Wednesday - September 12th 2018
For today we planned to visit the Island of Miyajima. First we had to take the train to Miyajimaguchi and from there the ferry to the island. Both the train and the ferry were included in the Japan Rail Pass. After breakfast at Starbucks we were on the way and in the late morning we arrived at the island, which is famous for the Itsukushima Shrine and the free roaming deer.
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| Miyajima |
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| Ferry to Miyajima |
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| Free roaming Deer |
Once we left the ferry the first deer were already waiting for us and to our surprise they didn't care about the tourists at all. Some started begging for food, but most of them didn't really take notice of the visitors. Since it looked like the weather was going to change we decided to head to the shrine to finish the tour before it started to rain. Luckily most of the guests were still with the deer and so we had the shrine nearly to our own. At the end of the walk through it was raining heavily and so we stopped at the next coffee house for a beer until the rain stopped.
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| Miyajima |
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| Itsukushima Shrine |
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| Itsukushima Shrine |
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| Itsukushima Shrine |
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| Itsukushima Shrine |
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| Itsukushima Shrine |
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| Itsukushima Shrine |
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| Miyajima |
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| Miyajima |
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| Miyajima |
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| Miyajima |
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| Miyajima |
Soon the sky cleared again and we continued our little walking tour along temples and shrines back to the village. There we bought some souvenirs for our families back home until it was time for lunch at a traditional Japanese restaurant. We both ordered the Japanese curry, which was okay, and for dessert we stopped at an ice cream parlor that sold shaved ice. Since the rain kept coming and going we decided to return to Hiroshima.
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| Miyajima |
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| Miyajima |
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| Miyajima |
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| Miyajima |
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| Miyajima |
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| Japanese Curry |
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| Shaved Ice with Mango Juice |
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| Miyajima |
Back in Hiroshima we got a couple of drinks at the hotel bar on the top floor, from where we had a wonderful view over the city and the train station. We really enjoyed sitting at the window and watching the trains passing by. From above we could finally see how long the Shinkasen actually was. Unfortunately we couldn't sit there for the whole evening, because we were getting hungry, and so we went to an Indian restaurant near the hotel for dinner. It was a little bit strange to eat Indian food without basmati rice, but apparently it is not allowed to import rice to Japan. Nonetheless the food was really delicious. The rest of the evening we spent checking out the shops at the train station.
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| Hotel Bar |
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| View from the Hotel Bar |
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| Hiroshima |
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| Dinner at an Indian Restaurant |
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