Travel Blog Photos from Miyajima Island (75)
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Today I took the train from Hiroshima to Miyajimaguchi and from there I took the boat across to Miyajima Island. There was a large shrine, the Itsukushima Shrine, which was in the water. When the tide is in it looks like the shrine is floating on the ...
Miyajima took about an hour to get to from Hiroshima, via tram, train and boat. It was a nice day trip but I had terrible timing, it turned out. According to the tourist map of the island I received when I arrived, the island is one of Japans ...
We took a short train ride and a boat ride to Miyajijma Island. I (Paul) jogged up to the highest peak on the island with an altitude of 538m over 2.5km. It took me 44 minutes and it was very steep and difficult. It was also a lot of fun. Lisa took the ...
Miyajima island is where the famous Floating Torii (gate) is found. It is not actually floating but during high tide, it appears that it is floating. It is one of the biggest Torii I have seen. In ancient days, access to this island is forbidden except ...
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