Itsukushima Shrine

Miyajima has something magical. We arrived at noon from Hiroshima. We spent the afternoon on the island and finally spent a day in Deer Isle. The magic begins when you first see the ferry appear from the Seto Inland Sea. It is the entrance gate of Itsukushima Shinto temple. I watched from different distances and at different times: Down Mt Misen, going to Mt Misen, at noon when it seems to float in the morning, in the evening when there stuck in the sand and tourists rub it, and looked for night. The typical black, red, and blue background image of Japan really caught me attention.

Some people here told me that the true magic of the island of Miya-jima was sleeping there, and then seeing the temple and the Torii at night when all of the tourists are gone. So that's exactly what we did. We rented a room in a hotel on the island, and we just sat and watched the illuminated temple while we listened to the waves.