Itsukushima Shrine is a world heritage site in Hiroshima, Japan.

           I went to Itsukushima Shrine in July.

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.

When I arrived at 
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!!

 There is the biggest ‘Shamoji' in the world. 
Shamoji is rice scoop. I don't know, it really used.

Noboribetsu-Onsen, Hokkaido

Good morning!! Let's go to Noboribetsu!!

7:30am: Woke up!

We slept last night that without deciding how to go Noboribetsu-Onsen's plan for tomorrow. My friend had watched dramas on TV till 3am, whereas I took a shower and fell asleep right away after.

This hotel is 'Royal Stay Hotel' in Sapporo. It was clean and cheap, so I recommend it. check it out please.

http://sapporo.riohotels.jp/

We got up and checked the way each other. We knew that taking a bus was cheaper than taking the train, but the train arrived earlier, so we took the train instead as we wanted to reach our destination earlier. 

9:40am: Checked out of our hotel.

It took us 8 minutes to walk to Susukino station from the hotel. It costs 160 yen to travel to Sapporo station from Susukino station. When we went to the JR ticket reservation office, the counter staff there told us: "I suggest that you buy the S ticket for Noboribetsu station". The S ticket is a cut price package that consists of 4 one way tickets. So, if you are traveling with somebody, it is much more economical. The normal price of a round trip costs 4,480 yen per person, whereas the S ticket costs 8,120 yen for 4 one way tickets, so effectively, the round trip fare costs 4,060 yen per person if you buy the S ticket and travel with another person. 

Please remember this, if you do come to Hokkaido and are traveling to :)