The Peace Park on foot
2.2 km · ~4 h · Nakajima and Ōtemachi · 7 stops
- Genbaku Dome
- Puente Motoyasu
- Rest House
- Cenotafio
- Museo Memorial de la Paz
- Monumento a Sadako
- Orizuru Tower
149 places · Tabelog Hyakumeiten, UNESCO, local press · no Eater coverage · 5 routes
Tap a route and it gets drawn on the map, stop by stop.
Tap a pin to see photos, rating and how to get there by Hiroden streetcar, Astram Line or ferry. Turn on a route to follow the numbered path.
This interactive map of Hiroshima (Japan) brings together 149 hand-picked places: 51 attractions, 52 restaurants, 22 cafés and 24 shops. It also includes 5 walking routes with their stops in order. For every place you get what it is, a practical tip and how to get there by public transport. It is free, works on your phone and needs no sign-up.
· Curated by the HOLASIM team · How we make the maps
Tap a route to see it drawn on the map, stop by stop.
2.2 km · ~4 h · Nakajima and Ōtemachi · 7 stops
6 km plus ropeway · full day · Itsukushima Island · 7 stops
2.8 km · ~5 h · Hondōri, Shintenchi and Nagarekawa · 7 stops
3.4 km · ~5 h · Motomachi, Hakushima and Futabanosato · 7 stops
7 km by Hiroden tram · ~5 h · Hijiyama, Senda and Ujina · 7 stops
原爆ドーム · Nakajima/Ōtemachi
The ruin left standing 160 m from the hypocentre. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1996 and Japan's most recognisable silhouette.
Tip: Free and open-air 24/7. It is lit after dark and the reflection in the Motoyasu river is THE shot. Cross Aioi Bridge for the full view.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Genbaku Dome-mae · 1 min walk
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Show on map広島平和記念資料館 · Nakajima
The museum that changes everyone who walks in: objects, watches stopped at 8:15 and survivor testimony. The 2019 revamp made it even starker.
Tip: Tickets ~¥200, audio guide available. Go early (opens 8:30) or after 4pm — midday is packed with school groups.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Fukuro-machi · 5 min walk
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Show on map原爆死没者慰霊碑 · Nakajima
Kenzō Tange's arch frames the Flame of Peace and the Dome in a single sightline. The most powerful visual axis in the city.
Tip: Crouch slightly: the Cenotaph–Flame–Dome alignment only lines up from the exact centre of the arch. Free, always open.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Genbaku Dome-mae · 5 min walk
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Show on map平和の灯 · Nakajima
Burning non-stop since 1964, it will not be put out until the last nuclear weapon is gone. A promise made of fire.
Tip: It sits on a shallow pond, so at dusk the reflection doubles the flame. Free, 24/7, never a queue.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Genbaku Dome-mae · 4 min walk
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Show on map原爆の子の像 · Nakajima
Sadako Sasaki holds up a golden crane. Around her, millions of paper cranes sent from all over the world, refreshed every week.
Tip: If you bring paper cranes, hand them in at the side display cases. Ring the bell hanging in the monument — the whole park hears it.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Genbaku Dome-mae · 3 min walk
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Show on map原爆供養塔 · Nakajima
A grassy mound holds the ashes of some 70,000 unidentified victims. The quietest, least visited corner of the park.
Tip: Tucked behind the Museum, half hidden among trees. When the park is crowded, this is where you can still be alone.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Genbaku Dome-mae · 3 min walk
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Show on map韓国人原爆犠牲者慰霊碑 · Nakajima
One in ten bomb victims was Korean. This monument, set on a stone turtle, tells that long-silenced story.
Tip: It stood outside the park until 1999, when it was finally moved in. That fact explains half the monument.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Genbaku Dome-mae · 4 min walk
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Show on map広島市レストハウス · Nakajima
A 1929 hibaku building. In its basement Eizo Nomura survived just 170 m from the hypocentre. Now a free museum and tourist office.
Tip: Go down to the basement — it is left exactly as it was, walls and all. Upstairs there is a café with a Dome view and clean toilets.
🚇 Ferry · Motoyasu Pier · 1 min walk
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Show on map国立広島原爆死没者追悼平和祈念館 · Nakajima
A spiral ramp descends to a circular hall built from 140,000 tiles — one for every death up to the end of 1945. Architecture that aches.
Tip: Free entry. Almost all of it sits below street level, so it is a perfect rain refuge. Search your surname in the testimony database.
🚇 Ferry · Motoyasu Pier · 1 min walk
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Show on map元安橋 · Nakajima / Ōtemachi
130 m from the hypocentre. Its railing gives the best Dome-plus-river shot, and the river boats cast off right below.
Tip: Head down to Motoyasu Pier: the Hiroshima World Heritage Sea Route leaves from here, straight to Miyajima by river and bay.
🚇 Ferry · Motoyasu Pier · 1 min walk
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Show on mapおりづるタワー · Ōtemachi
An open wooden observation deck facing the Dome, with a 50 m spiral slide to ride the twelve floors down. Viral photos guaranteed.
Tip: ~¥2,200 for the deck; the slide is extra. Go up 40 min before sunset — the Dome and the inland sea turn orange together.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Genbaku Dome-mae · 1 min walk
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Show on map本川小学校平和資料館 · Honkawa-chō
The school closest to the hypocentre. Of 400 pupils, one girl survived. The basement is untouched and free to enter.
Tip: Open 9:00-17:00, closed Mondays. Four minutes' walk from the Dome and almost empty — you get the history to yourself.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Honkawa-cho · 1 min walk
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Show on map袋町小学校平和資料館 · Fukuromachi
Under layers of paint, chalk messages appeared on its walls — survivors searching for their families.
Tip: Free, 9:00-17:00, closed Mondays. A short walk from Hondori, so pair it with the arcade.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Fukuro-machi · 2 min walk
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Show on map旧日本銀行広島支店 · Fukuromachi
A 1936 hibaku building that reopened two days after the bomb. Now a free exhibition hall with the original vault.
Tip: Go down to the armoured vault in the basement. There are usually local art shows and almost never a queue.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Fukuro-machi · 1 min walk
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Show on map広島城 · Motomachi
An 1589 keep rebuilt in 1958 on its original moat. Inside, a samurai museum and a 360° view over the city.
Tip: ~¥370. The grounds hold hibakujumoku — eucalyptus and willows that survived the bomb, marked with green plaques.
🚇 Astram Line · Jōhoku · 5 min walk
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Show on map広島護国神社 · Motomachi
Inside the castle grounds. This is where the Hiroshima Toyo Carp pray for the season each January — baseball charms included.
Tip: Buy the red Carp omamori — only sold here, and the most local souvenir going. Free to enter.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Shukkeien-mae · 8 min walk
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Show on map中国軍管区司令部跡 · Motomachi
From this basement a 14-year-old schoolgirl sent the world's first report that Hiroshima had been destroyed.
Tip: In the castle park, half hidden in the trees. You can go inside the shelter free — bring your phone torch.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Shukkeien-mae · 7 min walk
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Show on mapエディオンピースウイング広島 · Motomachi
The football stadium that opened in 2024 right downtown: 28,500 seats hard against the pitch, home of Sanfrecce Hiroshima.
Tip: On non-match days you can walk the perimeter and visit the Hiroshima Soccer Museum. On match days the fan zone is free.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tera-machi · 7 min walk
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Show on mapひろしまゲートパーク · Motomachi
Where the old municipal stadium stood there is now lawn, food trucks, skaters and gigs. The liveliest urban park in town.
Tip: There is nearly always a market or event at weekends. Best spot for cheap open-air food between the castle and the Dome.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Genbaku Dome-mae · 2 min walk
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Show on mapひろしま美術館 · Motomachi
A surprising Impressionist collection for a city this size: Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso and Renoir in a circular building.
Tip: Founded by a local bank in 1978 "to console the soul of Hiroshima". The entrance garden is free and has autumn roses.
🚇 Astram Line · Kenchō-mae · 3 min walk
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Show on map5-Daysこども文化科学館 · Motomachi
A planetarium and free hands-on science for kids in the central park. The rainy-day family rescue plan.
Tip: The exhibition is free; only the planetarium charges (~¥510). The C59 steam locomotive next door can be touched.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Genbaku Dome-mae · 3 min walk
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Show on map縮景園 · Kaminoborichō
A 1620 garden that miniaturises China's West Lake: a moon bridge, huge carp and paths that change every twenty steps.
Tip: ~¥260. The maples light up in late November. Order matcha and a sweet at the Sensuitei teahouse, looking over the pond.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Shukkeien-mae · 3 min walk
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Show on map広島県立美術館 · Kaminoborichō
Next door to Shukkei-en, it holds Dalí's "Dream of Venus" period work and an Asian craft collection nobody expects here.
Tip: There is a combined ticket with Shukkei-en that saves money. The second-floor café looks straight into the garden — best free seat.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Shukkeien-mae · 1 min walk
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Show on map饒津神社 · Futabanosato
A 1706 shrine of the Asano clan, with a huge wooden gate and stone lanterns still cracked by the blast wave.
Tip: First stop on Futabanosato's seven-shrine walk that climbs to the white pagoda. Free and empty on weekdays.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hakushima · 5 min walk
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Show on map広島東照宮 · Futabanosato
A 1648 shrine to Tokugawa Ieyasu. Its steep stairway opens onto a downtown view almost nobody knows.
Tip: Ten minutes' walk behind Hiroshima Station. Climb all the way up — the whole city opens out, and it is free.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hiroshima Station · 9 min walk
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Show on map仏舎利塔 · Futabanosato
A white stupa on Mt Futaba holding relics gifted by India. The highest, quietest viewpoint north of the station.
Tip: A 20-minute stepped climb from the Tōshōgū. Go at sunset — Dome, castle and sea all in one frame.
🚇 JR Hiroshima · 12 min walk
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Show on map広島逓信病院旧外来棟被爆資料室 · Higashihakushima
A 1935 hibaku hospital where Dr Michihiko Hachiya wrote "Hiroshima Diary". Free entry, barely any visitors.
Tip: Open 9:00-16:00, closed weekends. The window frames warped by the heat are the detail that sticks.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hakushima · 1 min walk
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Show on map不動院 · Ushita Shinmachi
Its 1540 golden hall is a National Treasure that survived the bomb by hiding behind a hill. Almost nobody makes it out here.
Tip: One minute from Fudōin-mae on the Astram Line. Free, open all day, with a lovely maple garden.
🚇 Astram Line · Fudōin-mae · 3 min walk
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Show on map三瀧寺 · Mitakihonmachi
Three waterfalls, a two-storey pagoda brought from Wakayama and hundreds of mossy stone buddhas. Forest inside the city.
Tip: Free. The best momiji in the city, peaking in late November. A 15-minute uphill walk from JR Mitaki station.
🚇 JR Mitaki · 11 min walk
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Show on map胡子神社 · Ebisuchō
A tiny shrine to the god of commerce, embedded in the arcade. Each November its festival fills the whole downtown with stalls.
Tip: Ebisu-kō runs 18-20 November 2026 and is one of Hiroshima's three great festivals. The rest of the year it is a 30-second stop.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Ebisu-cho · 1 min walk
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Show on map比治山公園 · Minami-ku
A wooded hill with the best free viewpoint in town and 1,300 cherry trees. In October, the place to catch sunset for free.
Tip: Climb the steps from Hijiyama-shita tram stop (12 min). At the top sit the MOCA and a lookout facing the Dome.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hijiyama-shita · 3 min walk
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Show on map広島市現代美術館 · Hijiyama
Japan's first public contemporary art museum (1989), designed by Kisho Kurokawa. Reopened after renovation in 2023.
Tip: The permanent collection is cheap and the building alone is worth the trip. The outdoor sculpture park is free and always empty.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hijiyama-shita · 3 min walk
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Show on map旧広島陸軍被服支廠 · Deshio
The largest hibaku building still standing: four 1913 brick warehouses with iron doors twisted by the blast.
Tip: Viewable from outside and free; the interior opens only on special days. Imposing and nearly always empty — a sure photo.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Minami-machi 6-chome · 9 min walk
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Show on mapマツダスタジアム · Minami-ku
Home of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp: a barrier-free ballpark with picnic lawn seating and Japan's most fanatical crowd.
Tip: The 2026 season ended on 7 October with the Carp out of the playoffs; games resume in late March. The club store stays open.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Matoba-cho · 11 min walk
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Show on mapマツダミュージアム · Fuchū-chō
The free factory tour takes in the rotary engine, the Cosmo Sport and a walkway over the moving assembly line.
Tip: Free but you must book online weeks ahead. You ride Mazda's private shuttle train from Hiroshima Station.
🚇 JR Mukainada · 3 min walk
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Show on map電車見望台 · Higashi-Sendamachi
A deck Hiroden opened in 2022 above its depot: from up there you watch dozens of trams from every era shunting.
Tip: Free, beside Hiroden-honsha-mae stop. Early morning and after 7pm see the busiest shunting.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hiroden-honsha-mae · 1 min walk
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Show on map広島港宇品旅客ターミナル · Ujina
Gateway to the Seto Inland Sea ferries. Soldiers shipped out from here in 1945; today travellers set off for the islands.
Tip: Tram line 1 terminates here. Ferries leave for Ninoshima, Etajima and Matsuyama; the Miyajima boat goes from the Peace Park, not here.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hiroshima Port · 1 min walk
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Show on map広島市郷土資料館 · Ujina
An 1911 military cannery, hibaku and red-brick. Inside, the story of Hiroshima's oysters and fishing trade.
Tip: ~¥100, closed Mondays. The best place to understand why Hiroshima produces most of Japan's oysters.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Ujina 2-chome · 3 min walk
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Show on map厳島神社 · Miyajima
Vermilion wooden walkways built over the sea since 1168. At high tide it seems to float; a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Tip: ~¥300. Check the tide table first: high tide to see it float, low tide to walk out to the torii. Both are worth it.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 9 min walk
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Show on map大鳥居 · Miyajima
16 m of camphor wood held up by sheer weight alone. After four years under scaffolding, it was fully revealed in late 2022.
Tip: At low tide you can walk to the base and see the coins pressed into the wood. It is floodlit at dusk — that is the viral shot.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 8 min walk
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Show on map五重塔 · Miyajima
A 1407 vermilion pagoda, 27 m tall, that peeks over the rooftops in almost every photo of the island.
Tip: You cannot go inside, but the hall beside it (Senjōkaku) gives the best angle. Free climb via the Hōkoku shrine steps.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 7 min walk
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Show on map千畳閣・豊国神社 · Miyajima
The wooden hall Hideyoshi left unfinished in 1587: 857 tatami of floor, no walls, and the sea breeze running through.
Tip: ¥100, the island's best value-for-view. Sit on the wooden edge facing the pagoda — guaranteed photo.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 7 min walk
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Show on map大聖院 · Miyajima
A thousand little buddhas in knitted caps, a stairway of spinning prayer wheels and a cave of 88 lanterns. Magical and free.
Tip: Free, 8:00-17:00. Spin every prayer wheel on the stairway — said to equal reading all the sutras.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 18 min walk (or Miyajima Ropeway · Momijidani · 10 min)
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Show on map弥山 · Miyajima
535 m of primeval forest listed as World Heritage, with giant balanced boulders and a view over the whole Inland Sea.
Tip: The ropeway leaves you a 30-minute walk from the summit — that stretch is on foot, no exceptions. Last descent ~17:00; don't miss it.
🚇 Miyajima Ropeway · Shishiiwa · 6 min walk
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Show on map霊火堂 (消えずの火) · Miyajima
The Kiezu-no-Hi has burned for 1,200 years, since Kōbō Daishi lit it. The Peace Flame was kindled from this fire.
Tip: A giant kettle holds water boiled on that flame — take a sip, it is said to heal. Free, ten minutes' walk from the summit.
🚇 Miyajima Ropeway · Shishiiwa · 7 min walk
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Show on map獅子岩展望台 · Miyajima
The view on every Inland Sea postcard: dozens of green islands floating on silver water. Right at the ropeway exit.
Tip: If your legs won't do the summit, this view alone justifies the ropeway. Free-roaming deer and a terrace café.
🚇 Miyajima Ropeway · Shishiiwa · 1 min walk
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Show on map紅葉谷公園 · Miyajima
Over 200 maples in a valley beside a stream. Hiroshima's most famous momiji, peaking in late November.
Tip: In October it is still green: the red maples start mid-November and peak around the 20th-30th. Free, with deer wandering about.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 12 min walk
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Show on map宮島ロープウエー 紅葉谷駅 · Miyajima
Two ropeway sections cross the primeval forest almost to the Misen summit. The second gondola flies over an entire valley.
Tip: ~¥2,000 return. A free shuttle bus runs from near the shrine. Check it is running: it closes for wind and maintenance.
🚇 Miyajima Ropeway · Momijidani Station · 1 min walk
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Show on map世界の大杓子 · Miyajima
7.7 m and 2.5 tonnes of zelkova wood. Miyajima invented the shamoji around 1800 and this monster celebrates it on Omotesandō.
Tip: It sits under cover in the shopping arcade, so it doubles as rain shelter. The easiest meeting point on the island.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 7 min walk
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Show on map宮島水族館 · Miyajima
Specialised in the Seto Inland Sea: a working oyster raft, sea otters, penguins and a sea lion show.
Tip: ~¥1,420. The oyster tank explains cultivation better than any museum. Ten minutes' walk behind the shrine.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 12 min walk
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Show on map宮島桟橋 · Miyajima
The island's front door: JR and Matsudai ferries run from here every 15 minutes, and the first deer greet you on arrival.
Tip: The JR ferry swings closer to the torii on the outbound run (9:10-16:10). Since October 2023 a ¥100 visitor tax applies.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 1 min walk
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Show on mapお好み村 · Shintenchi
An entire building of okonomiyaki: three floors and two dozen stalls, each with its own griddle and family recipe.
Tip: Head to the third floor: the upper stalls usually have shorter queues and equal quality. Order it with soba and cheese. Open late.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hatchobori · 4 min walk
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Show on map新天地みっちゃん · Shintenchi
The lineage that invented Hiroshima okonomiyaki in the 1950s. Layers, noodles and an egg that seals it all on the griddle.
Tip: Picked among Japan's 100 best by Tabelog. Sit at the counter facing the griddle and order it with soba, not udon.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Ebisu-cho · 4 min walk
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Show on mapみっちゃん総本店 八丁堀本店 · Hatchōbori
Mitchan's mother house, open since 1950. The most classic okonomiyaki you can eat in Hiroshima, no frills.
Tip: There is nearly always a queue: go at 11:00 or after 14:00. Order the special with soba, egg and oysters if in season.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hatchobori · 3 min walk
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Show on mapロペズ · Yokogawa
Hiroshima okonomiyaki by a Guatemalan cook: the jalapeño version has been a local legend for decades.
Tip: Dinner only, Mon-Fri 16:30-23:00; closed weekends. Order the jalapeño one plus the chili rio grande. Just 17 seats — arrive early.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Yokogawa Station · 5 min walk
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Show on map長田屋 · Ōtemachi
The closest okonomiyaki to the Dome, and one of the few that takes cabbage seriously — steamed under the batter.
Tip: Closed Thursdays. Order the Hiroshima Jiman with oysters and prawns. Lunchtime queues — aim for 14:30.
🚇 Ferry · Hiroshima World Heritage River Cruise · 1 min walk
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Show on map電光石火 ekie広島店 · Estación de Hiroshima
Its dome-shaped okonomiyaki, egg wrapped around everything like an omelette, is Hiroshima's most-shared food photo.
Tip: Second floor of ekie, inside the station — perfect before the shinkansen. Order the Zubari, the egg-wrapped one.
🚇 JR Hiroshima · 1 min walk
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Show on mapいっちゃん · Estación de Hiroshima
Thin batter, heaps of cabbage and a griddle that never stops. One of Japan's top-rated okonomiyaki, right inside the station.
Tip: Ask for nama-men (fresh noodles) instead of fried — that is the difference. Queues at train times, come 20 min early.
🚇 JR Hiroshima · 1 min walk
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Show on mapお好み焼き じゅにあ · Tatemachi
An eight-seat counter in a Tatemachi alley, where the cook flips the okonomiyaki with a single spatula move.
Tip: Eight seats, that is it: book or arrive at opening. Order the oyster one once the autumn season starts.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Kamiya-cho-higashi · 2 min walk
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Show on mapお好み焼き ひらの · Minamimachi
A neighbourhood joint south of downtown doing the same thing very well for decades. Barely any tourists, and the prices show it.
Tip: Three minutes from Minami-machi 2-chome tram stop. Order niku-tama-soba with plenty of sauce — the house way.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Minami-machi 6-chome · 8 min walk
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Show on map八昌 · Nagarekawa
The most respected surname in Hiroshima okonomiyaki: wafer-thin batter, slow-cooked cabbage and crisp pork belly.
Tip: The 八昌 name has several branches and four are on Tabelog's Hyakumeiten list; this Nagarekawa one is not confirmed as one of them. Dinner only.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Ebisu-cho · 6 min walk
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Show on map五日市 八昌 · Itsukaichi
The western branch where locals swear the batter crisps up best. Worth the tram ride out to Rakurakuen.
Tip: Closed Mondays and Tuesdays, afternoons and evenings only. There is a queue before opening — part of the ritual.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Rakurakuen · 5 min walk
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Show on mapお好み焼き鉄板焼き 次郎吉 · Nagarekawa
A neighbourhood griddle doing okonomiyaki and teppanyaki together: order one, then carry on with squid, oysters or liver.
Tip: A good place to linger: share one okonomiyaki, then move on to teppanyaki with beer. Evenings only.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Fukuro-machi · 5 min walk
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Show on mapかき船 かなわ · Motoyasu
A boat moored on the Motoyasu river facing the Peace Park, serving oysters from its own beds for nearly a century.
Tip: Oyster season starts in October, when they are sweetest. Book ahead: the kaiseki lunch costs far less than dinner.
🚇 Ferry · Hiroshima World Heritage River Cruise · 1 min walk
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Show on map釜飯酔心 本店 · Tatemachi
Since 1950, iron-pot steamed rice with oysters, eel or crab. A downtown institution that never went out of style.
Tip: Kamameshi takes 25 minutes — order the second you sit. The oyster one is seasonal, October to March.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tate-machi · 2 min walk
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Show on map広島牡蠣 鉄板焼き 十升本店 · Nagarekawa
Hiroshima oysters griddled in front of you: raw, gratinéed, fried and in garlic butter. The local autumn menu.
Tip: October opens the season. Order the tasting set to compare all four cooking methods on one board.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Kanayama-cho · 5 min walk
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Show on mapレモン&オイスターガーデン SANGO · Kyōbashi
Hiroshima oysters with Setouchi lemon — the most regional pairing there is — on a riverside terrace.
Tip: The terrace faces the Kyōbashi river and shines in October's dry weather. Get the oysters with a whole lemon on the side.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Inari-machi · 2 min walk
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Show on mapかき小屋 豊丸水産 · Ekikita
An oyster hut north of the station: they hand you a shovel, a grill and a bucket of live oysters. You cook them.
Tip: Fun and cheap. Order the bucket of shell-on oysters and a beer jug; mind the smoke, you leave smelling of charcoal.
🚇 JR Hiroshima · 3 min walk
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Show on map海風土 · Ekikita
An Inland Sea fish izakaya right behind the station: catch-of-the-day sashimi, oysters and Hiroshima sake at sane prices.
Tip: Order kodai sashimi (small Setouchi sea bream) and a Saijō sake. The perfect stop before the last shinkansen.
🚇 JR Hiroshima · 3 min walk
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Show on mapぶあいそ別邸 · Ekikita
A modern izakaya with a raw-fish counter and charcoal grill, hugely popular with the after-work crowd near the station.
Tip: Book ahead: it fills from 7pm. Order the sashimi board for two and the prawn kakiage.
🚇 JR Hiroshima · 2 min walk
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Show on mapばくだん屋 本店 · Nagarekawa
The inventors of Hiroshima tsukemen: cold noodles dipped in a red chilli sauce, with a heat level of your choosing.
Tip: Level 2 already bites; level 20 is for the brave. Ask for rice at the end to mop up what is left of the sauce.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hatchobori · 4 min walk
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Show on mapつけ麺本舗 辛部 · Tokaichi
The other great house of Hiroshima spicy tsukemen: firm noodles, heaps of raw vegetables and an addictive dip.
Tip: Pick heat from 0 to 20 and noodle volume at no extra cost up to a point. Cheap and very fast.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tokaichi-machi · 1 min walk
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Show on map中華そば くにまつ · Hatchōbori
The temple of shiru-nashi tantanmen: brothless noodles with minced pork, Sichuan pepper and a raw egg on top.
Tip: Stir thirty times before tasting — it is literal, it is written on the wall. Add rice at the end for ¥100 and mix it through.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tate-machi · 2 min walk
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Show on map中華そば 陽気 · Ekimae
Real Hiroshima ramen: cloudy pork broth, thin noodles and spring onion. No trends, since 1958.
Tip: Cheap and fast, perfect straight off the train. If closed, there is another Yōki in Funairi near the hospital.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hiroshima Station · 2 min walk
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Show on map尾道らーめん 三公 · Kamiyachō
Onomichi ramen without leaving Hiroshima: soy and dried-fish broth with cubes of pork back fat floating on top.
Tip: Inside the Pacela food floor beside the bus terminal: ideal rain refuge if you are in Kamiyachō.
🚇 Astram Line · Kenchō-mae · 1 min walk
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Show on map広島ラーメン海松 · Ekimae
Hiroshima-style pork-and-soy ramen, with the mellowest broth around the station. Open late.
Tip: Order the chashu-men if you arrive travel-hungry. Three minutes from Hiroshima Station's south exit.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hiroshima Station · 4 min walk
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Show on mapむすびむさし · Estación de Hiroshima
The onigiri every Hiroshima local takes to the ballpark and the train: huge rice triangles with tempura and fried chicken.
Tip: Order the wakatake bentō — the classic box Carp fans take to Mazda Stadium. Perfect for the shinkansen.
🚇 JR Hiroshima · 1 min walk
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Show on map鮨広島 あじろや · Estación de Hiroshima
Inland Sea sushi inside the station, with Miyajima anago and Setouchi sea bream on the daily board.
Tip: Order the Setouchi regional set to try anago, sayori and kodai in one go. Opens at noon — good for a fast lunch.
🚇 JR Hiroshima · 1 min walk
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Show on mapEPURE · Inarimachi
Contemporary French cooking with Inland Sea produce, in a small dining room that works tasting menus only.
Tip: Named among western Japan's 100 best French restaurants by Tabelog. Book weeks ahead; lunch costs far less.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Inari-machi · 4 min walk
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Show on map酒菜竹のした · Tatemachi
A counter izakaya where you pick the day's fish by pointing at the case. A short but flawless Hiroshima sake list.
Tip: Among western Japan's 100 best izakaya per Tabelog. Book ahead — few seats and a local favourite.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tate-machi · 2 min walk
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Show on mapル ジャルダン グルマン · Furue
A decades-old classic of Hiroshima fine French dining, in a house with a garden west of the city.
Tip: Take the tram to Furue and walk: the entrance garden already sets the tone. The lunch menu is the best way in.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Furue · 5 min walk
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Show on mapホルモン焼肉ぶち · Funairi
Hiroshima-style grilled offal, with senjigara (dried tripe) and chilli sauce. Cheap, loud and deeply local.
Tip: Order the senjigara even if it sounds odd — Hiroshima's most typical bar snack, and perfect with beer.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Funairi-kawaguchi-cho · 1 min walk
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Show on map板蕎麦 香り家 · Kyōbashi
Hand-cut soba served on a wooden board, in a traditional house with a garden ten minutes from the station.
Tip: They often sell out of the day's soba before closing: go at lunchtime. Order the cold itasoba to taste the noodle alone.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Inari-machi · 2 min walk
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Show on map手打蕎麦 たつ吉 · Honkawachō
Buckwheat ground in-house, five minutes from the Dome, at a wooden counter where you hear the noodles being cut.
Tip: Lunch only, closing when the dough runs out. Ask for sobayu at the end — the cooking water drunk as broth.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Dobashi · 3 min walk
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Show on map味わいお好み 一力 · Tokaichi
A neighbourhood griddle in Tokaichi, where you eat okonomiyaki with no queue and no tourists. Thin batter, lots of cabbage.
Tip: Two minutes from Tokaichi-machi tram stop. Order niku-tama-soba and ask the cook to crisp it hard.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tokaichi-machi · 2 min walk
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Show on map鉄板お好み やけっぱち · Hatchōbori
A late-night griddle in Hatchōbori where okonomiyaki shares the plate with oyster, squid and cheese-mochi teppanyaki.
Tip: Open late, a good last stop after the Nagarekawa bars. Order the griddled cheese-mochi.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tate-machi · 2 min walk
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Show on mapたち花 · Miyajima
A family diner on Miyajima's Omotesandō with anago-meshi, fried oysters and a set lunch that genuinely fills you.
Tip: Almost all of Miyajima closes at 5pm: eat early here or you run out of options. Order the anago set with oysters.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 3 min walk
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Show on map牡蠣屋 · Miyajima
Miyajima's oyster house: grilled, fried, marinated in olive oil, with its own sake. Queue guaranteed.
Tip: Order the kakiya teishoku to try four preparations. Season starts in October; aim for 11:00 or 15:00.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 5 min walk
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Show on map焼がきのはやし · Miyajima
Grilling shell-on oysters over charcoal on Omotesandō since 1950. The smoke drifting out the door is the best advert.
Tip: You can buy grilled oysters to go from the street window: two pieces and keep walking.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 5 min walk
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Show on mapあなごめし うえの (上野商店) · Miyajimaguchi
Selling the anago bentō they invented for train passengers since 1901. Strait conger eel over rice cooked in its own stock.
Tip: The takeaway bentō queue is short; the upstairs dining room can be an hour's wait. Opposite JR Miyajimaguchi station.
🚇 JR Miyajimaguchi · 1 min walk
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Show on map宮島鮨まいもん · Miyajimaguchi
Miyajima strait sushi opposite the ferry pier: anago, sea bream and Inland Sea urchin depending on the day.
Tip: Perfect for a relaxed wait for the ferry. Order the grilled anago nigiri — same conger as the bentō next door.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajimaguchi Ferry Terminal · 1 min walk
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Show on mapSarasvati · Miyajima
A wood-and-concrete café-restaurant on a Miyajima side street, with pasta, gratinéed oysters and house-roasted coffee.
Tip: One of the few island spots still serving well after 4pm. Order the oyster pasta with the house coffee.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 7 min walk
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Show on mapMametanuki · Miyajima
Hiroshima cooking izakaya-style on Miyajima: anago, oysters, fried conger and local sake in a wooden masu.
Tip: One of the few open at night on the island: if you sleep on Miyajima, this is dinner.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 5 min walk
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Show on mapOkonomiyaki Kishibe · Miyajima
The island's okonomiyaki, with Miyajima oysters on the batter. Small griddle, three tables, main-street view.
Tip: Order the oyster version — you will not find that downtown. Closes early, like the whole island.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 6 min walk
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Show on map和奏 ぺったらぽったら本舗 · Miyajima
A grilled rice patty topped with oyster or anago, brushed with soy. The street food everyone eats walking the island.
Tip: About ¥400 and three bites. The oyster one is the one worth having; you smell the charcoal half a block away.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 4 min walk
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Show on map宮島ブルワリー · Miyajima
A craft brewery on Omotesandō, with a rooftop terrace and a lager brewed with Mt Misen water.
Tip: The first-floor terrace overlooks the main street — the island's best seat for a mid-afternoon break.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 6 min walk
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Show on mapふじたや · Miyajima
Island anago-meshi in a wooden house on the way to Daishō-in, away from the main-street noise.
Tip: Lunch only, closing when the anago runs out. On the Daishō-in path — pair it with the temple visit.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 12 min walk
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Show on map素の間 · Miyajima
Seasonal Japanese cooking in a traditional Miyajima house: a short menu built on island produce.
Tip: Off the Omotesandō circuit, so almost no queue. Book for weekends.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 9 min walk
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Show on mapむさし · Hondōri
Onigiri, udon and tempura since 1958, in the most Hiroshima format going: fast, cheap and queued with office workers.
Tip: Order the wakatake to go: the box of onigiri and fried chicken you eat on the train or in the Peace Park.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hondori (Peace Memorial Park) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapニコイチマート · Yokogawa
A small-stall food market in Yokogawa, Hiroshima's alternative neighbourhood. Several kitchens, one shared counter.
Tip: Yokogawa's go-to night out: order from several stalls and share. Three minutes from JR Yokogawa.
🚇 JR Yokogawa · 2 min walk
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Show on mapかき傳 · Ekikita
Japanese cooking built entirely around Hiroshima oysters, in a quiet room away from the station noise.
Tip: Book for dinner. Oyster season starts in October: ask for the oyster tasting menu if available.
🚇 JR Hiroshima · 6 min walk
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Show on map海鮮酒場 牡蠣いかだ屋 · Hondōri
An oyster izakaya downtown: their own oyster beds, Inland Sea sashimi and Hiroshima sake by the glass.
Tip: A good plan if you never reach Miyajima: the same oysters, two blocks from Hondori, with a local sake list.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tate-machi · 3 min walk
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Show on mapSteam · Tatemachi
A modern steamed-oyster bar with wine, in Tatemachi, a block off Hondori. In and out in 30 minutes.
Tip: Perfect as a shopping pit stop. Order half a dozen steamed with Setouchi lemon and a glass of white.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tate-machi · 2 min walk
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Show on mapOBSCURA Coffee Roasters · Nagarekawa
The roastery that put Hiroshima on the specialty coffee map, with single origins and pour-overs done properly.
Tip: Order the daily pour-over and ask about the origin — they will tell you in detail. Beans to take away, plus a second shop near the castle.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tate-machi · 2 min walk
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Show on mapOMNIBUS ROASTERS · Kamiyachō
A small modern roastery in Kamiyachō, with a tasting counter and microlot beans that change weekly.
Tip: A good spot for a quick flat white on the way to the castle. Ask about the Setouchi roast if they have it.
🚇 Astram Line · Kenchō-mae · 1 min walk
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Show on mapCOFFEE STAND FRIDAY · Tatemachi
A stand-up counter on a Tatemachi corner: fast espresso, good music and locals in and out all day.
Tip: No tables: stand or take away. Perfect between Hondori and Nagarekawa when you do not want to lose half an hour.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Kamiya-cho-higashi · 2 min walk
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Show on mapProgress Coffee · Tokaichi
Roastery and patisserie under one roof, west of downtown: coffee roasted here, cakes baked next door.
Tip: Off the tourist circuit, in Tokaichi. Order a pour-over with the seasonal tart — in October it is usually chestnut.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tokaichi-machi · 3 min walk
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Show on mapSocial Book Cafe ハチドリ舎 · Sakaimachi
A book café five minutes from the Dome that hosts talks with hibakusha. A place with a mission, not just coffee.
Tip: On the 6th of each month there is a meeting with a survivor. Check their Instagram first — translation is often available.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Dobashi · 3 min walk
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Show on map喫茶アオギリ · Ōtemachi (Peace Park)
Inside the Peace Park, named after the aogiri tree that survived the bomb and sprouted again. Simple coffee with meaning.
Tip: The only café inside the park: ideal for a rest between the Museum and the Cenotaph. The original tree is 200 m away.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Fukuro-machi · 4 min walk
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Show on mapカフェ ポンテ · Ōtemachi
An Italian terrace on the Motoyasu bank, right across from the Dome. The best breakfast view in Hiroshima.
Tip: Opens at 8:00 and serves breakfast. Ask for an outside table — in October's dry weather it is the best seat in the park.
🚇 Ferry · Motoyasu Pier · 1 min walk
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Show on mapうのまち珈琲店 · Motomachi
A bookshelf café with floor-to-ceiling shelves and seasonal fruit parfaits. One of the most photographed in town.
Tip: Order the seasonal parfait — in October it is usually grape or chestnut. Afternoon queues; arrive at opening.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Genbaku Dome-mae · 1 min walk
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Show on map泉水亭 · Shukkei-en
The teahouse inside Shukkei-en garden: matcha whisked to order and a seasonal sweet, overlooking the pond.
Tip: Included with garden entry. Order matcha with wagashi (~¥600) and sit on the tatami edge watching the carp.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Shukkeien-mae · 2 min walk
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Show on map田頭茶舗 · Shintenchi
A 1913 tea house now serving matcha ice cream graded 1 to 7 by intensity. Number 7 is almost bitter.
Tip: Order level 7 if you really like matcha — one of the most intense in Japan. Leaf tea to take home.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hatchobori · 2 min walk
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Show on map立町カヌレ · Tatemachi
Bordeaux canelés made in Hiroshima, with rotating flavours: matcha, chestnut, Setouchi lemon. A queue of camera phones.
Tip: They sell out by mid-afternoon: go before 3pm. Get the mixed box of six to taste the seasonal flavours.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tate-machi · 1 min walk
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Show on map広島アンデルセン · Hondōri
The bakery that popularised Danish bread in Japan, in the former Mitsui Bank building. It turned 59 in October 2026.
Tip: The bakery runs 10:00-19:30 and the sandwich stand from 7:30. Closed 14 October and 18 November 2026.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hondori (Peace Memorial Park) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapバッケンモーツアルト · Shintenchi
An Austrian patisserie founded in Hiroshima in 1971, famous for its chocolate Christmas Tree and apple tarts.
Tip: Its chocolate tower is the classic gift Hiroshima people take when travelling. The upstairs tearoom is very quiet.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hatchobori · 2 min walk
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Show on mapサロン・ド・テ モーツァルト · Hondōri
A Viennese tearoom right in the Hondori arcade: armchairs, Sachertorte and improbable quiet a step from the crowd.
Tip: The best rainy shopping plan: it sits under the arcade roof. Order Sachertorte with Viennese coffee.
🚇 Astram Line · Hondōri · 1 min walk
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Show on mapニシナ屋珈琲 · Fukuromachi
A classic Hiroshima roastery with old-school blends and an aroma you smell before you reach the door.
Tip: They buy and roast themselves, decades on. Take 200 g of the house blend — the souvenir that cannot break.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Fukuro-machi · 1 min walk
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Show on mapArt Elk Café · Ōtemachi
A breakfast-and-cake café five minutes from the Dome, brick walls and window tables facing the river.
Tip: Opens early — the best breakfast before entering the Peace Park, while it is still empty.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hondori (Peace Memorial Park) · 3 min walk
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Show on map十日市茶房 · Tokaichi
A neighbourhood café in Tokaichi with house roasting and homemade cakes, on a corner where the tram passes the window.
Tip: Take a window seat and watch the Eba-line trams go by. The coffee is roasted on site.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tokaichi-machi · 1 min walk
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Show on map若草コーヒー店 · Hashimotochō
An old-school kissaten in Hashimotochō: glass siphon, dark roast, thick buttered toast and no wifi.
Tip: Order the morning set before 11: coffee, thick toast and a boiled egg for the price of the coffee alone.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Kanayama-cho · 4 min walk
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Show on mapMiyajima Coffee · Miyajima
Specialty coffee on Miyajima's Omotesandō: pour-overs, house roast and a tiny counter to escape the crowd.
Tip: The closest thing to specialty coffee on the whole island. Order a pour-over and a fresh momiji manju from next door.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 6 min walk
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Show on map揚げもみじ発祥の紅葉堂 本店 · Miyajima
They invented age-momiji: the momiji manju battered, deep-fried and served hot on a stick. A permanent queue on Omotesandō.
Tip: Order the custard and the chocolate ones, hot. Named among western Japan's 100 best wagashi houses by Tabelog.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 6 min walk
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Show on map岩村もみじ屋 · Miyajima
Momiji manju made by hand one at a time, with a single filling: anko. The island's most purist house, on the Daishō-in path.
Tip: They only make the anko one, eaten warm straight from the mould. Among western Japan's 100 best wagashi houses.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 10 min walk
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Show on mapItsuki Drops · Miyajima
Island-made gelato with local flavours: Setouchi lemon, Miyajima matcha and sake. Perfect to walk with.
Tip: Order the Setouchi lemon — the most local flavour going, and a perfect cut after oysters.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 8 min walk
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Show on map本通商店街 · Hondōri
577 m of covered arcade cutting through downtown end to end. Everything, under cover, from the Dome to Hatchōbori.
Tip: The perfect rainy plan: you never get wet end to end. Open 10 to 8; Sunday afternoons are packed.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hondori (Peace Memorial Park) · 1 min walk
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Show on map広島筆センター · Kamiyachō
Kumano brushes, handmade 20 km from here, gathered in one shop: calligraphy, painting and makeup.
Tip: The original workshop is in Kumano, off this map, but the full catalogue is here. The makeup brushes are the star gift.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hondori (Peace Memorial Park) · 2 min walk
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Show on mapひろしま夢ぷらざ · Hondōri
The official prefectural products shop: sake, Setouchi lemons, preserved oysters and crafts from across the region.
Tip: Best place to buy real souvenirs in one go. Look for Setouchi lemon oil and Saijō sake.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hondori (Peace Memorial Park) · 3 min walk
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Show on map福屋 八丁堀本店 · Hatchōbori
Hiroshima's historic department store, a hibaku building that reopened after the bomb. The food basement is a show.
Tip: Head to the depachika: from 18:30 bentō and sushi boxes get marked down. The best cheap trick downtown.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hatchobori · 1 min walk
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Show on mapそごう広島店 · Motomachi
A department store attached to the bus terminal, with the best spread of local gifts and a rooftop castle view.
Tip: The food floor stocks every momiji manju brand side by side: ideal for comparing without going to Miyajima.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Kamiya-cho-nishi · 1 min walk
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Show on map広島PARCO · Shintenchi
PARCO's two towers hold Hiroshima's young fashion, with Japanese labels you will not find outside the big cities.
Tip: The new wing has streetwear, the main wing design labels. The top-floor terrace is free and empty.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hatchobori · 3 min walk
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Show on map広島三越 · Ebisuchō
The most traditional department store downtown, with fine sweets, kimonos and the best gift wrapping in town.
Tip: The Japanese sweets basement is the best downtown. Ask for wrapping — in Japan the wrapping is part of the gift.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Ebisu-cho · 1 min walk
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Show on map紙屋町シャレオ · Kamiyachō
Western Japan's largest below-street shopping arcade: 80 shops linking the castle with Hondori.
Tip: It links the bus terminal, the trams and Hondori without surfacing: unbeatable in rain or heat.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Kamiya-cho-nishi · 1 min walk
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Show on mapサンモール · Hondōri
A vertical mall right on Hondori, with vintage shops, records, second-hand clothes and a whole otaku floor.
Tip: Ride to the top and work down floor by floor — the mix changes completely between levels. Best used-clothing prices downtown.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hondori (Peace Memorial Park) · 1 min walk
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Show on mapekie · Estación de Hiroshima
Hiroshima Station's mall: three floors of souvenirs, okonomiyaki and the city's best sake selection.
Tip: The last place to shop before the shinkansen. Leave 40 minutes — okonomiyaki, sake and momiji manju eat the clock.
🚇 JR Hiroshima · 1 min walk
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Show on mapminamoa · Estación de Hiroshima
The new complex opposite the station, with MUJI, Hands and a terrace looking straight at the shinkansen platforms.
Tip: Hands (formerly Tokyu Hands) is here, not in Hatchōbori. The top terrace is free and the city's best train-watching spot.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hiroshima Station · 1 min walk
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Show on map酒商山田 · Ebisuchō
A sake shop specialising in Hiroshima: the prefecture that invented soft-water brewing back in 1898.
Tip: Ask for a Saijō junmai recommendation — classic Hiroshima sake. They sell 300 ml bottles, perfect for a suitcase.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hatchobori · 1 min walk
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Show on mapにしき堂 · Estación de Hiroshima
Hiroshima's best-selling momiji manju brand, with custard, matcha and chocolate versions alongside the classic anko.
Tip: If you skip Miyajima, this is your momiji manju. The assorted box of 10 is the standard Hiroshima gift.
🚇 JR Hiroshima · 1 min walk
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Show on mapサンフレッチェ広島 オフィシャルストア · Motomachi
Purple shirts, scarves and all the club merchandise, at the gate of the EDION Peace Wing stadium.
Tip: Open on non-match days too. A Sanfrecce shirt is a more original souvenir than a Carp one.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Betsuin-mae · 7 min walk
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Show on mapひろしまIPPIN · Motomachi
A curated selection of prefectural goods: knives, ceramics, textiles and food, all made in Hiroshima.
Tip: Smaller and more carefully chosen than the station souvenir shops. Look for Miyajima ceramics and Bingo textiles.
🚇 Astram Line · Kenchō-mae · 4 min walk
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Show on map瀬戸内TRIP · Ōtemachi
Everything the Seto Inland Sea produces, in one shop: lemons, oils, preserves and island-made objects.
Tip: Five minutes from the Dome. Setouchi lemon in every form (salt, oil, jam) is the best edible souvenir.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hondori (Peace Memorial Park) · 2 min walk
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Show on map紀伊國屋書店 広島店 · Motomachi
The big downtown bookshop, with an English section and a whole table devoted to Hiroshima and the bomb.
Tip: Look for the English edition of Hachiya's "Hiroshima Diary" — the best souvenir of this trip.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Kamiya-cho-nishi · 1 min walk
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Show on map渡部陶苑 · Hondōri
Artisan Japanese ceramics right on Hondori: bowls, teapots and plates from kilns all over Japan, picked one by one.
Tip: They wrap everything for safe travel. Ask to see the rice bowls — the Japanese souvenir you actually end up using.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hondori (Peace Memorial Park) · 2 min walk
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Show on map多山文具 · Hondōri
A proper Japanese stationer: pens, notebooks, washi and custom stamps, right in the heart of Hondori.
Tip: Ask them to carve a hanko (personal seal) with your name in katakana — it takes days but they deliver to your hotel.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hondori (Peace Memorial Park) · 2 min walk
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Show on map永井紙店 · Tatemachi
A washi paper shop with hand-printed sheets, envelopes and origami. The lightest, most Japanese souvenir there is.
Tip: Perfect if you travel light: Hiroshima origami paper, to fold your own cranes back home.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Tate-machi · 2 min walk
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Show on map鳥居屋 · Miyajima
An Omotesandō shop with wooden shamoji carved on Miyajima, the craft the island invented over two centuries ago.
Tip: Have your name or a wish engraved on the shamoji — done on the spot, and the most island-specific souvenir going.
🚇 Ferry · Miyajima Ferry Terminal · 5 min walk
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Show on map山根対厳堂ギャラリー耀 · Miyajimaguchi
The historic kiln behind Miyajima-yaki ceramics, with pieces glazed in the blues and greens of the Inland Sea.
Tip: On the Miyajimaguchi side, eight minutes' walk from the ferry. Cheaper and more authentic than the Omotesandō shops.
🚇 JR Miyajimaguchi · 3 min walk
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Show on map藤い屋 · Miyajimaguchi
A momiji manju house since 1925, with a fresh custard version only available made-to-order in the shop.
Tip: Order the nama momiji (fresh) and eat it on the spot — it cannot travel, it lasts a day. Opposite the JR station.
🚇 Hiroden tram · Hiroden-Miyajima-guchi · 1 min walk
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Show on map高津堂 · Miyajimaguchi
The house that invented momiji manju in 1906, now back in the same family's hands. Made with the original mould.
Tip: Ten minutes' walk from the Miyajimaguchi ferry and almost nobody finds them. The original momiji is sold only here.
🚇 JR Miyajimaguchi · 4 min walk
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