I wonder if I’ve conjured up false ideas about Matsushima island and Amanohashidate, too. And it didn’t hit home for me that Miyajima and Itsukushima were the same place. Alternate names kept ...

Local officials said the tax will help them keep Miyajima, officially known as Itsukushima, as a sustainable tourist destination. Residents of Miyajima and those who work or study on the island ...

The Gohonsha (main hall) of Itsukushima Shrine Itsukushima Shrine, which was registered as a World Heritage Site in 1996, is situated on the island of Itsukushima in Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima ...

Miyajima has been venerated as a sacred island since remote antiquity. Home to Itsukushima Shrine, which is registered as a World Heritage site, and recognized as one of Japan’s trinity of “three ...