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Transportation to Hiroshima
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If you arrive Haneda airport in
Tokyo, you go to Tokyo station. On the way you have to change train one time.
So, it is convenient to get on the Tokyo monorail at Haneda airport and you get
off the monorail at the Hamamatsu-cho station. It takes about 23 minutes to go
to “Hamamatsu-cho station.”(about 4 Euro)
②
At the Hamamatsu-cho station,
you transfer to “Yamanote-line bound for Tokyo”. It costs only about 1.2 Euro.
And only 3 stations.
③
At the Tokyo station, you can
have many ways to go to Hiroshima. I’d like to show you 2 ways today. They are Expressway
bus and Shinkansen express train.
④
If you choose Shinkansen
express train, you can go to Hiroshima only 4 hours. But it costs about 150 Euro(18,000JPY)
(one way). A little bit expensive.
⑤
On the other hand, expressway
bus is more reasonable than Shinkansen. It costs about between 40 Euro and 50
Euro. It depends on the season you visit. The bus stop is in Tokyo station
“Yaesu Minamiguchi”. 八重洲南口(←in Japanese). But it takes about 12 hours to go to Hiroshima by bus.
Expressway bus leaves usually around 8:00 PM and arrives at the Hiroshima
station around 9:00 AM on the next day. I heard the bus is very comfortable,
and toilet is of course in the bus. As one of the advantages, you can spare one
night’s hotel expense.
⑥
At the Hiroshima station, you
get on the “JR Sanyou-honsen line bound for Miyajima”. It takes about 25
minutes and costs about 3.5 Euro(410JPY). Many station staffs are in the
Hiroshima station, so you can ask them easily. If you say in Japanese,
“Miyajima ni ikitai desu.”(I want to go to Miyajima.) “Dono dennsha
desuka?”(Which train should I get on ?)
⑦
At the Miyajimaguchi station,
you can find the ferryboat landing. At the ferryboat landing, you buy the
ticket for the ferryboat. Return ticket costs about 3 Euro. The ferryboat goes
to Miyajima every 15 minutes. It takes about 10 minutes.
2
Tips
for the trip
①
As
you know, it is very humid, and hot in summer in Japan. Of course, Hiroshima
also. So, if you go to Hiroshima in summer, you should take care yourself.
Every year many people come down with heat illness. But you know, there are
huge number of vending machines in Japan everywhere. So, you can buy cold drink
anytime,anywhere.
②
If
you go there in summer, you can enjoy fireworks festival in Miyajima. You can
have further detail on the HP of “Miyajima Tourist Association”. Anyway, the
place will be crowded with huge number of people. If you go there by train, you
should buy the train ticket for going back to your hotel in advance. After the
festival, it takes much time to buy the ticket in the station.
If you go there in autumn, you can see the
red mountain. As you know, the color of leaf changes from green to red in
autumn. That’s why you can see the great landscape from the top of the mountain
“Misen”. You can go up the mountain by “Miyajima ropeway”.
The fee of the ropeway(return ticket) is
about 15 Euro(1,800JPY). Many monkeys are on the top of the mountain “Misen”.
③
Most
of the shops(including souvenir shop) close around 18:00 in Miyajima. And the
last ferryboat goes around 20:00. Please pay attention to it.
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Gourmet in Hiroshima
In my blog, I showed
“Momiji-manju” last month. You can have many opportunities to eat fresh baked
Momiji-manju in Miyajima. And you can eat “grilled oyster” in Miyajima. The
taste is amazing. I think these prices are between 1.5 Euro and 2.5 Euro per
piece.
And a very famous “Anago-meshi”
restaurant is between the Miyajima station and the ferryboat landing. The name
of the restaurant is “UENO”,“うえの”（←in japanese）It is
very famous, so I think you might have to make a line for it. “Anago” means
conger(kinds of eel). “Meshi” means rice. The price of the dish is around 10 ~
15 Euro. However the taste is wonderful.
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Shrine in Hiroshima
I think you have ever seen this
gateway. This is the symbol of Miyajima. It is a gateway of Itsukushima Jinja
shrine. It is called “torii”. It is very rare, because it is in the sea. In
addition, the torii is very huge. 25 years ago, the big typhoon hit Hiroshima,
then some parts of Itsukushima jinja were destroyed by the typhoon. But the torii
didn’t fall down. If you visit Miyajima, please don’t forget to take pictures.
5 Accommodation
There are many Japanese style
hotels in Miyajima. But if you have a plan to stay in hotel in Miyajima, you
should make a reservation before you arrive in Hiroshima. Actually
many tourists visit Hiroshima every year.
6 Souvenir in Hiroshima
Hiroshima is very famous for “Shamoji”
also. “Shamoji” is item for putting rice on ricebowl from ricecooker. It is
kinds of large spoon. You can buy it in Miyajima as souvenir. Usually, nothing
is written on shamoji, but some characters are written on some shamoji for
souvenir like this.
On the other hand, a huge interesting shamoji
is displayed in Miyajima. I think it is one of the largest shamoji in the
world. Of course, it is larger than I.
7 Animals
In Miyajima, you can see many deer.
They are said to be God’s messenger in Miyajima. You can buy their food in some
shop. If you buy it, they get together around you very soon.
And in some areas, you can see
monkey. Maybe they are on the top of mounten Misen.
And the Miyajima aquarium is very
famous. It is worth visiting.
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