Thursday, May 26, 2016

Miyajima

When me and my cousin visited Hiroshima, we took one day to go to the city of Miyajima on the island of Itsukushima. There is a famous Torii, a ceremonial gate that usually marks the entrance to a shrine, here that we photographed, as well as many deer, and some hiking trails.

The torii is part of the temple pictured above. At high tide the torii and the temple are surrounded by water. We visited at low tide, so it was possible to walk around on foot and see the torri up close. Pictured below are a number of people with cameras preparing to take pictures of the sunset over the torii.

We stayed on the island and watched the sunset, then saw the torii when it was illuminated during the night.

The city also has many deer. Above I am holding a bottle of special Ramune from the island in front of a deer for a picture. Below is a video of a deer following my cousin around and looking for food.

Finally, at the end of the day and back in Hiroshima I had okonomiyaki for dinner again.