Day 20 of my first Japan trip in 2006 was a very rainy one. I took the ferry from Hiroshima to Miyajima, where I went to visit Itsukushima Shrine with its famous “floating” torii gate.

Scene during the rainy ferry passage from Hiroshima to Miyajima. © 2006 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Visitors were doing their best posing in the pouring rain against the floating torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima, Japan. © 2006 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
Pouring rain at Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima, Hiroshima, Japan. © 2006 Norbert Woehnl Photography.

Walking around the island, there were some other historic places to be seen as well. This photo shows the stairs ascending to Daisho-in Temple, where a festival was in progress.

Ascent to Daishoin Temple in Miyajima, Hiroshima, Japan. © 2006 Norbert Woehnl Photography.

All photos shot with Nikon digital SLRs, edited in Adobe Lightroom 5.7 / LR Classic.

写真の撮影場所：宮島