06_Miyajima19.jpg=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site - the Nuclear Dome
06_Miyajima44.jpg=Miyajima Island - Hotel Kikunoya
06_Miyajima2.jpg=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site - the Nuclear Dome and Ota River
DSC_0584.JPG=Miyajima Island map
06_Miyajima60.jpg=Our return journey from Hiroshima to Tokyo
001TokyoToHiroshima.jpg=Tokyo to Hiroshima, a flight distance of approx 800km (about Brisbane to Sydney)
06_Miyajima27.jpg=Hiroshima Castle views
06_Miyajima53.jpg=Miyajima Island - Itsukushima Shrine.
06_Miyajima36.jpg=Miyajima Island torii gate.
06_Miyajima10.jpg=Tokyo to Hiroshima - in the top two pics, the blur through the cloud is Mt Fuji, but that's all we'll see of it.
06_Miyajima51.jpg=Miyajima Island - Itsukushima Shrine.
FujiBulletTrain.jpg=One of the most popular promotional images of Mount Fuji, located on Honshu Island,. It is the highest mountain peak in Japan at 3,776.24 m . An active stratovolcano that last erupted in 1707–08, Mount Fuji lies about 100 kilometres (60 mi) south-west of Tokyo, and can be seen from there on a clear day
06_Miyajima45.jpg=Miyajima Island streets
06_Miyajima28.jpg=Hiroshima Castle views
DSC_0591.JPG=Miyajima Island - Tori Gate and Itsukushima Shrine.
06_Miyajima11.jpg=Tokyo to Hiroshima - our train change at Osaka
06_Miyajima46.jpg=Miyajima Island
06_Miyajima54.jpg=Miyajima Island - Toyokuni Shrine.
06_Miyajima1.jpg=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site - the Nuclear Dome and Ota River
06_Miyajima63.jpg=Our return journey from Hiroshima to Tokyo
06_Miyajima37.jpg=Miyajima Island - Itsukushima Shrine. Like the torii gate, the shrine's main buildings are built over water.
06_Miyajima68.jpg=Our arrival back in Tokyo
06_Miyajima25.jpg=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site, and Memorial Park
06_Miyajima50.jpg=Miyajima Island - Itsukushima Shrine.
06JoyMob.jpg=Miyajima Island wild deer population - cute but a bloody nuisance if you're eating an ice cream
DSC_0438.JPG=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site - this mound represents the burial site of 10's of thousands of victims of the 1945 bombing
06_Miyajima55.jpg=Miyajima Island - Toyokuni Shrine.
06_Miyajima9.jpg=Tokyo to Hiroshima
06_Miyajima42.jpg=Miyajima Island - Tori Gate and Itsukushima Shrine.
06_Miyajima12.jpg=Tokyo to Hiroshima - our train change at Osaka
06_Miyajima38.jpg=Miyajima Island - Hotel Kikunoya is a A ryokan style of traditional Japanese inn that originated in the Edo period (1603–1868), when such inns served travelers along Japan's highways. They typically feature tatami-matted rooms, communal baths, and other public areas where visitors may wear yukata and talk with the owner
06_Miyajima62.jpg=Our return journey from Hiroshima to Tokyo
06_Miyajima56.jpg=Miyajima Island - Toyokuni Shrine. and 5 story Pagoda
06_Miyajima26.jpg=Hiroshima Castle (広島城, Hiroshimajō), also called the Carp Castle, is a good example of a castle built on a plain in the center of a city as opposed to hilltop and mountaintop castles. Its main keep is five stories tall, and its grounds are surrounded by a moat.
06_Miyajima13.jpg=Tokyo to Hiroshima - our train change at Osaka
06_Miyajima30.jpg=Miyajima Island ferry trip (15 minutes)
06_Miyajima8.jpg=Tokyo to Hiroshima via the Shinkansen is approx 5 hours - we had a train change at Osaka
06_Miyajima43.jpg=Miyajima Island - Tori Gate and Itsukushima Shrine.
06_Miyajima61.jpg=Our return journey from Hiroshima to Tokyo
DSC_0537.JPG=Miyajima Island is most famous for its giant torii gate, which at high tide seems to float on the water. The sight is ranked as one of Japan's three best views.
06_Miyajima39.jpg=Miyajima Island - Itsukushima Shrine and 5 level Pagoda
06_Miyajima49.jpg=Miyajima Island - Itsukushima Shrine.
06_Miyajima14.jpg=Tokyo to Hiroshima - our train change at Osaka
06_Miyajima7.jpg=Tokyo to Hiroshima
06_Miyajima31.jpg=Miyajima Island ferry trip (15 minutes)
06_Miyajima57.jpg=Miyajima Island - back for the ferry crossing
06_Miyajima6.jpg=Tokyo to Hiroshima
06_Miyajima66.jpg=Our return journey from Hiroshima to Tokyo
DSC_0406.JPG=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site - the Nuclear Dome
06_Miyajima23.jpg=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site, and Memorial Park
06_Miyajima32.jpg=Miyajima Island wild deer population
06_Miyajima67.jpg=Our arrival back in Tokyo
06_Miyajima15.jpg=Hiroshima
06_Miyajima58.jpg=Miyajima Island - back for the ferry crossing
06_Miyajima41.jpg=Miyajima Island - Night walk to dinner
06_Miyajima59.jpg=Our return journey from Hiroshima to Tokyo
06_Miyajima5.jpg=Hiroshima Castle views
06_Miyajima24.jpg=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site, and Memorial Park
06_Miyajima20.jpg=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site - the Nuclear Dome and Ota River
06_Miyajima33.jpg=Miyajima Island wild deer population - cute but a bloody nuisance if you're eating an ice cream
06_Miyajima4.jpg=Hiroshima Castle views
06_Miyajima17.jpg=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site - the Nuclear Dome
06_Miyajima.jpg=Arriving at Hiroshima - Ōta River (太田川, Ōta-gawa)
06_Miyajima16.jpg=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site - the Nuclear Dome
06_Miyajima29.jpg=Miyajima Island ferry trip (15 minutes)
06_Miyajima34.jpg=Miyajima Island torii gate.
06_Miyajima47.jpg=Miyajima Island
06_Miyajima21.jpg=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site - the Nuclear Dome and Ota River
06_Miyajima64.jpg=Our return journey from Hiroshima to Tokyo - these "robots" are common, and if you speak Japanese, they give clever speech and motion responses
06_Miyajima3.jpg=Hiroshima Castle views
06_Miyajima40.jpg=Miyajima Island - Tori Gate and Itsukushima Shrine.
06_Miyajima18.jpg=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site - the Nuclear Dome
06_Miyajima35.jpg=Miyajima Island torii gate.
06_Miyajima65.jpg=Our return journey from Hiroshima to Tokyo
DSC_0422.JPG=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site - the Nuclear Dome and Ota River
06_Miyajima52.jpg=Miyajima Island - Itsukushima Shrine.
06_Miyajima48.jpg=Miyajima Island
06_Miyajima22.jpg=Hiroshima nuclear memorial site - the Nuclear Dome
