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To make things easier for us storage locker at the station, which cost 700 yen per
we stored our cases in a large locker for the day, which is about £4 – these
storage locker at Hiroshima
Station for the day. lockers have been in all the major stations we have
been too and are very handy.

Once we were free of our cases! Before catching our
next train, we first went to the Hiroshima train ticket
office and reserved our seats for our return journey later
in the day to Shin-Osaka.
Our next train was to Miyajimaguchi Station, on the
San’yo local main line taking 27 minutes. From
A SHORT Miyajimaguchi Station we then had a short walk to
catch the ferry over to Miyajima Island. Our JR Passes
WALK TO allowed us access on to the ferry without having to
CATCH THE stand in a queue and buy tickets, which helped speed Above:
everything up. The ferry was packed with Japanese
FERRY OVER tourists, with very few westerners and us being the only The Misen Maru was our
British. It was a Japan national holiday, and the ferry to Miyajima Island.
TO MIYAJIMA scaffolding and covers had only recently been taken Right:
ISLAND down around the torii gate – so it seemed that everyone Crossing over to the island
was eager to see it once again. gave us some fantastic
views as we could see the
Taking about 10 minutes, riding on the ferry was a nice majestic mountains and the
torii gate coming into view.
change and the views were fantastic crossing over to
the island, as the ferry manoeuvred in such a way that
you get a stunning view of the torii gate.

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