５月１４日 広島県一日目。

今日は写真がいっぱいあります！！なぜなら、宮島があまりにも綺麗だから！
May 14/ day 25.
Our first offical full day in Hiroshima, we went to Miyajima (its a little island about 10 min ferry ride from mainland) in search of a flame that is said to be burning for 1200 years. Today there will be many picture, because Miyajima is just beautiful!

マリーは小学校の修学旅行で１回来たみたいで、私は初めて来ました！！

Marie came to Miyajima once during her elementary school days, on a school excursion. It was my first time to be here!

動物が大好きなので、鹿に会うのが楽しみ！

Being an animal lover I was looking forward to seeing some deer!

宮島のトレードマークのとりい。引き潮だったので歩いて出て行けました。

Here is Miyajima's trademark "Tori". Durning low tide you can walk right under it.

早速鹿を発見！！かわいい〜！全然怖がってません。。

We found some deer! There were not afraid of people at all, sooo cute!

鹿君との２ショット。

Give me a kiss deer!

マリーと二人でパシャパシャ撮ってました。

Me and Marie took maaaaannny pictures!

和風の庭は素敵やね！！！

A cute traditional looking bridge,

この看板をよく読んでください。面白いです。

Read this sign carefully, its pretty funny!
さて、目的地は一番上の不消霊火堂。ロープウエーに乗ります！

So, this rope way will take us to the top of the mountain where the eternal flame waits....

上からの景色は最高でした！もっと晴れてたら四国まで見えるそうです。
The view from up there was breathtaking! If it was a clear day, they say you can see all the way to Shikoku.

上に着いたらおさるさんがいっぱい！！赤ちゃんが本間にかわいい。。

When arriving at the top we were happy to find many monkey's running around everywhere! The little babies were soo cute.

一汗をかき、目的地に到着！！

It was about a 10 or 15min hike up the mountain, then, we reached, the Eternal, FLAME!

旅の為にパワーを貰うことにしました。

There was a peaceful feeling in that place, even the though the fire was very small.

We recieved power for our jouney!

その火を使って、交通安全のロウソクに火を付け、祈りをしました。

Using the Eternal flame to light this candel we prayed for our safty on the road.

その場所からはなかなか離れなくって、いろんな者を見て感動してました。
We found it hard to leave that peaceful place and wondered around too see more.
これが秋なら最高な景色だろう。紅葉が綺麗でした！
The Momiji leaves would look beautiful in the autum.

塩も満ちて来て、帰る時間が来ました。。。

The tide begins to rise, and we reolize the time! We must leave now....

このしゃもじ、巨大です！！！

Could this possibly be the largest rice paddle in the world??!

さて、今日は駅前でライブをすることに。みなさんがすごく親切で募金を沢山協力してもらいました！！ありがとうございます！

Today's busking location was in front of the station. Everyone was very kind and gave donations. Thank you so much !

ここでもいろんな人と話ができ、楽しかったです！

Even here we had many interesting conversations with different people!
中学生と一緒に島人の宝を歌いました。広島の皆さん、ありがとうございました！！今日もまた絵里華ん家に泊まりました。

We sang a famous Okinawian song with these Jr.High school boys. Thank you everyone in Hiroshima! Tonight we stayed again at Erika's home. (My childhood friend.)