The Atomic Bomb Dome across the Motoyasu River with autumn-red maples and a willow on the near bank, hills behind

The great torii of Itsukushima Shrine at low tide with visitors walking out on the exposed flats, the shrine corridor and stone lanterns at right

A teppan griddle at a restaurant counter with separate mounds of shredded cabbage and one pressed round browning, two cooks in white at work

Hiroshima

Hiroshima: Where to Eat, What to Do and Where to Stay

Food · Things to do · Where to stay

The Peace Memorial Park, the Atomic Bomb Dome, the Peace Memorial Museum and the National Peace Memorial Hall are all in or beside one park in central Hiroshima, about 20 minutes by tram line 2 or 6 from JR Hiroshima Station. The park and the Dome are free and open at all times. Miyajima, the Yamato Museum in Kure and Okunoshima are the day trips.

Hiroshima's four local dishes each have a district: okonomiyaki at Okonomi-mura in Shintenchi and at two stations, tsukemen at Bakudan-ya, oysters by the Peace Park and at huts in season, and anago-meshi at Miyajimaguchi. The hotels on these pages sit in four bases: Hiroshima Station, Hatchobori and Kamiyacho, the Peace Park area and Ujina.

Hiroshima: food, things to do, where to stay

In depth

TravelHiroshima and Miyajima from Osaka: Day Tour or On Your Own? The Four Conditions That Decide It
One day for Hiroshima and Miyajima from Osaka or Kyoto, two ways to spend it: a bullet-train day tour, or the shinkansen, a local train or streetcar and the ferry on your own. Four conditions, in the order they decide it: the rail pass you hold, your date's tide, the museum's clock, and the price for your party.
September 29, 2026