Tag: 隼人町

  • Hayato Town Kagoshima: Kirishima’s Hidden Ancient  Place

    Hayato Town Kagoshima: Kirishima’s Hidden Ancient  Place

    Hayato Town Kagoshima (隼人町, Hayato-chō), now part of Kirishima City, does not perform its history for visitors. It simply lives on top of it. Somewhere beneath these ordinary streets are the roots of a people written into Japan’s oldest chronicles, a grand shrine tied to the mythology of the imperial line, a modern shrine built…