<p>Itsukushima Shrine (known popularly as the Miyajima Shrine) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At low tide you can walk out to it.</p>

Itsukushima Shrine (known popularly as the Miyajima Shrine) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At low tide you can walk out to it. (Photo: Hannah Booth)

Miyajima in Photos

Top three reasons to love Miyajima in Hiroshima

Hannah Booth Apr 18, 2013 - 1 min read

<p>Itsukushima Shrine (known popularly as the Miyajima Shrine) is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At low tide you can walk out to it.</p>

<p>Miyajima Shrine up close. People put coins in barnacles in the shrine.</p>

<p>Sacred wood displayed in Itsukushima Shrine</p>

<p>On one of my trips to Miyajima I did a day long kayaking trip with the company called Paddle Park. I highly recommend it!</p>

<p>At the Daisho-In temple on Miyajima Island. You can spend hours looking around this beautiful place.</p>

<p>A view out to the Seto Inland Sea from Daisho-In Temple</p>

<p>Buddha statuettes at Daisho-In Temple</p>

<p>Buddha feet at Daisho-In Temple</p>

<p>Statue at Daisho-In Temple</p>

<p>Oh, yes there are tame deer all over the island that are on the hunt for loose pieces of paper hanging out of your pockets!</p>

<p>Very cute deer!</p>

Three reasons why I love Miyajima:

The beautiful Itsukushima Shinto Shrine that sits on the coast of Miyajima Island. During low tide, you can walk out to it and put a little offering of a few coins into the barnacles that have formed on it. At high tide you can kayak right through it.
Daisho-In Temple that sits at the top of the island not only provides beautiful views of the shrine but it also holds its own as a place to lose hours of time wondering through.
Tame deer you can pet...enough said!

I love Miyajima, so much that I've taken the time to visit it three times since I arrived. I would highly recommend it as a place to see while traveling in Japan.

Hannah Booth

Hannah Booth @hannah.booth

Konichiwa! My name is Hannah Booth I am an English teacher currently residing in Okayama, Japan. Okayama is in the south between Osaka and Hiroshima. I have tried to make the best of my time since I arrived in August by doing some touristy things. It is my hope to give perspective adventurers som...