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22-14 Higashiku Wakakusacho, Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, 732-0053, Japan
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We had an adapter when we travelled to Japan. What we did not know, is that they have two different types of sockets! And naturally our adapter wouldn't fit in the socket! Of course we were able to buy one in a department store, but it was not easy to find the correct one and took us some time as well.
There is an entire floor with small restaurants in the JR station building. And such a floor can be found in the shoppingcomplex opposite the station.
Just choose the one with the best plastic samples in the window. Most of the times it tastes the way it looks.
Miyajima means shrine island and it mainly refers to Itsukushima Shrine which is famous for its floating torii gate. The shrine and its torii gate are unique for being built over water, seemingly floating in the sea during high tide. The admission fee is 300 JPY. It is open daily from 6:30 to 17:30. Besides Itsukushima Shrine, you can also visit Daisho-in Temple which belongs to Shingon Buddhism, Kiyomori Shrine, Daiganji Temple, Tahoto Pagoda and Five Storeyed Pagoda. Just like Nara, you will see many deers wandering around the island. You can also reach to the top of Mount Misen by using walking courses around parks or by using Miyajima Ropeway. Miyajima is easy to reach from Hiroshima and a full day can be spent visiting the shrines and enjoying eating the famous okonomiyaki before leaving the island. To reach Miyajima, you can take train of JR Sanyo Line from JR Hiroshima Station to Miyajimaguchi Station (25 minutes, 400 JPY one way, JR Pass covers the trip) or take tram line no 2 (40 minutes, 270 JPY one way). Then you have to take ferry to the island either from JR or Matsudai ferry companies. (10 minutes, 170 JPY one way, JR Pass covers JR ferries)
The floating Torii of Itsukushima is one of Japan’s most famous sites and even without the splendour of the Itsukushima Shrine and Miyajima Island is well worth the short ferry ride over from Hiroshima. The torii gate lies just offshore from the island and if you visit at low tide you can actually walk up to the gate. We chose to visit at sunrise and managed to see the gate at relatively low tide and (not low enough to walk out however!) and watched as the tide crept into the bay and around and under the temple complex. To be honest, I think the torii is more photogenic at high tide anyway although we were unlucky with the misty weather. However, it did add a certain atmosphere to the place and the torii appearing from the mist is one of my most memorable experiences in Japan. The torii was first constructed in the 12th century by Taira no Kiyomori but was reconstructed since. The present day torii dates from 1875 and measures approx 16 metres in height. Historically any visitor to the island had to enter through the torii by boat at high tide.
It is hard to believe when you're in this city that such devastation ever hit it. Hiroshima really looks like most other Japanese cities. But at Peace Park, you remember where you are. The place is very solemn, not political, and just lets you think about the thousands who died here and what it all means.
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