And now, the final full day of our trip!We went to Miyajima, an island famous because it's a World Heritage Site. And it's a World Heritage Site because it has a Buddhist gate built, not on the island, but in the water off the coast of the island. I am pretty sure this gate is the only one like it. In the world, I mean. Because, really, who would build a Buddhist gate in the water? Who?
Well, these people. They did it. And then I went to see it.
On this island, as well as that amazing gate, there were a lot of deer. A lot of deer. Who were extremely willing to eat our food. As in, they would nose up to people w
ho were sitting down, and literally try to pluck the food from their hands. Anything was good enough. As in, newspaper was good enough. See the picture. That deer was eating a newspaper. But only, I think, because she couldn't get anything better. Which is surprising - most people think deer are pretty darn adorable! There were people feeding them right and left! People with strollers would be feeding deer and letting their toddlers practically climb on top of the things. Very surprising. Those deer were dirty!
On Miyajima, we took a beautiful gondola ride up the mountain, looked out over the ocean at a lot of tiny islands, and took a picture of ourselves jumping in front of the gate in the ocean. It was a fun and interesting day. Quite relaxing, and warm and beautiful.
(This was a shockingly short post! I guess you should just look at the pictures.)
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