Japan is made up of 6,852 individual landmasses and while many are tiny uninhabited volcanic formations, some of them such as Miyajima Island are magical havens with mythical narratives. Although the ...

Ah, Miyajima! One of the most photographed spots in Japan. That fantastic torii gate in the sea, the vermilion Utsukushima Shrine, magnificent Mount Misen, those damn deer! Anyone who has visited ...

Photos of a massive red shrine gate that appears to be floating in the sea is one of the most iconic images of Japan. The gate is the great torii of Itsukushima Shrine on the small island in the Seto ...

A few miles over the water from Hiroshima lies the sacred island of Miyajima. We recognised it easily from Orion II as the first thing you see is the island’s world famous Torii, a red shrine gate ...

It’s been three years since our reporter Mari Morimoto has been on an airplane, and more than 10 years since she’s visited the Chugoku region of Japan. So when she found herself in Hiroshima for ...