2025.12.6

It was fine.

After breakfast I ordered to pick up the suitcase and checked out. 

I headed for Hiroshima station and got together with friend and headed for Miyajima.

We went to the hotel to leave luggage and went to Itsukushima jinja shrine. There was a wedding ceremony.

We visited the Treasure Museum.

We visited Daiganji and Senjokaku and had Chikaramochi rice cake. We bought rice balls. We got croissant momiji and climbed Mt. Misen. It was fine and the view was very nice.

After that we headed for the hotel and went out for dinner but after all decided to have supper in the room.

We felt very tired but accomplished.

2025.12.5

We had strange weather, fine, rain, sleet. There was rainbow too.

I started the day early. First I visited Izumo oyashiro.

After having a square breakfast I wore kimono.

We went to Miho jinja shrine and got official prayer.

We had seafood lunch at the same place as usual.

And we visited the Bukkokuji.

We came back to Izumo.

I took the 17:00 long distance bus to Hiroshima and arrived around 20:20.

I bought Okonomiyaki but there was dinner at hotel. I took a public bath.

2025.12.4

It was cloudy, rainy, hail, and fine.

Today is the main event of this trip. 

I got dressed up, checked out, and headed for Izumo. First I went to Takenoya Hotel to leave my luggages. Then I went to Izumo Oyashiro to attend the Kami musubi taisai Festival which is the main celemony of this week−long festival.

After that I visited the museum, and went to Inasa Beach.

Then I visited my benefactor of several years ago.

And I came back to Takenoya hotel, and 50 of us went to Izumo Oyashiro to get prayer, and visited many shrines of the precinct.

We had delicious dinner.

At night there was a lecture from 8:30 to 11:00PM.

It was a long day.