Miyazaki is the capital and largest city of Miyazaki Prefecture, with other major cities includingMiyakonojō,Nobeoka, andHyūga. Miyazaki Prefecture is located in southeastern Kyūshū on Japan'sPacific coast, with its coastline extending from Nobeoka near the entrance to theBungo Channel to Shibushi Bay inKushima.
Miyazaki Prefecture is on the eastern coast of the island of Kyushu, surrounded by thePacific Ocean to the south and east,Ōita Prefecture to the north, andKumamoto andKagoshima prefectures to the west. It is one of only two locations on Earth where the fungusChorioactis geaster is found.[6] Miyazaki is the home of thehyuganatsu fruit. It is also home to two virgin forests of the palmLivistona chinensis, one of which, on the islet ofAoshima, Miyazaki, is the northernmost reproducing population of its native range.[7]
^Prefectural government of Miyazaki (2013):宮崎県 置県130年 (Miyazaki-ken chiken 130-nen, "Miyazaki Prefecture – 130 years [since/after] the establishment of the prefecture"), retrieved September 1, 2020.
^自然公園都道府県別面積総括 [General overview of area figures for Natural Parks by prefecture](PDF) (in Japanese).Ministry of the Environment. 31 March 2019. Retrieved12 August 2019.
^宮崎の国定公園・県立自然公園 [Quasi-National and Prefectural Natural Parks of Miyazaki] (in Japanese). Miyazaki Prefecture. Archived fromthe original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved12 August 2019.
