Ryokan in Miyajima
宮島A small island in Hiroshima Bay, home to Itsukushima Shrine and its great torii standing in the sea. From Hiroshima it is under an hour: 25 minutes by JR to Miyajimaguchi, then a 10-minute ferry. The island's ryokan are a short walk from the shrine.
Miyajima through the year
Spring春
March to May
The island's 1,900 or so cherry trees are usually at their best in early April.
Summer夏
June to August
On the 17th day of the sixth lunar month, in July or early August, the Kangensai takes a boat of gagaku musicians out through the great torii and back to the shrine by night.
Autumn秋
September to November
The maples of Momijidani Park, behind the shrine at the foot of Mount Misen, turn in mid to late November.
Winter冬
December to February
Snow settles on the island's mountains most years, and sometimes around the shrine itself.
The ryokan
Iwaso みやじまの宿 岩惣
A ryokan in Momijidani, the maple valley behind Itsukushima Shrine, that began as a tea house in 1854. Its two large baths use hot-spring water; new-wing rooms and two of the cottages have a bathroom, and main-building rooms do not.
- Onsen
- YesIn the two large baths
- Bath in your room
- New wing and two cottagesBathroom; not hot-spring water
- Tattoos
- Not stated
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Photo credits
Jordan Emery, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr; Saul Adereth, CC BY 2.0, via Flickr; Spiegel from Hiroshima, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; Matt Watts, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Flickr