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Jan. 06, 2017
More from Miyajima, Japan
I left my camera cable in a hotel in Hiroshima (and my memory card reader in South Korea), so I can't transfer photos to my laptop at the moment. There aren't…
July 09, 2012
Shinto Wedding
Wandering around and through Miyajima's shrine it suddenly became interesting to see the priests getting ready for something… Certain rooms in the shrine had…
July 08, 2012
Itsukushima shrine, Japan
At low tide you can see very well the structure of the shrine complete with ‘legs’ and here shot against the mountains rather than the sea gives it a totally…
July 07, 2012
Itsukushima Shrine and torii gate at low tide
The Shinto shrine on Miyajima island near Hiroshima is built on legs or stilts over the water so at high tide it seems to be floating on the water's surface. As…
July 06, 2012
The Torii Gate on Miyajima
The beautiful torii gate is one of the archetypal images of historic Japan and the reason why Miyajima island is such a popular place to visit. The real name of…
July 05, 2012
Entrance to Miyajima island
Miyajima island is about an hour away from Hiroshima. One great thing about having the JR rail pass is that it includes JR ferry routes so it couldn't have…