Originally Posted by
SFOtoORD
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I'm looking for some more clarification here. We are spending 5 nights in Kyoto and want to do a daytrip to Hiroshima (and can't spare a night there). We're also very interested in Mijiyama. We're torn between the two and thought about doing both in a daytrip. It looks like we could spend 4-5 hours in both places (making for a very long day). Would any of you attempt doing both in the same day? Anyone care to make the case for one over the other?
I did Hiroshima and Mijiyama as a day trip in Oct of 2007. I took the first Hikari train out of Shin-Osaka (my hotel was in Osaka) to Hiroshima.
I think it was a very enjoyable day trip. I left Hiroshima a little after 1 to head to Mijiyama.
When I got there I ended up taking the scenic route (I got lost
) to the ropeway. I wanted to see the town from the top of Mount Misen before the ropeway closed for the day. I managed to leave enough time to go into the Itsukushima Shrine and walk around a few of the other sites.
I timed my visit to corropond to the high tide at the island so I could see the gate at night floating in the water. That was something to definately see.
I think I took the 19:15 ferry back to the mainland before making my way back to Osaka. I don't think I got back to my hotel until after 10pm.
Just about everything closes on the island at 17:00. From 17:00 until I got the ferry back, the island was very quiet and took on a life of it's own. Everything that was lit up was breathtaking.