The beach at the ancient sacred site of Itsukushima-jinja is guarded by a huge red torii. The whole island is holy.
From close to the shrine itself, views of the O-torii are good. The stone lanterns would be lit at dusk.
One of these deer ate 10 pages of the Miya-jima section of our guide book. Seriously.
Miya-jima's five-storey pagoda.
With a two-hour bike rental we saw some quieter (and smellier) parts of the island.
The beaches aren't anything special, but we think we saw some birds of prey amongst the trees.
The cable car took us up to the monkey observation area on the lower peak, in two stages. Sophie was not keen.
There were no monkeys about, so we walked to the higher peak for this view. Oyster beds surround the next island.
At this shrine on the hill a fire burns that has not been extinguished for hundreds of years. Supposedly.
A Japanese bob-tailed cat.
The O-torii is still impressive at low tide as the locals congregate to dig shellfish out from the sands.