So onward toward one of the UNESCO World Heritage sites!
I liked the entryway, and its stone guardians:
From this angle, it almost looks like there's enough water for the gate to float.
A lot of orange. This must have been really fun to see in candle or torchlight.
Make a donation, shake a marked stick out of a container, which will tell you what drawer to pull your paper fortune out from.
This looked like a wedding ceremony was going on, but I didn't want hang around too long to figure it out.
Um, is it obvious that I came during low tide?
Okay, enjoy a flurry of pictures of the Torii Gate!
You might be wondering, why did I feel like I was trying to escape from Miyajima island? Well, I had the ferry schedule...
...and I had arrived on the island around 10 am.So I thought, oh hop back on the ferry listed at 11:55 am, right?
...except I somewhat ignored this note:
...which essentially says from December to February. So instead of leaving when I was expecting, I suddenly had another two hours to kill. I'm trapped!...to be continued...