Are Tourists Ruining Japan? 🇯🇵

Our travels in Japan continue as we set sail for the island of Miyajima in Hiroshima bay. The name translates to “Shrine Island” and is world renowned for the incredible Itsukushima Shrine which has the only torii gate in Japan that is built over water. The shrine itself is also built over water and when we arrive on the island we visit it shortly after eating a delicious Pakistani curry in a traditional Japanese tea room. Miyajima is thought to be the island where God lives in Japanese culture and is home to free roaming deer. After visiting the shrine we head to the top of Mount Misen on the Miyajima ropeway which is the other main attraction on the island. It is located in Momijidani Park and we ride it to the top of the mountain, enjoying panoramic views of the inland sea and surrounding islands. We catch a glimpse of the torii gate at high tide beneath the setting sun and also manage to try some famous Hiroshima bay oysters on the way back to the ferry port before catching the last ferry back to Hiroshima. Once we arrive at Hiroshima port we enjoy some delicious ramen cooked by an old Japanese lady before heading back to our sleepy island of Etajima.
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She desperate fish cake oh okay that’s kind of you want some of that I don’t I don’t think so stick do you want that I’ve had that before and it’s actually pretty good cheese in the middle not today I don’t think this is so good we’ve got some

Authentic Japanese tea and then some a Pakistan Curry basically this place only serves this they Ser spicy chicken curry Pakistani style or cheese toast this is actually my ultimate favorite food it didn’t last long look how much I’ve got left and I’m such a fast eater so good it I forgot that usually

I’ve been eating rice with chopsticks for some reason there was just a spoon there I start in a spoon it just Disapp what a great little fine that place ever had I actually don’t know what it was called Miato Cafe Cafe Miato you in me a g go and now we’re going to go to the most famous part of this island which is the iush Shima itsu Shuka ituka ituka

Shima I think we should ask someone a big Shrine this gate is what the itsukushima shrine is most famous for it’s Tory gate which when the Tide’s high is in the water but it’s low tide now it’s huge so let’s go see it up close my socks and

Sandals wasn’t W the grandpa look today I love the grandpa look yeah what’s happened to you you can tell we’re getting old it’s just so you in a cly dead wearing that like 5 years ago it it’s just so comfy this Tory gate is one of three

Most scenic views in Japan which is why this island is so popular as you can see the tide zooming in it’s luy we got her when we did woo why is this bit not got muscles Barnacles why is it like there’s like a gap I wow it’s pretty magnificent magic wow it’s pretty

Magnificent ah I it Oh I thought you were about to stack it oh we got nothing for you I’m sorry she’s lovely her looks in very very good condition yeah no Japanese Shrine would be complete without The Messengers of the Gods the deer the deer that wait near the food stands are

Always the most bullish deer look at this sniffing cycle on the way to the temple I don’t really know how this has happened but till he’s ended up buying an ice cream I started to feel a bit which is like half coffee and half vanilla it’s so

Good it’s a speciality on this island you got to have it speciality on the island she says I told you you’d like it it’s really like creamy creamy like thick and like dense delicious I mean look at it it looks just unreal the deer no way this deer looks

Terrifying he’s actually waiting for a week pass by to Rob okay now we’re going Shrine aren’t we so this is the queue we’re assuming to get the prime photo standing underneath the Tory gate over there what are the chances you think that Ed is going to let me do that I’d

Say one to 100 right let’s get in I wonder how much this costs oh wow this is lovely how much was it Ed 600 Yen for two people so like that’s pretty good3 And2 if you missed from there in Japan they love a tanoy announcement our little island in hoshima Bay we get woken up every morning by this at 8:30 and then 9 it’s 8:30 I just get back to bed and then it’s 9 again is going off they want you to suffer

Ly yeah I don’t what we complaining about to be honest we’re a disgrace one more one more thank you and here we have the most 2023 thing ever everyone queuing that in get the perfect photo beneath the gates which we will obviously not be doing when we were over

There I was like I was like what do you think the chances are Eddie’s going to let me do this one in 100 I said you can I’m going to get another ice cream so apparently you write your wishes on those bit and then you what tie them up the Shinto deities then

Grant your wishes and over there if you can see the wooden boards oh where they are it’s the same concept and what about the little things you buy the little like Lucky Charms yeah they’re just like ward off demons or like you buy one for like good memory

Or good health or I saw one for good ey you got a bad ankle yeah can’t see properly Uh I don’t like that Shinto the religion is like the gods are in all things like love of Nature and they just got a man with a captive monkey that he’s forcing to the monkey looks so sad no it’s it’s not it’s not nice I’m surprised by that you know we’ not seen

Any stuff like that here I know that there the C that C’s pretty they were just like do you want to go one way or round trip it’s like oh wish should live up on the mountain tonight I don’t Understand I look at our lovely tree head oh that’s quite scary that way when you look down it’s a bit freaky top thank God I think this is just the first station oh we have to go more I think so we’ve transferred to a new one which I think goes over the

Sea we on this prowed on this one this is kind of creepy this one it’s the trail to Mount me which takes like half an hour through the forest which I wanted to do but I don’t think we’re going to have time now that queue looks huge and the last uh

Cable car down at half 4 and we need to get the ferry at 5 I keep trying to initiate Mountain climbs and is not happening for me not meant to be soon then next video after this will be up a mountain because I found out there are bears here and I’m now absolutely

Terrified down we made it off the cable car ropeway and our Ferry is pretty soon we wanted to go back and see the temple again at Sunset fter honestly we might be walking we might be running at this point so a nice orange and red Tre let’s see what

Happens they are nice aren’t they yeah we made it we made it for shred of sunset on the way to wow it’s really nice very Port I’m happy we’ve seen it both with the tide in and the tied out we’re trying to try some harima oysters before we get on the ferry which

Is probably Madness but if you noticed in the sea there’s just loads of little oyster Farm is really famous in this area so you want to give them a try before we go Race Against Time it is a real race time I don’t know what you meant to put on them everything

You’re not going to eat them are you absolutely not well you make them for me you put on what you I should have it’s like a Master Chef Japan version wow they look huge they go woo thank you thank you So bit of soy here we go famous oers I’m doing everything EDS I I’ve had oysters for so long CH yeah a little bit yeah it yeah that too much chil yeah yeah let’s go we got SC wow okay guys here we go so says me don’t swallow it but look

At the size of this you swallow you don’t chew it you don’t chew it can try and chew it how is it hot hot good does it taste fishy look at this view everyone Ed I think we might be one ferry over cuz we’ve not even gone past

The tent yet fresh though isn’t it it’s fresh out the sea Ed we need to run kind of dish you want to take your time to really enjoy but we need to run is in minutes we haven’t even gone to the we haven’t even gone to the next part right let’s go

Gooders my mouth full look at Till’s running technique and I don’t think it’s this one no there one more over eat a load of oysters start running always a good idea now that we start running talk about how good those oysters were are they good are they actually yeah you

Just don’t like oysters they were really nice they tast fresh yeah they probably came out like there yesterday but somewhere else get on the ferry we’re now in a Russian a p and we seem to be eating more food is this tempura noodles oh my God I

Told you and it was so cheating we’ve got like 20 minutes to our fair7 you got the exact money for you 870 how cheese is that that’s a bargain Army has 20 minutes to the furry to Ed a g where we live so this is delicious that is why you should

Honestly just like go to these Randy places especially if it’s run by a pensioner yeah genuinely I’m not joking like they don’t understand inflation and the food is so good yeah and they also just been making this for years it’s just the same thing taste out though is

Really good it do a little swap let me try the katsu UD it was just like it’s just a curry udon it’s hot doesn’t know how’s better though I don’t know I’ve not really tasted this one swap back no no no no Arigato arig thank you

Bye was so tasty so I mean it look how like incp ous this place is you don’t even know it was here that’s what I mean delicious quick and cheap you can say cheap again 370 Yen that was Unreal perfect now it’s time for our Ferry time well spent money well spent Yeah all right we’re going to end this video here as we head back to our island of ET me too it’s a nice sleepy Village shame we could have shown you some of that honestly there’s just there not my sh there is nothing happening there part from Fishing

And More fishing bit like farming fishing and farming um same thing you have a nice day yeah had a really nice day I it was it was busier than I thought but I don’t really know how you kind I was B worried when I got off it

Was going to be super touristy but once you get away from the main bit it’s actually really fine um yeah it was amazing I like the shrine when know the Tory gate when the water was high yes T gate at the end during sunset was really

Cool the roadway was good as well we ate so much good food as well the oysters that curry in the morning the ice cream that crazy lady’s noodles yeah good times I expected as well best things in life always are on that note on that note thanks for watching drop a like if

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