Around December, I went on a solo trip to Miyajima in Hiroshima Prefecture.I took the Shinkansen from Osaka to Hiroshima, ...

Even on a clear, bright day, the lush mountains and forests of Itsukushima rise from the sea in a ghostly haze. The effect is fittingly ethereal for an island held sacred by the Japanese since ancient ...

Itsukushima-Schrein Miyajima is located on Miyajima (Itsukushima) Island in Hiroshima Bay, off the coast of Hiroshima in western Honshu, Japan. The island is reached by a short ferry ride from the ...

I went to see the Kangetsu-no (Moon-viewing Noh) at Itsukushima Shrine.The Kangetsu-no at Itsukushima Shrine, featuring ...

For many Americans, the first image that comes to mind when they think of Japan is not Tokyo’s neon skyline, but the “floating” torii gate of Itsukushima-Schrein Miyajima. Rising from the shallow ...

It’s been three years since our reporter Mari Morimoto has been on an airplane, and more than 10 years since she’s visited the Chugoku region of Japan. So when she found herself in Hiroshima for ...