Japan is Actually an Island: Part II

Miyajima is a little island near Hiroshima that is known for the Itsukushima Shrine. My friends Kelly and Kristen stayed there with me.It's a shinto Gate out on the bay and duirng low tide you can walk out to it. It really is beautiful, but this is not why I came back to this island. I came because it is gorgeaus and there are so many other incredible places to see packed into the tiny island. For expample: The Daisho Buddhist Temple.
It's a place great Emperors have stayed to find peace and quite, a temple that the Dalai Lama stayed for three months, a place in the mountains that is so under rated.

The whole island is filled with places like this, monks find the island spiritually settling. I wonder why:

The island is gorgeous, traditional, and has a sense of humor.

Honestly it is one of the more beautiful places I know of in Japan. Who would believe it's 30 minutes from ground zero of the atomic bomb.