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Miyajima 2019: My guest house on Miyajima

The residence that I stayed in while on Miyajima was a place called Miyajima Guest House Mikuniya. I had lodged here in 2017 since it…

At the southern end of the town on Miyajima, at the base of the mountains, is Daisho-in Temple, which is probably the most notable Buddhist…

Easily the most famous attraction on Miyajima is Itsukushima Shrine. If you’ve seen just about any tourism material for Japan it very likely had a…

The town on Miyajima is bordered by the island’s mountains and around midday I did a little bit of hiking on some of the nearby…

The rain continued to pour down as I climbed the stairs to Senjokaku Hall, which is also known as Hokoku Shrine. Senjokaku’s name translates to…

The next morning I awoke to the sounds of heavy rainfall. In 2017 a major rainstorm had passed through while I was on Miyajima and…

I had arrived on Miyajima late in the day but I was spending the night there and got to see the island after dark. The…

Not far from the city of Hiroshima is the famous island of Miyajima. The island’s official name is Itsukushima but everyone calls it Miyajima, which…

For my last couple of hours in Onomichi I wandered around visiting temples in the eastern part of the city (for the previous posts on…

I continued the temple walk around Onomichi by hiking up the slope of the mountain to Senko-ji Temple. There’s a ropeway that visitors can take…