I went to Itsukushima Shrine in July.
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| Itsukushima Shrine |
Itsukushima Shrine (Japanese: 厳島神社
Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima), best known for its "floating" torii gate. |
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In the morning,
I went to Miyashimaguchi station by tram from Hiroshima station. It took 40 minutes. A journey by train will only take 20 minutes though.  
I took a ferry from Miyashitagochi to Miyajima.
Before that, I went to a popular
traditional Japanese styled restaurant,
there is famous for it's Anago-Don.
    
I ordered a regular sized Anago-Don.
It was 1,738yen.
   In the afternoon, Let's go to Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima!! There are two go to Miyashima, one is a JR terminal, the other is operated by the city. I went to the JR one.      Miyajima, there was heavy rain and thunder, so I couldn't really enjoy my self there. This is the best known 'tolii' gate.   
This is the entrance.
The admission fee was 300 yen.
Open 6:30am - Close 5:00pm.
  When I entered the shrine, I followed the traditional j apanese way; 1, Rinsed my hands 2, 'Cleansed' my self with incense smoke 3, Prayed 4, Threw a coin into the donation box for good luck
This is tsukushima Shrine gate.
This is the no1
This is the no 2
       
This is the no 3 and no 4 's place.
There is 'tolii' back side. hehe
   This is Goju-no-tou (Japanise: 五重塔)  After exploring Itsukushima Shrine, I ate the famous fried Momiji-manju. It was very nice!!    Shamoji is rice scoop. I don't know, it really used.  |
