription on the back says Ito Sukeharu dedicated it in 1575 (Tensho 3) praying for martial fortune and his family's health. The name (虎千代麿) in it is said to be the childhood name of his son, Ito Mancio.
03 ／ Manpukuji
This is the principal image of Manpukuji (万福寺), an old Tendai temple. An ink inscription inside the belly shows the master sculptor-monk (聖賢) made it in 1232 (Kanki 4). The central figure is 78.8cm tall and the two attendants 99.1cm. All three date from the Kamakura period and are Important Cultural Properties.
Living here
There is no railway station in town; from Miyazaki Station it is 42 minutes by Miyazaki Kotsu route bus to Kunitomi. The town covers 130.63 km², and the town's official site calls it a farming and mountain village. Honjo, its center, was made a shogunate territory in Shoho 2 (1645) in the Edo period and stayed so until the Meiji Restoration.
−6.2% since 2015
22,130 → 18,398
53.54km² of it habitable
2024
2.5 people per household
2020
National average 60,630 yen
2023
8.7 per 10,000 people
2023
These 3 items are waiting on a nationwide data source. We do not fill them with estimates.
ACCESS
Travel times follow 宮崎交通公式サイト『路線別バス時刻表』（https://www.miyakoh.co.jp/rosen/timetable-rosen.html）の「2-03 行先：宮交シティ、宮崎駅～国富・綾・酒泉の杜 路線番号：301～305・314・324・325」の時刻表PDF（2-03_20261001.pdf。サーバーの最終更新 2026-09-24。PDF内の見出しの改正日は『2026年4月1日改正』のまま）を 2026-10-06 に読んだ。平日・土日祝とも、宮崎駅西②（宮崎駅）発→国富着が、10:10→10:52・11:05→11:47・12:35→13:17・13:06→13:48・14:05→14:47・14:36→15:18・15:30→16:12・16:35→17:17 のいずれも42分（平日表の宮崎駅西②・国富の行から読み取り。土日祝表の宮崎駅西②10:10・11:05・12:35→国富10:52・11:47・13:17 も同じ42分）。町公式『町へのアクセス』も『宮崎駅→国富バスセンター 42分』 (checked 2026-10-06). They vary by time of day.
Shape
North to south
18.5km
If something caught your eye, ask the town itself.
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