A freak snowfall forced ets and me to reschedule our visit to the floating shrine in Miyajima. Surprising as the weather was, the worst of it was during our morning-long train ride from Kyushu to Hiroshima. The scenery that passed us was blanketed by snow and we were relieved that we were spending the next few hours in a warm train and not gallavanting around outside.

Fortunately, by the time we reached Hiroshima, and indeed for the rest of the day, the weather resigned itself to brief sprinklings at random intervals. It was pleasant enough for us to get out and take in Hiroshima castle and the A-bomb museum on foot.

On this our final day, we find ourselves blessed with brilliant sunshine and a much milder and more accommodating clime as a comparably short train and ferry ride takes us to the floating shrine.

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