There was a special lattern room in the temple complex. You reached it via a series of dark rooms, with illuminated Buddhas, so by the time you enter the lantern room the effect is stunning.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Japan Revisited – Prayers
At the entrance of the temple there are prayers written on wooden ‘cards’, but since Miyajima specialises in manufacturing wooden rice scoops, they’ve ingeniusly made use of this.
Japan Revisited – Offerings
Buddhists are always offering up food to their ancestors, but canned pineapple?
Japan Revisited – Doe a Deer
A little surprised to find deer roaming the waterside. Friendly they were too, perhaps too friendly. I think they’ve become very use to tourists feeding them.
Japan Revisited – Towering
Many temples and pagodas in Japan are a vivid red/orange colour. This one in Miyajima overlooks the water.
Japan Revisited – Floating Torii
As you may guess, the Floating Torii (Gate) is one of the chief attractions on the island. It leads to a floating temple, that is built on a pier that is underwater at high tide. In olden times, pilgrims used to come by boat through this gate.
Japan Revisited – Miyajima
It’s hard to believe that’s it’s been 3 years since I made my trip to Japan. The experience is still quite vivid, even if my knowledge of the language has faded.
So time to delve into my archive of photos. This time I want to revisit Miyajima, a little island just a few kilometres from the city of Hiroshima. It’s a lush island, famous for its temples. We board the ferry for the short trip across, and our first glimpse of the island is stunning.
Wedding Banquet – Cake
And to end… the wedding cake. They can be quite simple of gargantuan affairs. This one is the latter.
It apparently took the cake-maker a month to create this. Taking a closer look, you can see why.
Admittedly, it’s a bit too showy for me, but hey, to each their own.
Wedding Banquet – Desserts
If the mains were wonderful then the desserts were fantastic.
I had a trio of creme brulee: vanilla, coconut and raspberry flavoured morsels. The vanilla one had the best flavour.
But my neighbour’s chocolate mousse bomb was just, wow. It was rich, smooth, not too sweet, and completely decadent.
Wedding Banquet – Mains
Of course, it’s inevitable that I post photos of the food.
Let’s just forget about the entrees because I forgot to take photos of them. For the record, I had the duck, which was done Peking style and nicely cooked.
But it’s the mains that I was hanging out for.
As the menu states, this is Chicken Ballontine with Apple, Fennel, Celery, Shallot and Green Olive Salsa. I didn’t have it but my neighbour commented that it was cooked nicely, and the salsa was especially good.
This is what I had.
Barramundi fillet, potato dauphine, broad bean and crab bisque. The fish was cooked to perfection. The potato dauphine was kind of like a posh pomme noisette to me, but I loved the flavour of the bisque. Delicious.
Static and Silence 