Our day on Miyajima Island continues.
Here is a small stream going through town, and people are wading in it again. Remember how I said Japan needs pools... take a hint!!
It was a nice relaxing scene throughout town, though.
And since it was well into the 90's, I stopped a few times to cool my feet off, too!
Even the deer liked to lay in the shade by the stream.
Another video of a deer. This one has a slight injury. Maybe a rowdy tourist hurt it?! Yeah, right, that kind of stuff doesn't happen in Japan!
Souvenir shopping on the streets of Miyajima.
I love that this town was not crowded like the rest of the country!!
Quite possibly the crappiest souvenir shop ever...
How do you go from the initials K.F. to K.H.?! They lost out on a sale from this K.G.!!
Next sight on the island is taking a ropeway ride to the top of Mt. Misen.
Tarynn climbs into our private car that takes us halfway up the mountain.
And we're off!!
This is the ONLY way to climb a mountain in my opinion. I love it!
(If the car had been air conditioned, it would have been a bonus, but it's still much better than climbing uphill for 2-3 hours!!)
View from the ropeway.
Long way up!
We made it to the halfway point, and now there is a circulating ropeway with one gondola on each side to reach the summit.
This time we'll have to share the cabin car with up to 28 other people!
Made it to the peak of the mountain, and here is the sign we are greeted with:
As if wild deer aren't bad enough, they also have wild monkeys on the top of this mountain that like to steal your personal belongings or attack you for looking at them directly.
Thank goodness we didn't run into any wild monkeys. I don't even like them behind cages in zoos. Yuck!
View from the peak of Mt. Misen.
KG is Queen of the World (or at least Japan)!
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Tarynn loved this place. She said it was the most beautiful place she has seen in all of Japan. So I guess she agrees with the "Top 3 Scenic spots of Japan" rating. I thought it was nice, but I have truly seen many beautiful places here.
Going d-o-w-n on the ropeway... it was like a steep roller coaster!!
Just to prove we were in Miyajima!
Anyone hungry? Here's the world's largest rice spoon!
More deer along the bank of the stream.
Here is Tarynn with a cute fawn.
Yes, the fawns are cute. But for the most part, I was totally over the wild deer after about 15 minutes. They roam around and beg for food like a pack of stray dogs. One literally tried to climb into my lap while I was eating a snow cone. I lifted my arm up with the hand holding the food, and she thought it was a signal for her to go higher, too... Ugh, and then another deer was sniffing around Tarynn's bag getting deer snot all over it. Not exactly charming and serene as they seem from a distance!!
