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Japan 2017

Japan

Miyajima

25 March 2017 at 5:00 am

Today we visited Miyajima (Shrine Island), an island famous for the O-Torii gate seemingly surrounded by water.

Japan 2018

Japan

Gunkanjima

9 March 2018 at 1:00 am

Gunkanjima (Battleship Island) was originally called Hashima with a seabed coalmine. After the mine was closed, the island fell into ruin.

Japan 2018

Japan

Dejima

10 March 2018 at 4:00 am

Dejima was used to quarantine foreign traders (Portuguese, then Dutch) during the Edo period of the Tokugawa Shogunate.