Heather McLean
Heather McLean
stone carvings and the Seto Inland Sea
stone carvings and the Seto Inland Sea
It's a general rule that you explore the tourist areas in the city you live in, ages after you visit many other cities and countries. That is true for me and Innoshima. This morning I finally decided to visit the main tourist attraction of the island: Shirataki-san.

Mt. Shirataki is small and quaint. It's about 227m above sea level. There are about 700 stone images of Buddha's disciples that line the path to the top where Buddha looks out. I was told that they were made sometime between 1818 and 1830.

The view is absolutely spectacular. You can see most of the towns in Innoshima city, as well as many of the surrounding islands in the Seto Inland Sea.
Buddha welcomes you to Mt. Shirataki
Buddha welcomes you to Mt. Shirataki
on the hike up
on the hike up

Buddha looks over Innoshima
Buddha looks over Innoshima		There's Buddha in the centre and his two disciples on either side
the path to the look-out
the path to the look-out
from the top of Mt. Shirataki
from the top of Mt. Shirataki
at the top!
at the top!
view of the Innoshima Bridge
view of the Innoshima Bridge
view of Shigei Town, Innoshima City
view of Shigei Town, Innoshima City

view of Ohama Town, Innoshima City
view of Ohama Town, Innoshima City		if you look closely....see the white building at the edge of the water? That's the Innoshima University! Famous for marine biology

view of the Seto Inland Sea
view of the Seto Inland Sea		the islands that you see are part of Hiroshim and Ehime prefectures
the path
the path
the Innoshima Bridge
the Innoshima Bridge

13:01:23 January 26th 2006 - Roothie: Learning A Lot
I guess you are learning much about Buddhism. Are most Japanese people of this faith? It sounds like a very gentle, all-accepting, overall spiritually kind religion, at least when you see and hear Dalai Lama speak on it! He is so sweet!

Keep on learning...you are a huge sponge for this now! Keep on sharing it with us!

Love Roothie