After a sombre morning at the A-Bomb Memorial, I caught a tram to the Hiroshima train station, had a quick McD's fillet-o-fish, and boarded an afternoon local train to the coastal town of Miyajimaguchi, for a ferry ride to the island of Miyajima, an hour away from Hiroshima. Miyajima is famous for its venerable shrine of Itsukushima-jinja (built 1168), whose vermilion gate rising out of the sea (not at low tides) is considered one of Japan's top three most scenic views.
Top pic attached shows a view of the 'floating' gate from the path leading to the shrine on Miyajima island, with the mountains on Honshu island as a backdrop. Bottom pic shows the gate as the ferry approaches Miyajima island. The position of the sacred gate indicates that the whole island of Miyajima is a Shinto holy site and should be respected as such.
