大天狗(Daitengu)— a long nose supernatural mountain guardian and attendant of the Sanki Daigongen, the protective deities of Mount Misen, Daishō-in Temple on Miyajima.

大天狗 (Daitengu) Great tengu

A supernatural mountain guardian and attendant of the Sanki Daigongen, the protective deities of Mount Misen, Daishō-in Temple on Miyajima.

Nighttime Miyajama

大鳥居 — Ōtorii, meaning “Great Torii.”

The famous floating tori on Miyajima, Island. Everything on this side is consider sacred land.

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