JAPAN 2017: DAY 10, Part 1 – Miyajima – O-Torii Gate, Daisho-in Temple (Inc. Video)
These 18 new galleries are a combination of a month and a half’s work of whittling down & post-processing around 5000 photos that I took on this dream trip to Japan in November 2017 down to 561, many late nights & tired eyeballs, 5 months planning & preparation for the actual trip (no package holiday tours here!), raising the funds, praying everyday that war wouldn’t break out in Korea, surviving two crazy long flights on zero sleep, navigating around the Japanese cities of Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Tokyo & Hiroshima, getting up crazy early to get to some of these places before the hoards of mostly Chinese tourists arrive and generally walking & hiking until I couldn’t feel my feet anymore! I present to you ‘Me, Myself and Japan 2017 Trip!’ (and my camera of course… ;] )
The JR Miyajima Ferry arriving at Miyajima guchi at nightSliding door or shoji to my Japanese style room at Sakuraya Inn Miyajima IslandTraditional Japanese sweets Kompeito at the Sakuraya Inn Miyajima IslandYours truly having a cup of matcha green tea in my Yukata on the tatami floor of my Japanese style room at Sakuraya Inn Miyajima IslandThe still streets of Miyajima Island at night Miyajima IslandThe O Torii Gate and stone lantern lit up in shadows of green and orange at midnight Miyajima IslandThe O Torii Gate at night with the moon in the sky and the tide going out Miyajima IslandWith the tide out I walked out to touch the sacred O Torii Gate at night Miyajima IslandThree people look up in awe at the great sight of The O Torii Gate and the reflection of it with the tide out at midnight Miyajima IslandaThe 28 metre high five storied pagoda built in 1407 lit up at night Miyajima IslandThe still streets of Miyajima Island at night Miyajima IslandSmall lit up shrine in a backstreet of Miyajima Island at night Miyajima IslandMiyajima Pale Ale Miyajima IslandMorning view from my window at Sakuraya Inn Miyajima IslandWater flows down a rock pool from the Mount Misen near the entrance of Daisho in Temple Miyajima IslandAutumn colors and a distance Vermilion bridge near the entrance of Daisho in Temple Miyajima IslandBillboard map showing the layout of Daisho in Temple Miyajima IslandNiomon Gate the gateway to Daisho in Temple Miyajima IslandTemizuya or place to purify your hands with water Daisho in Temple Miyajima IslandDai hannyakyo Sutra touching these as you go up the stairs is believed to bring you great fortune Daisho in Temple Miyajima IslandBuddhist monk ringing the Belfry Daisho in Temple Miyajima IslandKannon do Hall with autumn colors Daisho in Temple Miyajima IslandCoca Cola delivers all the way up here too Daisho in Temple Miyajima IslandKsitigarbha Bodhisattva or the protector of children Daisho in Temple Miyajima IslandTengu with wings and long nose considered to possess supernatural powers since ancient times Daisho in Temple Miyajima IslandLooking out from the top of Maniden Hall Daisho in Temple Miyajima Island
