Staying at least one night on the island guarantees the opportunity to maximize ... Image: Vicki L Beyer There are also three different hiking trails from Miyajima-cho to the top of the mountain, of ...

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--Visitors to Miyajima island here will face a new tax of 100 yen (70 cents) starting Oct. 1 next year to pay for much-needed upgrades to tourist facilities.

HATSUKAICHI, Hiroshima Prefecture--A Miyajima visitor tax will be introduced on Oct. 1 costing tourists 100 yen (67 cents) to visit the island, home to Itsukushimajinja shrine, a World Heritage site.

The gate is the great torii of Itsukushima Shrine on the small island in the Seto Inland Sea known as Miyajima. World Heritage-listed Miyajima is indeed an iconic spot, said to be one of the top three ...