Miyajima

We arrived in Hiroshima and got an early start for Miyajima island by rail and JR ferry in the morning. The Itsukushima Otorii gate is only surrounded by the inland sea for a few hours at high tide.On August 3rd we were lucky  to be there long enough for the tide to come in and surround the Otorii gate at  the Itsukushima shrine.

  

Bob made a quick jaunt up the hill to the Daishoin-Temple and found it a really special place filled with carved stone images and beautiful temple buildings.


The monk and his flock of stone followers was one of the

quiet places I found there before a monk druming on a temple drum lead me on a search for the drummer.