Hyuga, Miyazaki
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Hyūga 日向市 |
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Top left: Umagase in Nippo Coast Quasi National Park. Top right: Statue of Bokushu Wakayama in Hyūga. Middle left: View of platform at Hyugashi Station. Middle right: Hyottoko dancing event in August. Bottom: Old Traditional Town in Mimitsu.
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 Location of Hyūga in Miyazaki Prefecture |
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 Hyūga
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| Coordinates: 32°25′N 131°37′E / 32.417°N 131.617°ECoordinates: 32°25′N 131°37′E / 32.417°N 131.617°E | ||
| Country | Japan | |
| Region | Kyushu | |
| Prefecture | Miyazaki Prefecture | |
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| • Mayor | Kōhei Toya | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 336.29 km2 (129.84 sq mi) | |
| Population (November 2015) | ||
| • Total | 63,011 | |
| • Density | 188/km2 (490/sq mi) | |
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| • Tree | Osmanthus | |
| • Flower | Sunflower | |
| Time zone | Japan Standard Time (UTC+9) | |
| City hall address | 10-5 Honmachi, Hyūga-shi, Miyazaki-ken 883-8555 |
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| Website | www |
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Hyūga (日向市 Hyūga-shi?) is a port city in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. The city was founded on April 1, 1951 with the joint merger of Tomishima Town and Iwawaki Village.
As of February 2014[update], the city has an estimated population of 63,676 making it the 4th largest city in Miyazaki Prefecture. It has a population density of 189 persons per km² and a total area of 336.29 km².
On February 25, 2006, the town of Tōgō (from Higashiusuki District) was merged into Hyūga.
Hyūga is a port city known for the production of Go stones and for beaches, many of which are popular surfing spots
Archaeologists working in Hyūga have reported finding artifacts such as stone tools and stone piles from as much as 30,000 years ago, the Japanese Paleolithic period. There is also evidence of inhabitation during the Jomon Period. Archaeological digs uncovering pottery from this time period continue today in parts of the city.
Hyuga City took its name from Hyūga Province (日向国 Hyūga/Hinata no kuni?), the historical name of what is now Miyazaki Prefecture. According to Japanese legend in the Nihon Shoki, following the conquest of the Kumaso people, Emperor Keikō watched the sunrise over the ocean and said "This country faces straight toward the sunrise" (この国は真っ直ぐに日の出る方に向いている Kono kuni wa massugu ni hinoderu hou ni muite iru?). From that time, the province was known as Hyuga or Hinata (the country facing the sun) until the Meiji Restoration when it was renamed Miyazaki.
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