The Curse of Monkey Island

5th October - Inland Sea

Miyajima is a densely forrested island just south of Hiroshima and is famous for its tame deer and monkeys(!). Our rather sweaty ascent to the island's highest peak took us almost up into the low, heavy clouds. It yielded some stunning views over Japan`s Inland Sea, but no monkeys.

The picture is of the famous floating torii (shrine gate), one of Japan's 'three best views'. As you can see, there's not a monkey in sight.