Before You Visit Itsukushima Shrine: Every Cost, and What's Worth It
Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima, with its great torii gate that seems to float at high tide, is cheap to enter, and the real planning cost is the tide table. There's the shrine ticket, a combined ticket with the Treasure Hall, Miyajima's visitor tax, the ferry, and boat trips out to the torii. Most of them sound worth paying for. You don't need the most expensive one to have a great visit. In this guide we walk through what each option costs, what you really get, and how to choose the right time, whether that's a quiet 9 am high tide or a crowded midday.
- Shrine, adult
- ¥300
- High school / younger
- ¥200 / ¥100
- With Treasure Hall
- ¥500
- Miyajima visitor tax
- ¥100 per visit
- Floating effect
- Tide about 250 cm or higher
- Low tide
- Walk out to the torii
- Quietest
- 9 to 10-11 am
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The real total: entry price vs what a typical visit costs
Adults pay ¥300 for the shrine, high school students ¥200 and younger students ¥100; a combined ticket with the Treasure Hall costs ¥500, according to Watabi. Most visitors to Miyajima also pay a ¥100 visitor tax, collected with or alongside the ferry fare, according to Get Hiroshima. The torii can be seen free from the shore.
Add your ferry fare from Miyajimaguchi.