What other travelers are saying about Miyajima Fireworks Festival
I have nothing but excellent things to say about this island. After living in Japan for 6 years, this place was absolutely a highlight. Despite it being a tourist hotspot, it didn't feel particularly overcrowded on a Thursday afternoon. Very easily accessible by ferry, only a 10-minute ride and we used our Suica card for boarding, 300 yen one way. I was shocked to see how massive this place really was. There are a couple hiking trails that take 4 to 5 hours to complete, which we will come back to and didn't have the opportunity to do this time. Plenty of shopping streets for souvenirs, plenty of food vendors, and tons of deer also! We easily spent 3 to 4 hours here. I would recommend springtime for a visit where it's not too hot yet. We went on a day where it was about 16 Celsius with the sun out, and it was just perfect. Not too windy out either. Tons of foreign visitors here, me being one of them, so just take your time while transiting the streets because it's really easy to bump into people. Otherwise, what an amazing place to visit in a staple to our visit to Hiroshima!
An interesting highlight for a day trip from Hiroshima. Nice walk, beautiful picture points, souvenir shops with reasonable prices, enough shops to try Japanese food. If you are Oyster’s fan, you will love it there :-). Try grilled oysters with various add-ins :-). best way to go there is with Tram number 2 (Red) from the mdd as in station (or any station along the way) and get off at the last station. Either JR Railpass you just have to pay 200¥ tax.
Another option is near Atomic Bomb Dome. Costs around 2.2T yen one way and takes 45 minutes to the island.
There are a lot of friendly wild dears roaming around :-) Good for animal lovers :-)
Have fun :-)
Famous hundred years old tori gate in the sea. Lot’s of deers, beautiful nature view, town and shrine.
You can spend a day here if you want to go for a more relax pace to fully explore island including hiking. Otherwise come early in the morning to catch the ferry here as last ferry back to mainland departs between 5-6pm.
So serene and beautiful! My favourite place to visit in Japan so far.
However, 4 stars because unmonitored tour groups feed the deer human food, leave trash & cigarette butts that the deer end up eating (seen in video).
There was even a lady washing her dirty coffee cup in a koi pond just so she could scoop water to feed the deer for a photo op!
The locals are so kind & nice. Hopefully authorities get stricter with such tourists who don’t respect the island & its wild inhabitants.
