The great torii of Itsukushima Shrine against the setting sun

Regions — 2 places

ChugokuChugoku

Shrine buildings that live with the ebb and flow of the tide.

Photo: Bernard Gagnon / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0

2 destinations

Shrine buildings that live with the ebb and flow of the tide.

SETOUCHI

Seto Inland Sea

Hiroshima / Okayama / Kagawa / Ehime / Yamaguchi / Hyogo

A calm inland sea of layered island silhouettes.

The vermilion great torii of Itsukushima Shrine standing in the sea at high tide

MIYAJIMA

MiyajimaHiroshima · Chugoku

Itsukushima (Miyajima), Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture. The buildings and great torii of Itsukushima Shrine, built over the sea, were inscribed as a World Cultural Heritage site in 1996. One of the Three Views of Japan.

Islands / Seas / World Heritage