Itsukushima Shrine
A Shinto shrine on Miyajima built out over the tidal flats, so that at high tide its halls and great vermilion torii seem to float on the sea. The complex is a World Heritage Site, and several of its buildings are National Treasures.
- Where
- Miyajima, Hiroshima, Japan
- Grade
- UNESCO heritage
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 8 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 34.2958, 132.3201
Get the Itsukushima Shrine stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Itsukushima Shrine. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Hiroshima volume with your photos and a note.
Near Itsukushima Shrine
Mount Misen 1.8 km
The sacred mountain of Miyajima and the island's highest point at 535 metres, inside the World Heritage area of Itsukushima Shrine. A ropeway and forest trails lead up to the summit rocks, with wide views over the islands of the Seto Inland Sea.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum 16 km
A museum inside the Peace Memorial Park documenting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and what it meant for the city and its people. Its main building, raised on pillars, was designed by Kenzo Tange and is an Important Cultural Property.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park 16 km
A park in central Hiroshima planned by the architect Kenzo Tange and dedicated to the memory of those lost in the 1945 atomic bombing. Its axis runs from the museum through the arched Cenotaph and the Peace Flame to the Atomic Bomb Dome, and over a million people come each year.
Atomic Bomb Dome 17 km
The domed shell of the former Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, kept just as it stood after 6 August 1945. It sits on the riverbank across from the Peace Memorial Park and was made a World Heritage Site in 1996.
Hiroshima Castle 17 km
Also called Carp Castle, it was the residence of the daimyo of the Hiroshima Domain, first built in the 1590s. The keep was rebuilt in 1958 as a replica of the original and now holds a museum of the city's history before the Second World War.
Shukkei-en 18 km
A historic strolling garden in central Hiroshima whose name means shrunken scenery garden: valleys, mountains and forests recreated in miniature around a central pond. The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum stands next to it.
Dogo Onsen 65 km
One of the oldest hot springs in Japan, in the city of Matsuyama on Shikoku. Its main bathhouse, the wooden Honkan of 1894, rises in tiers of tiled roofs to a small drum tower, and the streets around it fill with bathers in cotton yukata.
Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine 91 km
The remains of the largest silver mine in Japanese history, worked for almost four hundred years from 1526 to 1923. A forest path leads from the old mining town of Omori to the Ryugenji Mabu shaft, a tunnel that visitors can walk into.
More UNESCO World Heritage sites in Hiroshima
Questions
Where is Itsukushima Shrine?
Itsukushima Shrine is in Miyajima, Hiroshima, Japan. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Mount Misen (1.8 km), Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (16 km), Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (16 km).
How do I get the Itsukushima Shrine stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Itsukushima Shrine and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Hiroshima volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Itsukushima Shrine before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Hiroshima volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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