A Gate To The Sea - Itsukushima Shrine - Japan

in #travel7 years ago (edited)

Hey there Steemit buddies,
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Hope you are all doing great. Here I am back with a new post.
This time is about a trip I made to the land of the Samurais. Yes, you guessed it right: JAPAN
One of the places that really stuck to me was visiting the magnificent Miyajima Island. I loved the scenes of this place!

A Little Bit Of History
Miyajima has been an object of nature worship by locals since ancient times, because of its landscape, and mountains with its dominant Mt. Misen, surrounded by the primeval forest which is dark even in the daytime, making people feel a flow of spirituality.
The Itsukushima shrine was founded by Saeki Kuramoto who was an influential person in Saekibe during the first year of the Suiko period (593), according to the history of the shrine.

The Course to Miyajima Island
I and a group of work colleagues left our magnificent hotel at RIHGA Royal Hotel Hiroshima to the Miyajima Ferry Pier.
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A foggy day it was.

On the ferry
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Do you see that red thing on the last picture? That's The Great Torii!

And so we got to the island grounds
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The Itsukushima Shrine
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A weeding ceremony was occurring while we were there. :smiley:
I loooove the red on the Itsukushima shrine, don't you?

The great Torii of Miyajima
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Look at how close you can get to it at low tide. If we came earlier we could possibly touch it!

What does this gate mean you ask?

The great Torii is the boundary between the spirit and the human worlds.
A torii (literally bird abode) is a traditional Japanese gate most commonly found at the entrance of or within a Shinto shrine, where it symbolically marks the transition from the profane to sacred.

Deers in this place are definetly NOT scared of people, so they just chill around us


That's me trying to caress one! :satisfied:

I liked this tunnel, doesn't it look great in picture?
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There was a quite busy street market with plenty of tourists
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And I got to try the so popular Okonomyaki and the local super fresh Clam
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These were delicious!

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Well, that is all from me!
See you in the next one!
Peace and Love!

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