Jejak Sakura 2016: Miyajima Island

Miyajima Island, Hiroshima, Japan
Sunday, 17 Apr 2016

Hari ni, trip kami akan cover miyajima island dan hot spot di Hiroshima city.

How to travel between Hiroshima and Osaka 

Dari Osaka ke Hiroshima, kami naik Shinkansen (SAKURA train dari station Shin-Osaka). Kami decide ambil train kedua paling awal which is 6.25am. Pukul 6.00am macam awal sangat pulak. Boleh check timing masa nak reserve seat. We reserved seat a day earlier at Shin-Osakan Station. Alhamdulillah kami dapat seat together. Estimated duration is about 91minit. 

We arrived sharp at 7.56am at Hiroshima Station. Turun saja dari Shinkansen, kena exit dulu &take local train to Station Miyajimaguchi (JR Sanyo Line). On the way nak sampai ke Miyajimaguchi station dah boleh kelihatan Miyajima Island dari kejauhan. Memang cantik cuaca hari ni. Nampak panas tapi boleh tahan juga sejuk. Lebih-lebih lagi masa naik Ferry nak sampai ke Miyajima, huhuhu.

Local Train to Miyajima Island

Kami sampai Miyajimaguchi station 30min kemudian. Lepas keluar saja dari station just follow signboard ke JR Ferry. Jalan lebih kurang 5minit nak sampai ke Miyajimaguchi Ferry Terminal jetty to Miyajima Island. Ferry utk pemegang JR adalah setiap 10minit. Perjalanan feri ke Miyajima island lebih kurang 10min.

All transportation mentioned above covered by JR Pass.

JR Station nearby to Miyajimaguchi Ferry Terminal

The Miyajimaguchi Ferry Terminal

Langit biru mengiringi perjalanan kami

Naik Ferry to Miyajima Island

Miyajima Island is one of Japan's Three Most Scenic Spots. Di sini lah terdapat World Cultural Heritage Miyajima Itsukushima Shrine i.e. temple tempat sami menuntut ilmu. The most interesting spot di sini adalah pintu gerbangnya yang dipanggil O-Torii yg berdiri sendiri atas kekuatan kayunya. Bila air surut akan nampak hingga tapaknya & akan tenggelam sebahagiannya bila air naik. Anyway, Torii gate can be accesed during the low tide. Meaning visitors are allowed to approach the Torii gate.

Itsukushima Shrine Torri gate seen from the Ferry

Miyajima Ferry Terminal

Ferry yang kami naik tadi

Perjalanan menuju Itsukushima Shrine

Tengah warm-up nak Hiking

Tak sampai 1km pun nak kena jalan... about 15min to reach Itsukushima

Nice place to capture photo

Miyajima Island ni memang sangat cantik. Dan kebetulan masa kami sampai ni, cuaca memang sangat cantik. Ada juga rusa-rusa liar yang dibiar berkeliaran. Tapi baik-baik sebab deria bau rusa-rusa kat sini memang kuat. Boleh jadi dia akan follow kalau bau makanan, hehehe. Selain itu, terdapat beberapa taman juga ropeway di kawasan sekitar pulau ni. Kepada kaki hikers, Miyajima Island juga adalah spot untuk hiking. Masa kami sampai tu, dah nampak ada one big veteran group tengah warm-up nak panjat  Mt. Misen.

On the way menuju Itsukushima Shrine

Jauh meninggalkan Ferry Terminal

Ada guesthouse & shops along the way

Rusa kat sini memang bebas berkeliaran

Pintu Gerbang ke Itsukushima Shrine

The torii appears to be floating only at high tide. When the tide is low, it is approachable by foot from the island.

The Itsukushima Shrine

The best place to take photo of Itsukushima Shrine Torii gate

Me with the famous "floating" torii gate

Be nice to me

Spotted Sakura at Miyajima Island

Hiroshima Cherry Blossom Spots --> Here

Sakura... almost end of season at Miyajima Island

The Lost Samurai

Kami spend about 2 hrs disini sebab nak cover the other side of Hiroshima city pulak. Kami perlu balik semula ke Hiroshima central untuk ke other attraction at Hiroshima. Perjalanan yang sama dari Hiroshima station nak ke Miyajimaguchi station, cuma reversed.

Beautiful... Mix of Japanese & Mat Saleh

To be continued...