Here we are on the island of Miyajima and it rains like there is no end to it.
Miyajima holds Japan’s 3rd most popular tourist attraction, the Itsukushima Shrine and the O-turii Gate, that means we aren’t really the only tourists on the island .
The island is also famous for their deer that is walking among us, stupid tourists.
When we arrived yesterday the weather was okay, but later in the afternoon the rain arrived and it has only increased.
We have spent the night at the most beautiful ryokan, Kurayado Iroha, that has provided us with an outstanding service and hospitality – excellent 7 course top class Japanese dinner and a beautiful breakfast. Our room is so beautiful in every little detail and about 30 m²/322ft². What a treat it has been after the small rooms we stayed in … so far.
Yesterday evening we toke a illumination cruise around the O-turii Gate, but the weather was so bad and with raindrops constant landing on the lens it was hard to get any real good shots, but it’s truly an impressive site in all weather conditions.
“The average tourist wants to go to places
where there are no tourists.”
Sam Ewing
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Ah, so sorry for all the rain, but you always sound so upbeat.
Loisa, not much we can do about the weather – have to do the best of it …. tomorrow there will sunshine again, have to make the best of it.
Love this post and that last quote is a classic!
Julie, thank you so much – yes ….. tourist destinations would be perfect if it didn’t have any tourists. *laughing
Ah..The landmark that everyone recognizes as Japan, the O-turii Gate. 🙂
Yes, the floating gate …… most be one of the most photographed object in Japan, but it’s very impressive. Hard not to put the camera against it. One destination and 400 images, but not all of the O-turii Gate.
400! Time for an album 😉
Hi Viveka, I’m sorry about the rain. I follow another blogger who is also in Japan right now but is biking and camping and is also experiencing a fair bit of rain. Wishing you some sunshine very soon. Carol
Carol, your blogging friends are brave – because it rains …. like no tomorrow. I’m so glad I have a comfortable hotel room to dry up in. Tomorrow full sunshine, so then we have to visit Hiroshima Castle and Shukkeien garden.
Did you climb Mt. Misen? My cousin tricked me into climbing it. I nearly died! lol I am sorry about the rain but that’s what it does in Japan! 😉
No, I’m too old for climbing …. but I was at Mt Fuji and ended up in full snowstorm … also an experience. I understand now that it rains a lot in Japan after I seen the rented parking slots for umbrellas in Kyoto. Love this country and the people …. and the heated toilet seats.
Blahaha! Do you know some of those toilet seats can cost a couple of thousand bucks?! 🙂
That I can imaging …. because some of the plays sound too. Still my “sorry ass” .. loves them.
Great to see your spirit undiminished, despite the rain, Wivi 😀
Sue, rain is just water …. and it’s very good for the hair. Sitting at 23rd floor on our Hiroshima hotel now … and it’s so wet outside, but tomorrow they have promised sunshine and loads of it.
Ooh, I shall be interested to see photos from Hiroshima in the sun..
Oh, and you did make me laugh with rain is good for the hair!! 😀😀 always a positive spin, we are soul sisters!
My grandmother always saved rain water for her hair wash … and she had a hair like silk. Rain makes the hair very soft. Yes, no use crying over the weather – nothing we can control. Yes, Soul Sisters.*smile
And sometimes the worst weather helps us make the best photographs!!
So true, Sue …. only the raindrops on the lens that makes me annoyed … blurry spots.
How do you take photos like that? They look awesome! Mine turns out not very interesting hahaha! – Jon
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Jon, thank you so much …. it’s the team work between the camera and me … and I always check out new angles … on postcards. *smile – and with a very good compact Canon in my hand, I strike lucky at times.
The only thing I don’t like about traveling is having to share it with tourists. 🙂
Colleen, I think we all …. have that dislike about travelling. *smile
That was a perfect quote with this post. 🙂
nice souvenirs… 🙂
I really enjoy Miyajima Island, but the weather stopped us to some extend to do what we wanted to do. The Ryokan was a balsam for body, heart and soul. Most Japanese shrines are orange -in my eyes they look nearly the same.
7 courses! Oh my goodness! If I ever get to go I am using your advice!
The courses aren’t that big … just enough of every dish. You don’t leave hungry, but you don’t feel like stuffed turkey niehter.
Wonderful images – I love the leaves and O-turii Gate especially 🙂
Thank you so much, two of my favorites too …. The O-turii gate is there so many fantastic images off … and in that weather I wouldn’t be able to get anything like them I seen … so I tried to capture it’s greatness through a whole in a stone lamp.