Miyajima is a small island not far off the coast near Hiroshima. It was a nice day trip to take from there. A short train ride and then a 10 minute ferry ride got us there easily and quickly.
The most famous sight on Miyajima is the "floating" torii. This picture was from the ferry on the approach to the island. Luckily we were able to time out visit with high tide, otherwise it would have just been the torii sitting in the mud!
Also on the island are a lot of deer! Unlike Nara though, you are discouraged from feeding them (although I saw a few rebels doing it anyway!).
Aren't we cute? I'm glad we had the tripod with us this day! I am wearing so many layers of clothes in this picture! I was too cold all the time during this trip - I should have packed a heavier coat!
Itsukushima shrine is right on the water, and it also appears to be floating. It provides a lot of great spots for pictures of the torii. This might be one of my favorite pictures of the whole trip.
Here is Tim in the best spot for pictures! We had to wait in line to take this one. Also, you can tell I took it because it is crooked. Sorry Tim.
The shrine itself isn't much, but there were some crazy animal hybrid statues.
It's fugu! We saw this off the walkway of the shrine, in the sea!
Our original plan was to go up the mountainside by ropeway, but the ropeway was closed for renovation. If only we'd gone the day before, it would have still been running! But, instead we went to the Miyajima aquarium. It was pretty standard, but it did have this one really active horseshoe crab. Also, an awesome octopus and penguins for petting.
After the aquarium we had lunch, and then walked around a little bit more and did a little shopping. Also, this deer tried to eat my map. Bad deer!
Pagoda!
Miyajima was a nice little side trip for a half day or so. After this we went back to Hiroshima and began our journey to Kyushu!
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