If you asked me when and where I saw the most beautiful sunset, I would say it was in the summertime on Miyajima. And I'm lucky enough to have seen it twice! Miyajima is a wonderful place anyway, and is deservedly popular with both local and foreign tourists, but during the photographer's so-called 'golden hour' it truly becomes a magical place. If you can afford it, stay at one of the great Japanese inns on Miyajima, but if not, you'll still have time to take the ferry and train back to your budget accommodation in Hiroshima after the sun has set. Write it on your bucket list!
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Summer sunset on Miyajima
You should add this experience to your bucket list!

By Cathy Cawood
Community writer

Warm summer evening with a perfect view

The descending sun illuminates Itsukushima Shrine

The sinking sun turns the red of Itsukushima to orange

Golden light and long shadows

A deer was wandering on the sand and nibbling at seaweed before the water covered it

The big torii framed by two stone lanterns

A last patch of sunlight by the bridge

Lanterns lit inside the shrine

The setting sun casts long shadows through the pine trees and lanterns along the shore

A row of stone lanterns catch the sun's last rays

The tide flowing in causes the big torii to 'float'

People and lanterns silhouetted against the water

Watching the sunset and waiting for a summer festival to begin

The last colors of the day are slowly fading away

When the tide is high enough, a boat can sail between the pillars of the torii

The island is such a beautiful place, in that moment I wanted to stay there forever
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Natalia Veronica
10 years ago
The sunset was really breath-taking!
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