The plan for today was to explore the town, then head up to the Ropeway and discover Mt. Misen. We were the only ones having breakfast that early (7am) and we were out and about in town while they were just starting to open a couple of their shops. We walked up through the town to the ropeway as the bus wasn't running yet and it turned out to be a beautiful walk. The ropeway was....an experience. Lol
Small 4 person ropeway cars that rocked about and we went over some huge drops. I think I did pretty well, was a bit worried, Erin was laughing at me and saying I was cute, so I wiped my clammy hands on her :p The second ropeway was a larger car that took about 10-15 and it felt much better. The view was stunning, hazey but stunning. When we reached the top I read some information on a battle that had taken place in the valley we could see below. It was a battle between Mori and the Sue clans. Sounded very intense and chased to the ends of the island kind of stuff. Mori won the battle with far far less men by using tactics that scared the enemy. So after my little piece of Samurai history fulfillment we started the hike to Mt. Misen. It's fairly short (15-20mins) but about 600 steps through winding very uphill paths. The bones in the sides of my knees have been giving me trouble since Tokyo so I found it very painful but we made it :) Erin's messed up knee had trouble on the way back but we lived ;) And very worth it. Here's the photos. You'll also see the interesting dinner we had and the mega spatula. Miyajima is famous for its rice spatulas and it's maple leaf (waffle) cakes filled with sweet bean paste or cream custard. Most of it was actually really nice :)
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