Unfortunately dome was under investigation process, you can’t see it properly with the construction scaffolding covering it.

Hiroshima Dome covered in scaffolding while it is being inspected

We then caught a train to Miyajimaguchi (30 min journey) and then took a ferry to the island.

The ferry took about 10 mins and we had great views of the big Torii gate. After arriving, a few deers welcomed us.

Torii gate welcomes visitors to Miyajima island, Japan.

Beautiful pagoda & bridge on Miyajima island, Japan.

There is a lovely small town on the island along with the famous Itsukushima shrine. We wished we had more time to spend there, and made a note to visit again.

Local shops in Miyajima island, Japan.

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Visiting the famous Matuse castle in Japan.

The garden was beautiful, boats go and forth in the moat which also adds a nice color to the view of the castle.

The beautiful moat and bridges around Matsue castle, Japan

There are many old houses in the vicinity too. For example one of the old houses are Samurai or Buke yashiki. They display old Samurai tools inside the house so you can see their lifestyles back then.

We recommend Matsue as a must visit place.

After that we made the long journey to Hiroshima. The first part was a local train to Okayama and then we transferred to Shinkansen.

We arrived at Hiroshima in the early evening and had not yet booked any hotel accommodation which proved to be a struggle for the price range we wanted. Also most of the budget / business hotels were fully booked.
So we resorted to an Internet Cafe, which we had tried once before in Nagano.
With internet cafes you do not book in advance, only we you turn up.
We were lucky that they had plenty of availability and we even got an upgrade to a family sized room from a double cubicle.
We were very impressed by the room and used the cafe’s discount coupon to book dinner.

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