Miyajima Island in Hiroshima
One of the places I wanted to visit was Miyajima Island. The famous Floating Torii was there!
Before hitting Takamatsu, I decided to stop and go to Miyajima Island.
Besides the Floating Torii, there is are other things to experience. 2 things I really wanted to experience were seeing the World’s Largest wooden spoon (which wasn’t available due to construction) and the small fish that eat dead skin off your feet (availability wasn’t until the next day).
Getting there wasn’t too bad. I took the Shinkansen from Kokura station to Hiroshima Station.
At Hiroshima Station, I went to the ground floor and waited for the train heading to Miyajimaguchi station
I was able to jump on the JR 227 series “Red Wing” trains!
There were 2 Ferry companies, I was with JR, so I took JR Ferry. Both were relatively the same price and went to the same island, just some slight deviation. Ferry rides are fairly short and frequent I believe.
Upon arriving, I got a map and looked at the things I wanted to see.
Floating Otorii gate !!!!
Itsukushima Shrine
Tickets were 300 yen ($3.00) each. I decided to pay for the Treasure Hall because part of my journeys is history. The price was about the same.
Itsukushima Shrine Treasure Hall Museum
Shoes off, slippers offered 
Tahoto Pagoda
It wasn’t open to the public.
Omoto Sando Shopping arcade
A Koi pond in the store! 
Looked cool, but kinda Ed Hardyish. 
I loved these so much, I bought a few!