Floating Beauty

Over Memorial Day Weekend I ventured on my own to Miyajima Island. It is so easy to get to Miyajima Island from Iwakuni, about 25 minutes on the train and it such a wonderful place. I definitely will go back there again! I previously mentioned Miyajima Island when we stopped at the rest stop over looking it.

It is popularly known as Miyajima, the Shrine Island, but it also known as Itsukushima. It is in the western part of the Inland Sea of Japan, located in the northwest of Hiroshima Bay. Miyajima Island is known for a few things: the floating tori, "the wild" deer that just walk around, the monkeys, and the wonderful views.

There are two different ferry companies that you can take over to the island.






The famous landmark on Miyajima Island is the floating tori, it is amazing.









By the time I came down from the top of Miyajima (more to come on that) the tide was out and you could walk all the way to the "floating" tori. It was pretty cool to be able to get so close to it since it is pretty surreal the way it "floats" in the water and looks so far away and grand.












More to come on Miyajima........................