Now realising that we had know where to sleep the night in Hiroshima but knowing that there was a festival at Miya-jima, we decided to go to the festival and worry about the sleeping situation later. On the train to the ferry we me an English couple Charles and Jenny who had just moved to Japan and were also headed for Miya-jima. We formed a group and the 5 of us headed off. There were around 250,000 people on the island so we were expecting something good. Miya-jima is famous for its large tori gate which has stood through countless natural disasters whilst everything else has been destroyed. There was to be a fireworks show above the tori. When the show stared we were speechless. It was something else. This show made Australia day and New Years combined look crap. The show lasted an hour in total and had music and commentary. It was amazing to watch what a real fireworks show is like. Still with know where to stay we headed of after the show. Turns out that Charles and Jenny had moved to Hiroshima and offered us their spare room for the night. Excellent!!
We waited in line for the ferry for 1.5 hrs or so and then after a light dinner crashed in the spare room. We rose early and left before Charles and Jenny were up, leaving them money and an Aussie souvenir to say thanks. We would see what was left of Hiroshima before heading home via Himeji Castle.
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