Udo Shrine, in Miyazaki
Beautiful and exciting Shine. Udo Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the cave of the cliff side
facing the Pacific Ocean. It is located about 35 km south of Miyazaki city. In legend,
a goddess of sea built a hut to give birth to a great god here. Then it is said that Empress
Suiko (554-628) built the shrine there.
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The priest of Tendai Buddhism built a Buddhist temple in 782, on the order of Emperor Kanmu.
In the middle ages, this area had been the training place for mountain priests because of the
steep rocky cliffs.