Sunday, 27 May 2012

Hiroshima- May 26

One our first full day we were heading to Miyajima island.  About 45 minutes from the hotel and another 20 minute ferry ride.  Well worth it!


Miyajima is one of Japan's three most scenic spots.    Miyajima means "shrine island."  "Jima" is island. Miyajima has been a sacred place since about 800 a.d.  There are many buddhist and shinto shrines here.


I am giving you reader's digest.  Mostly because I am really tired.  The rest of my crew is napping after a day at the Peace Museum (see later entry), I am sitting up working on the blog.


Getting ready to board the ferry. 



There are plenty of wild deer on the island that used to people.  They are so cute!!


Found a baby!


Can anyone find Patrick?



The deer are quite persistent about being fed.  Many people had to play keep away with their ice creams.  They especially like paper.  This one caught Patrick off guard while he was casually holding his map.  We warned him to put it away...


They will keep following you when you have something that they want.  We were trying to catch up with our tour guide so Patrick was really trying to get rid his deer.



Got it!



I had to console him a bit when Patrick was finally to get away.


Some shots of the village.


We learn many things every trip.  This time, we learned that one does not pass through the center of a Torii gate but on the side or around.  The center is for the gods to pass through.

We have always been lucky to get a wedding couple when we are traveling.  These two are on their way to the temple.  The groom flashed the peace sign to Bill.





Our tour guide.

 Caroline took photography classes on base, beginner and intermediate. It paid off because she is the "camera person" now.  I can actually walk around without worrying about the lens cap, where the heck did everyone go while I was taking pictures...etc etc.  She is the only one that know ow to take a picture outside of "auto" mode.


Most of the pictures from here on she took.  She is working on her perspective and structure.  

The Gift Shop.  I really like how she laid out this photo of ordinary store items.








We stopped in the village for lunch before taking the cable car to the top of the mountain.  I mentioned in the last blog that for us now, curry is like a McDonalds.  Bill got his curry.

I had shrimp tempura with udon noodles, they are thicker.








I have no idea why Bill wanted his picture next to this statue.  Caroline said it is the only animal that he will go near.  So true!  He refused to pet the koala bear in Australia...how do you do that?
He wouldn't go near the deer either.



Hey, remember that scene in E.T. when E.T was hiding in the toy closet and you couldn't tell which was a toy and which was E.T.?  


Caroline did a great job with these shots.




Taking the cable car to the top of the mountain.  Ho hum.  I won't do that again.  Waste of money and time.  It was much nicer walking around the village.  It chewed up a lot of time and nothing is at the top.  Next time, I will skip this one...


Back at the village getting ready to catch the ferry back to Hiroshima.



Definitely coming back here if possible.  A great island and worth spending more time.

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