We just got to Miyajimaguchi
And this subway goes to the ferry port, so we can get the ferry across to the island
If you're going with a JR Pass
There's 2 ferries & only one's included in your pass
So make sure you get the right one
MIyajima is an island about half an hour from Hiroshima on the train
It was the place I was most looking forward to seeing
Because there's a red torii gate in the water
And when the tide goes out
You can walk right up to it
There's also a mountain with a ropeway
And wild deer on the streets
It was absolutely beautiful
And one of my favourite places we went to
There's a cat and owl cafe
Cat forest and owl forest
It's the first deer we've spotted
Ah you can't see it!
There's wild deer!
He's after their food!
It's the world's biggest rice scoop!
I think you could make one bigger than that if you really wanted to...
I got my momiji manju
Which is a traditional snack from this area
And they're in all the shops around here
Let's give it a try
The outside is a bit like a cross between cake and pancake
It's quite soft
I've got red bean paste in the middle
You can get different flavours
Phil got chocolate
And there was cream cheese,
Custard cream
That one sounds good
And some other ones as well
In case you don't realise
It's a dead end
It's so cool seeing all the deer on the streets
I think they're only after our food though!
Go on Phil!
Look at his ears!
Here's the entrance to the shrine
The tide's starting to go out
I think it probably looks better when the tide's in
It's a 10 minute walk to the ropeway
Or 7 if you run a little!
It looks so pretty!
And the water sounds really relaxing
They said we can get a free bus up to the ropeway
But we're going to walk through Momijidani Park
Because it looks so nice!
You can stay on the island - it must be good after most people have gone home on the ferry
I think this is a ryokan
Must be pretty nice!
Do you think they're a bit overcrowded?
It's pretty steep!
It said there's 100 steps to go to the ropeway
We're in the ropeway! Here we go!
It's quite steep!
It's a big mountain
It goes all the way over there
Glad we didn't walk!
There's so many trees up the mountain
Everywhere trees...
We thought that was the whole thing but it was just halfway!
We're going across there
*Japanese*
I'm definitely glad we didn't decide to walk up!
We're really high up
And the view is amazing
You can see other bits of the mountain
And the sea over there
Islands
And the mainland where we came from
It's really good
And that's the halfway ropeway station we were at just now
Oh no!
Poisonous snakes and bees!
I hope we don't see any of them!
What happened Amy?
I was scared of the spider and I didn't even see the bees!
I'm kind of glad I didn't see them!
What are we doing now then?
We're going back to the safety of the station
The tide's gone out enough to walk out to it now
We're on the way across!
If the tide was in we'd be under the sea!
We're right by the torii
And you can see
The sea's not actually that deep
And people are sticking their coins on the gate
I've got a black sesame ice cream
On hot bread instead of a cone
It's something new; I thought I'd try it
And Phil's got strawberry
On hot bread as well
I think it's going to melt really quickly
It's really good
The ice cream's like vanilla with sesame bits, rather than being blended in
And the bread's actually quite crunchy
I think it's fried
It is fried
And it's very melty, as you can see!
That ice cream was so messy!
It melted everywhere!
It's probably a good thing I didn't film that!
So we're going now
So bye bye Miyajima
I've really enjoyed it
And look how beautiful it is
Such a nice island