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Japan Travel: Exploring Japan's Beauty and Spiritualism at Mount Misen, Miyajima, Hiroshima 18

Japan Travel: Exploring Japan's Beauty and Spiritualism at Mount Misen, Miyajima, Hiroshima 18

Visitors to the beautiful island of Miyajima, located in the city of Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, are often entranced by the mystical Mount Misen located on the island.

Kobo Daishi, the founder of the Shingon sect and a prominent religious figure, brought Buddhism to the mountain in 806, the first year of the Daido era. In addition to the Buddhist structure, the mountain is home to a variety of unusual plants, a platform for beautiful views of the Seto Inland Sea and a fun mountain course for trekkers.

Visitors to the island have the option of ascending Mount Misen on foot or via ropeway. Visitors have a choice of three hiking trails: the Momijidani Course, the Daisho-in Course and the Omoto Course.

**The Momijidani Course: With a length 2.5 km, it takes 1.5-2 hours to arrive at the summit. The route is quite steep at times. Hikers will see rare plant life, like the primitive Angiosperm here.

****The Omoto Course: With a length of 3.2 km, it takes about 2 hours to the summit. Hikers will find 100 year old large fir trees along the trail leading into the Komaga Forest.

**The Daisho-in Course: The estimated hike time for the 3 km trial is 1.5-2 hours. Though there are many stone steps, the scenery is breathtaking.

Visitors also have the option to utilize the Miyajima Ropeway. The Ropeway will take visitors from the foothills of the mountain to Shishiiwa Observatory. From Shishiiwa Observatory, visitors can view the beautiful Seto Inland Sea.

From Shishiiwa Observatory, visitors wishing to advance to the summit will need to advance on foot. The summit is 100 meters from the upper ropeway station along a rather steep rock road. The estimated hiking time from Shishiiwa Observatory to the summit is 30 minutes.

Along the route to the summit, hikers will come across a plateau with religious structures. The Misenhondo (the Main Hall) is the holy hall Kobo Daishi built for 100 day Buddhism training sessions. In the Kiezu-no-Reikado Hall is the holy fire Kobo Daishi used for his religious training. This flame has been burning for over 1200 years. Visitors to the Kiezu-no-Reikado Hall can help themselves to a cup of the hot tea brewed over the flame.

It is believed water boiled this flame will heal various ailments. The fire from the Kiezu-no-Reikado Hall was used to light the Flame of Peace in Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park.

Mount Misen Ropeway, Miyajima, Japan, October 28, 2013

On the Miyajima temple island it is possible to climb to the summit of the island (Mount Misen, 535 meters) partly using ropeways. Two different ropeways have to be used, but it is a fast and efficient, let alone spectacular way to reach the top of the island. It is also possible to walk to the top (but this takes quite a few hours and is virtually impossible with a small child.)

It is possible to take a free shuttle bus from (almost) sea level near the harbor, to the Ropeway station or you can walk up in 10 minutes. Trolleys for children are not allowed in the ropeways so in case you take the bus you can just as well leave it at the bus stop (the shop next to it will take it). If you walk to the ropeway station they will hold your trolley there.

There were some queues at the ropeways, but in typical Japanese style they dissolved very fast. From the final ropeway station there is a walk of 1 km to the top (with 100 m elevation). Note that in the beginning you are actually walking down before climbing up. Slightly disconcerting.

Our little son of 2 years of age walked some of the time, but he got tired. It was a little hard to carry him but my wife and I took turns. He was very popular with the other (Japanese) climbers and were greeted with 'Konichiwa' at least a 100 times.

Just before the summit you can visit the Misen Hondo Main Hall (shrine). There are small deer's every ware and some insist quite a lot on eating your snacks.

The view from the top is spectacular and you can see the entire Hiroshima bay area and to Shikoku Island. When we were there the Misen Observatory at the top was under reconstruction and could not be accessed.

I can highly recommend this trip!

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Wisata Jepang : Mendaki dan menikmati keindahan alami dan suasana spiritual di Gunung Misen, Miyajima,Hiroshima 18 Moopon

Pengunjung yang datang ke pulau Miyajima , berlokasi di kota Hatsukaichi , prefektur Hiroshima, sering terpesona oleh keindahan dan kemistisan Gunung Misen yang ada di pulau ini .
Kobo Daishi , seorang pendiri sekte / aliran Budha Shingon dan juga seorang tokoh agama terkemuka , telah membawa ajaran Budha ke gunung ini pada tahun 806 , tahun pertama era Daido . Selain bangunan Buddha , gunung ini juga merupakan rumah bagi berbagai tanaman yang langka , sebuah tempat untuk melihat pemandangan indah Laut Pedalaman Seto dan jalur pendakian gunung yang menyenangkan bagi para pendaki.

Pengunjung memiliki beberapa pilihan untuk mendaki Gunung Misen , bisa dengan berjalan kaki atau dengan kereta gantung . Ada tiga rute pendakian yang bisa dipilih yaitu : Rute Momijidani , Rute Daisho -in dan Rute Omoto .
** Rute Momijidani : Panjang rute sekitar 2,5 km , dibutuhkan 1,5-2 jam untuk tiba di puncak . Rute ini terkadang cukup curam . Pendaki akan melihat kehidupan tanaman langka , seperti Angiosperm primitif di sini.
**** Rute Omoto : Panjang rute sekitar 3,2 km , dibutuhkan sekitar 2 jam menuju puncak . Pendaki akan menemukan pohon cemara besar dan tua berusia 100 tahun di sepanjang jalan menuju hutan Komaga.
** Rute Daisho – in: Pada percobaan pendakian sepanjang 3 km , lama pendakiansekitar 1,5-2 jam . Meskipun ada banyak jalur berbatu , pemandangan yang disajikan sangat menakjubkan .
Pengunjung juga bisa memanfaatkan pilihan menggunakan kereta gantung Miyajima . Kereta gantung ini akan membawa pengunjung mendaki dari kaki gunung sampai Observatorium Shishiiwa . Dari Observatorium Shishiiwa, pengunjung dapat melihat pemandangan Laut Pedalaman Seto yang indah .
Dari observatorium Shinshiiwa, bagi pengunjung yang ingin melanjutkan perjalanan ke puncak diharuskan berjalan kaki. . Puncaknya berjarah sekitar 100 meter dari stasiun kereta gantung namun sepanjang jalan yang dilalui adalah jalan berbatu dan cukup curam . Diperkirakan pendakian dari Observatorium Shinshiiwa ke puncak sekitar 30 menit

Sepanjang rute menuju puncak , pendaki akan menemukan sebuah dataran tinggi dengan bagunan religius . Aula Misenhondo ( Main Hall) adalah aula suci Kobo Daishi yang dibangun untuk sesi pelatihan / meditasi Budha selama 100 hari . Dalam Aula Kiezu -no- Reikado terdapat api suci Kobo Daishi yang digunakan saat dia bermeditasi . Api ini telah menyala selama lebih dari 1200 tahun . Pengunjung Aula Kiezu -no- Reikado dapat membuat sendiri secangkir teh panas yang airnya diseduh atas api ini .Diyakini air yang dimasak dengan api ini dapatmenyembuhkan berbagai penyakit . Api dari Aula Kiezu -no- Reikado digunakan untuk menyalakan Obor Pedamaian yang ada di Taman Perdamaian Hiroshima . .


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