Island 3 - Miyajima, Japan, biked 15th April 2014

Thanks to Tomoyo for lending me her green bike

Miyajima is a wonderful island off Hiroshima. It is most famous for its sacred Itsukushima Shrine - an orange arch which 'floats' in the sea at high tide. We came to check it out for a place to visit and for an island to bike. We loved it so much that we tried to find a place to stay but had no luck with that.

Thanks to Debbie for being photographer

Being on an island, and in the Pacific, I inquired about renting bikes. No. 'Could I borrow one?' I asked various people. No.

This is too beautiful an island to be put off by these setbacks and then I met Tomoyo. She owns this lovely green bike and was very happy to let me rid it around for a while. Thank you Tomoyo!


With the lovely Debbie taking photos, I cycled up and down, weaving my way through the crowds and trying to avoid the deer (see my other blog for those pics, when I have a minute to update it!) which roam around the waterfront trying to eat paper and anything else that tourists might have on them,

It would have been nice to have had a bike for longer but I am so grateful to Tomoyo for making it possible for me to bike this extraordinary island in Japan.