{"id":3378,"date":"2013-11-19T12:01:45","date_gmt":"2013-11-19T17:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/?p=3378"},"modified":"2015-06-12T15:33:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-12T19:33:22","slug":"educational-travel-photo-week-itsukushima-shrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/educational-travel-photo-week-itsukushima-shrine","title":{"rendered":"Educational Travel Photo of the Week: Itsukushima Shrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-3381 aligncenter\" title=\"Asia_059 (1)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Asia_059-1-530x349.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"530\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Asia_059-1-530x349.jpg 530w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Asia_059-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Asia_059-1-528x348.jpg 528w, https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/Asia_059-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 530px) 100vw, 530px\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>Educational Travel Photo of the Week: Itsukushima Shrine<\/strong><br \/>\nAn island in the western part of the Seto Inland Sea, Miyajima or \u201cShrine\u201d Island hosts one of the most mystifying and most photographed sites in Japan, the <a title=\"UNESCO Itsukushima Shinto Shrine\" href=\"http:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/776\" target=\"_blank\">Itsukushima Shrine<\/a>.\u00a0 The scarlet shrine that is said to have first been built in the 12<sup>th<\/sup> century stands in harmony with the water and the mountains, appearing to float upon the sea in a way that&#8211; in tandem with its <a title=\"Shinto Religion BBC\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/religion\/religions\/shinto\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shinto<\/a> roots&#8211; connects the natural to the sacred.\u00a0 Built at the foot of the island\u2019s tallest mountain, the most iconic of the Shinto shrines is the Torii, which stands as a gateway to the majestic buildings (<a title=\"Google Cultural Institute: Itsukushima Shinto Shrine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/culturalinstitute\/entity\/%2Fm%2F02rrrf?hl=en&amp;projectId=world-wonders\" target=\"_blank\">Honsha<\/a>) beyond.\u00a0 The shrines, and the graceful deer that roam, are emblematic of the deep value placed on scenic beauty and remain as one of the most powerful manifestations of human reverence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Visit Itsukushima on one of the following Explorica tours:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Japan Highlights Educational Tour\" href=\"..\/..\/educational-tours\/japan-highlights.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=mystery+photo+Itsukushima\" target=\"_blank\">Japan Highlights<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Tokyo, Kyoto &amp; Osaka Educational Tour\" href=\"..\/..\/educational-tours\/tokyo-kyoto-and-osaka.aspx?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=organic&amp;utm_campaign=mystery+photo+Itsukushima\" target=\"_blank\">Tokyo, Kyoto &amp; Osaka<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Educational Travel Photo of the Week: Itsukushima Shrine An island in the western part of the Seto Inland Sea, Miyajima or \u201cShrine\u201d Island hosts one of the most mystifying and most photographed sites in Japan, the Itsukushima Shrine.\u00a0 The scarlet shrine that is said to have first been built in the 12th century stands in <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/educational-travel-photo-week-itsukushima-shrine\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[345,244,365,92],"class_list":["post-3378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-explorica-news","tag-educational-tours","tag-educational-travel-photo-of-the-week","tag-itsukushima-shrine","tag-japan-tours"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3378"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5759,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3378\/revisions\/5759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.explorica.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}