A couple of posts ago I mentioned the Itsuhushima Shrine– a beautiful set of vivid red halls and pathways suspended above the water on stilts, built so ‘commoners’ could see the holy island of Miyajima without sullying it with their unclean feet. Walking about the shrine, I thought it would be a good idea to […]
After my last post of a deer in Miyajima, I noticed there were a couple of other good ones hiding amongst the hundred or so I snapped. I liked this candid shot- the deer trying its best to avoid the over-zealous attention of some excitable Japanese children.
The Itsukushima shrine is a maze of halls and pathways set on stilts above water, appearing to float at high tide in a similar way to the floating tori gate. Miyajima is considered a sacred island and so the shrine was built in order to maintain its purity- allowing common pilgrims to approach without actually […]
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