Saturday, September 02, 2006

Fireworks in Scenic Miyajima Island

Our trip to Miyajima Island from Hiroshima was met with a large crowd going to the same place. It was the Hanabi Matsuri ( Fireworks Festival). The picture above shows the long queue for the ferry ride to Miyajima.

The ride to Miyajima Island offers one of the scenic views around the island.

This is the most famous floating torii gate located in Miyajima Island. This place is claimed to be the most photographed sight in Japan. Indeed it turned out to be a beautiful picture.


I never stopped clicking away when the fireworks started. Apparently, the silhouette of the torii gate turned out pretty nicely in the first picture.

This is the Hiroshima version of the okonomiyaki, one of the highlights of Hiroshima's "must-try" food. I have tried the Osaka one and this is something different. As you see it, it has a thinner layer of base as compared to the one in Osaka. It looks more like a tosei topped with mee-goreng, except that it is not spicy.

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