Here we come Miyajima!

After two days of snowing, this Sunday was a beautifully day! So we decided to head out to Miyajima island. We headed downtown to catch the JR train, and there we ran into Ms. Elena and Mr. Dustin!


Ms. Elena loves babies!! She is always so happy to see baby Noah, and baby Noah loves her too!


It looks like she just saw something amazing! Haha.


After a short train ride we made it to our stop to catch the ferry to the island!


I've never been on a ferry before! It was a short ride but it was fun and the view was beautiful! This was Desiree's third time going so she was a pro and was showing dad and me what to look at!


My big girl!! No excitement whatsoever! She's done this way too many times she says.


It was kind of chilly! I should've worn warmer clothes!


Mom and dad on the Ferry ride.


I wonder what she was thinking about? Just staring off looking out at the sea!


As we got closer to the island we saw TONS of people. The day we decided to go, the Oyster festival was going on! Heck yes!! Oysters! My mom came to visit at the wrong time! She LOVES oysters and they had a whole bunch.


That there is some kind of "shrine" not sure what exactly it's there for. Nick said something about it being a gateway to the afterlife? I'll do some research and write about it!


Oh, hey! Where did this deer come from? There are a lot of deer just wondering around the island...they are sneaky little guys! They eat stuff out of your pockets, back packs and strollers!!


Nick made a friend, they had a stare down... It wanted his warm sake! Nick should have given it to him, it was too much for Nicholad! He said it was like drinking warm vodka GAG.

There was a lot of weird food at the festival and guess who wanted to try it all? DESIREE!





She is so daring when it comes to food, she tried EVERYTHING we were willing to buy and try ourselves. Here is how most of the conversations went about food.

Desiree: what's that?

Me/Nick: I don't know, just try it.

Desiree: ok! Mm, this is good!







Ok enough with the food! Let's walk around and explore this new place. We came across some crazy dance performance! It was really neat, they were beating drums and yelling!





We were on a mission to find some honey. It's not just any honey it's pretty freaking amazing honey! After a long walk, battling the deer that followed us everywhere, we found the big "spoon" that Ms. Elena said it was by.


This is I guess similar to a wishing well. There were tons of coins around a bowl on the ground in front of this. I think it's a paddle, not a spoon. You can see Desiree there in the corner eating some ice cream!



Fishies!!! There are always fish around.. Weird but pretty, I like it!


After searching for a few hours we found my honey (forgot to take a picture). Now that Desiree got to eat all the food she could fit in her tummy and mom got her honey, it was time for dad to get his Oysters! Me, Desiree and Noah sat back and relaxed while dad grubbed out! Then back home we headed!

Miyajima was super fun, can't wait to go back!