Miyajima
Thursday 13th February 2014
On the way back from Yashiro Island we stopped off for a brief visit to Miyajima to see Erika's other Great Grandmother, and while we were there popped into Miyajima Coffee, and also had the obligatory momiji-manju.
Japan February 2014
John's Pictures

07:24:57
Me and Erika asleep at the onsen hotel in the morning.

08:18:25
The morning view from our room.

08:44:47
Breakfast at the onsen hotel.

08:49:28

09:21:10
Hotel Hotel - so good they named it twice.

10:34:08
On the train on the way back.

11:23:24
On the ferry over to Miyajima, the usual pointless blurry pictures of the umi-no-tori.

11:23:40

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11:52:35
Miyajima Coffee. I liked their cups.

11:52:47

11:58:48
...nice seating too - apparently this was from a park in France.

12:02:27
More of the interior of Miyjima Coffee.

12:06:08
View from the upstairs window of Miyajima Coffee.

12:09:03
Fuji-ya - my favourite momiji-manju producer on Miyajima.

12:10:33
The little garden at Fuji-ya.

12:12:04
The momiji-manju production line.

12:12:16

12:13:41
Our freshly baked momiji manju with some green tea.

12:13:53

12:20:54
The intrepid adventurer.

12:27:05
Some old equipment used for making momij-manju.

12:27:13

12:27:25
The other entrance to Fuji-ya.

12:29:51
We didn't go right up to the umi-no-tori for the usual shots as it was a bit cold, so we just rather lazily took a couple of pictures with it in the background at a distance.

12:30:09

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12:34:03
Not sure why this deer was staring into this shop.

12:36:51
One of the lesser known shrines on Miyajima.

12:37:08

12:37:56
Note the jagariko here.

13:06:22
Visiting Erika's other Great Grandmother.

14:07:11
Back on the ferry to the mainland again.

14:12:11
Erika eating her first ever momiji-manju on the ferry on the way back.

14:47:19
We had a late lunch of udon at this place in Miyajima-guchi.

14:47:30

15:11:02
It had a view of Miyajima island.

15:14:24
Outside the udon shop.

15:17:19
A yellow train going into Miyajima-guchi station.