Miyakonojo

Miyakonojo is a town in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. The town changed into based on April 1, 1924. As of November 1, 2012, the town has an estimated populace of 168,072, with 70,549 households and a populace density of 257.26 in line with km². The general place is 653.31 km² making it the biggest city in the prefecture in phrases of location. On January 1, 2006, the cities of Takajo, Takazaki, Yamada and Yamanokuchi all from Kitamorokata District had been merged into Miyakonojo Miyakonojo is referred to as the birthplace of the Shimazu Estate, the biggest shōen estate or manor of medieval Japan.

In the 1020s, a powerful legitimate named Taira no Suemoto evolved a small manor named Shimazu-in. Expanded appreciably inside the first half of of the 12th century, it sooner or later blanketed big portions of Satsuma, Osumi and Hyuga Provinces. In 1185, Koremune no Tadahisa become appointed as jito of the Shimazu Estate and thereafter claimed the extended family call of Shimazu.