You can come to Hiroshima from other major tourism cities in the following ways:

From Kyoto
○ by JR Shinkansen 'Bullet Train'
Take the Nozomi trains from Kyoto to Hiroshima, or take the Hikari trains and transfer at Osaka. (Travel time: around 1h 40 to 2h.)
○ by express bus
A daytime bus or overnight bus takes you from Kyoto to Hiroshima.
(Travel time: around 5h.15 (daytime bus), 6h.45 (overnight bus).)
○ by car
Kyoto-Minami IC→Suita JCT→Kobe JCT→Hiroshima IC (around 344 km) (Travel time: around 4h 20)

From Osaka
○by JR Shinkansen 'Bullet Train
Take the Nozomi or the Hikari trains from Osaka to Hiroshima.(Travel time: around 1h20 to 1h30.)
○by express bus (JR bus or Nankai bus)
A daytime bus or overnight bus takes you from Osaka to Hiroshima.
Travel time: around 5h 5 (daytime bus) and 6h 50 (overnight bus).
○by car
Chugoku Suita IC→Kobe JCT→Hiroshima IC (around 317 km) Travel time: around 4h.

From Tokyo
○by JR Shinkansen 'Bullet Train'
Take the Nozomi trains from Tokyo to Hiroshima, or take the Hikari trains and transfer at Osaka. (Travel time: around 4h.) ○by express bus (JR bus or
Odakyu City Bus) An overnight bus takes you from Tokyo to Hiroshima.
(Travel time: 11 to 12 h.)
○by car
Tokyo IC→Toyota JCT→Yokkaichi JCT→Kameyama JCT→Kusatsu JCT→Suita JCT→
Kobe JCT→Hiroshima IC（around 797km) Travel time: around 10h.

From Fukuoka
○by JR Shinkansen 'Bullet Train'
Take the Nozomi or Hikari trains from Hakata to Hiroshima.
(Travel time: 1h 5～10.)
○by express bus(JR bus, Chugoku bus, or Hiroko Kanko bus) A daytime bus or
overnight bus takes you from Fukuoka to Hiroshima.
Travel time: 4h (daytime bus) and 7h 30 (overnight bus).
○by car
Fukuoka IC→Moji IC→Shimonoseki IC→Yamaguchi IC→Hiroshima IC (around 277
km) Travel time: around 3h 30

From Takayama
○by JR Shinkansen 'Bullet Train'
Take an express train from Takayama to Nagoya, transfer at Nagoya to the Nozomi or Hikari trains to Hiroshima.
Travel time: 5h to 5h 30

>>How to Access!

Lodgings become very crowded during the tourist season as below, so it is recommended to book well in advance.

・year-end and New Year holidays
・Golden Week holidays(end of Apr. - early May.)
・around Aug. 6th
・the bon holiday(mid- Aug.)
・other consecutive holidays (weekend +national holiday)

Japan's national Holidays
Jan. the second Monday: Coming-of-Age Day
Feb. 11th: National Foundation Day
Mar. about 21th: Vernal Equinox Day
Jul. the third Monday: Marine Day
Sep. the third Monday: Respected-for-the-Aged Day / about 23th: Autumnal Equinox Day
Oct. the second Monday: Health Sports Day
Nov. 3rd: Culture Day / 23th Labor Thanksgiving Day
Dec. 23th Emperor's Birthday

>>Accommodation

Limousine (shuttle) bus

We recommend they take a limousine (shuttle) bus that runs on a regular basis. Two different routes are available: 1) For JR Hiroshima Station North Side (approx. 45 minutes); 2) For Hiroshima Bus Center via Astramline's Nakasuji Station (about 50 minutes). The fares are uniform for both 1) and 2): \1,300 (one way); \2,360 (both ways; ticket valid for 7 days)
* Visitors can take a bus to JR Shiraichi Station, where they may change to a train for Hiroshima.

For further information, please visit the website of Hiroshima Airport.

Take the Sanyo Expressway and get off at the following exits.

1. If your destination is midtown area, get off at Hiroshima I.C. (Exit 29).

2. If you go westward to such places as Shoko Center (a huge business park of firms related mainly to commerce, distribution, and service industries), the Alpark Shopping Mall, Saeki-ku (Saeki Ward), etc., please get off at Itsukaichi I.C. (Exit 31).

3. If you would like to see some scenic spots located in the east of the city, we recommend you take Hiroshima-Higashi I.C. (Exit 28). The Hiroshima-Higashi I.C. is connected with the Hiroshima Expressway Route 1 that provides an easy access near to the JR Hiroshima Station. Both Hiroshima-Higashi I.C. and Seifu-Shinto I.C. are linked directly to the city center via Hiroshima Expressway Route 4.

We suggest, however, you prevent the morning and evening rush hours from taking the National Highway Route 2, Nishi-Hiroshima Bypass, National Highway Route 54, and other principal arteries of traffic. Due to a heavy traffic jam, it undoubtedly would take you much longer to drive than you would expect.

There are four of Hiroshima City Tourist Information Center, we provide visitor information and sightseeing brochures. When you come sightseeing in Hiroshima, please visit Hiroshima City Tourist Information Center.
Please refer to Hiroshima City Tourist Information Center’s website for more information.

The following sightseeing guide maps are available for download from this page.

Welcome to HIROSHIMA -Sightseeing Guide Map
(Including, map of Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park)
Central Hiroshima City (PDF: 12.3MB)
Hiroshima City (PDF: 1.4MB)

The city center covers all area within a radius of approximately 2 kilometers. Everything being within reaching distance, visitors can enjoy walking in all directions from one place to another.

Astramline

It is also very convenient for them to ride on a bus or the Astramline (new transit system) when you visit suburban areas.

the streetcar

Of all public carriers the streetcar, we do think, is best for visitors to take for moving about because of its extended railway network. It runs to Ujina (Hiroshima Port) and Eba in the south, to Yokogawa and Hakushima in the north, to Hiroshima Station in the east, and as far west as Miyajima-guchi in Hatsukaichi City via Nishi-hiroshima. Many streetcars being in service, you do not have to wait long to catch.

The route map is available for download from the website below.
Streetcar Map (HiroshimaElectric Railway Co.,Ltd.)

Green Mover Max

In addition, the "fleet" of streetcars ranges from restored Taisho Era tram, various models of those brought to Hiroshima after service in Kitakyushu, Kobe, Kyoto, Osaka, and even Hannover and Dortmund in Germany, to the German-made Light Rail Transit "Green Mover" and the latest Japan-made L.R.T. model "Green Mover Max."

One-day Trip Card

Yes. The card is available for all streetcar lines: \600 (adult)/\300 (child). Visitors can buy one at the information annexed to the streetcar terminal located in front of JR Hiroshima Station (South Side), in some hotels, or in the streetcar, where the conductor is on board.
The Astramline also deals in the similar card available at its station wickets: \900 (adult)/ \450 (child).

Aster Plaza (082-247-8700)
single/twin/Japanese room (\3,620~ )
Hana Hostel (082-263-2980)
dormitory/single room (\2,500~ )
Hiroshima Youth Hostel (082-221-5343)
dormitory (\2,100~ varies from season to season)
K's House Hiroshima (082-568-7244)
dormitory/single room (\2,500~ )
J-Hoppers Hiroshima (082-233-1360)
dormitory/single room (\2,300~ )

Backpckers Miyajima (0829-56-3659)
dormitory/single room (\2,500~ )

Visitors would like to travel around free of their belongings.

When restricted only to the city center, they can find the lockers at following places: JR Hiroshima Station, Hiroshima Bus Center, "Shareo," the underground shopping mall, Astramline's "Hondori" Station, Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the A-bomb Victims, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, International Conference Center Hiroshima, such department stores as Fukuya, Sogo, Mitsukoshi and Tenmaya, and such places as people get together.

JR Hiroshima Station offers baggage delivery service to hotels/ryokans.(for a reasonable fee)

Delivery area: Hiroshima City (excluding isolated islands) and Hatsukaichi City (including Miyajima)
Reception desk: Tourist Information Center at the Shinkansen Exit, 2nd floor of the JR Hiroshima Station

Hours available: until 11:30a.m.

Banks
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ (7-19 Hondori, Naka-ku)
Chugoku Bank (15-4 Hatchobori, Naka-ku)
Fukuoka Bank (2-7-10 Ote-machi, Naka-ku)
Hiroshima Bank (1-3-8 Kamiya-cho, Naka-ku)
Hiroshimashi Credit Cooperative (3-17 Fukuro-machi, Naka-ku)
Hiroshima Shinkin Bank (1-24 Tate-machi, Naka-ku)
Hiroshima Shinkin Bank (3-15 Fujimi-cho, Naka-ku)
Iyo Bank (1-1-20 Kamiya-cho, Naka-ku)
Mizuho Bank (2-1-1 Kamiya-cho, Naka-ku)
Sumitomo Mitsui Bank (1-3-2 Kamiya-cho, Naka-ku)
Yamaguchi Bank (5-25 Fukuro-machi, Naka-ku)

Besides banks
Weekdays (USD, EUR, GBP, CAD, AUD, CHF, KRW)
Hiroshima Higashi Post Office (2-62, Matsubar-cho, Minami-ku) (9:00-16:00)
Hiroshima Naka Post Office (6-36, Moto-machi, Naka-ku) (9:00-18:00)
Hiroshima Chuo Post Office (1-4-1, Kokutaiji-machi, Naka-ku) (9:00-18:00)
Hiroshima Hatchobori Post Office (11-10, Hatchobori, Naka-ku) (9:00-16:00)
Hiroshima Ebis-cho Post Office (4-1, Ebis-cho, Naka-ku) (9:00-16:00)

Weekdays/Saturdays/Sundays/Holidays (USD)
The Fukuya department store in front of JR Hiroshima Station
Gift Certificate Counter (7th floor) (till $400)

You can withdraw money at cash dispensers of JP bank or Seven Bank (in a convenience store Seven-Eleven)
The cards with the following marks are acceptable.
VISA PLUS MasterCard Maestro Cirrus AMERICANEXPRESS JCB UnionPay
* Some cards of the same mark may not be used

Department Stores
Fukuya Department Store (Ebisu-cho, Naka-Ward)
Fukuya Department Store (Matsubara-cho, Minami-Ward)
Mitsukoshi Department Store (Ebisu-cho, Naka-Ward)
Sogo Department Store (Moto-machi, Naka-Ward)
Tenmaya Department Store (Ebisu-cho, Naka-Ward)

Major Electronic Stores
BIC CAMERA (Nishi-kaniya, Minami-Ward)
DeoDeo (Kamiya-cho, Naka-ku)
YAMADA DENKI (Shintenchi, Naka-Ward)

Shopping Malls
AQ'A (Moto-machi, Naka-Ward)
ASSE (Matsubara-cho, Minami-Ward)
Pacela (Moto-machi, Naka-Ward)
Parco (Hondori, Naka-Ward)
"Shareo" Underground Shopping Mall (Moto-machi, Naka-Ward)
SUNMALL (Kamiya-cho, Naka-Ward)
Tokyu Hands (Hatchobori, Naka-Ward)
Yale Yale A Shopping Cneter (Matsubara-cho, Minami-Ward)

Hiroshima Souvenir Shops
Nagasaki-ya (Hondori, Naka-Ward)
Rest House (Nakajima-cho, Naka-Ward)　
Shinkansen Shopping Area (Matsubara-cho, Minami-Ward)

Supermarkets
IZUMI(SUNMALL) (Kamiya-cho, Naka-Ward)
SATY (Dambara-minami, Minami-Ward)

Major Book Stores
Bookcenter Junku-do:10th Floor, Fukuya Department Store (Matsubara-cho, Minami-Ward)
Futaba-Tosho (Matsubara-cho, Minami-Ward)
Kinokuniya-Shoten:6th Floor, AQ'A (Moto-machi, Naka-Ward)
Libro:5th floor, Parco (Hondori, Naka-Ward)

Comic Book (Manga) Stores
Animate (Ote-machi, Naka-Ward)
Chuo-Shoten:4th floor, SUNMALL (Kamiya-cho, Naka-Ward)
Tora-no-Ana (Ote-machi, Naka-Ward)

The following are several means and ways we can suggest that visitors take.

1. By JR train(Sanyo Trunk Line): JR Hiroshima Station → JR Miyajima-guchi Station (23 minutes by rapid train; 27 minutes by local train) → Miyajima-guchi pier (5-minute walk) → Miyajima Island (10 minutes by ferry)

2. By streetcar (operated by Hiroshima Dentetsu or Hiroshima Electric Railway Co., Ltd.): Board any streetcar bound for "Miyajima-guchi" and get off at the last stop. Walk only a few minutes to get to Miyajima-guchi pier. Take a 10-minute ferryboat ride to Miyajima Island. (approx. 1 hour)
* Visitors aboard a streetcar can change to a train at JR Hiroshima, Yokogawa and Nishi-Hiroshima stations, which enables them to reduce travel time to Miyajima-guchi to a certain extent.

Aquanet Hiroshima

3. World Heritage Sea Route (operated by Aquanet Hiroshima): Board a pleasure boat at the pier on the eastern foot of the Motoyasu-bashi Bridge, which takes visitors straight to and from Miyajima Island. (approx. 40 minutes, respectively)

4. By high-speed boat (run by First Beach Co., Ltd.): Hiroshima Port → Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima → Miyajima Island (Some of the boats go to Miyajima Island with a stop at Kanon pier, Hiroshima Festival Outlets Marina Hop.) (26 minutes)

Yamato Museum

Today, Kure City is very famous for its unique institutions like Yamato Museum in which a one-tenth scale model of the battleship "Yamato" is on display, and the JMSDF Kure Museum, where the retired submarine "Oyashio" is uniquely exhibited, both of which attract many tourists from across Japan.

There are some means and ways for visitors to go to and from Hiroshima. They are:

1. By JR train:　JR Hiroshima Station (via Kure Line) → JR Kure Station (37 minutes by rapid train)

2. By car: Downtown Hiroshima → Midtown Kure (20 minute-ride on Hiroshima-Kure Toll Road)

3. By bus: Hiroshima Bus Center → Taiikukan-mae (Kure City Gymnasium) → JR Kure Station (with stops at Hondori, Shiyakusho-mae , etc.; approx. 46 minutes via Hiroshima-Kure Toll Road)

4. By high-speed boat called "Super Jet": Hiroshima Port → Kure Port (approx. 23 minutes)

5. By ferry: Hiroshima Port → Kure Port (approx. 45 minutes)

Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine

We advise you to take a shuttle bus. There are 2 regular shuttle services a day between JR Hiroshima Station North Side and Omori Ginzan Museum (Omori Ginzan Silver Mine).

1. Timetable
*Bound for the Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine located in Oda City:
Departing from JR Hiroshima Station North Side at: 10:00 and 14:55;
Stopping at Hiroshima Bus Center at: 10:15 and 15:10; and
Arriving at Iwami Ginzan Museum (Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine) at: 12:35 and 17:30.
*The shuttle for downtown Hiroshima is also operated twice a day.
Leaving Iwami Ginzan Museum (Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine) at: 07:52 and 16:22;
Making a stop at Hiroshima Bus Center at: 10:12 and 18:42; and
Reaching JR Hiroshima Station North Side at: 10:24 and 18:54
For all particulars, please visit the website of Iwami Kotsu Co., Ltd.

2. In case that visitors drive:
*Take the Hiroshima I.C. → Sanyo Expressway → Chugoku Expressway → Gotsu I.C. → National Highway Route 9　→ Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine
Note: A parking lot being limited, Iwami Ginzan Museum (Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine) and around is always packed with sightseeing buses, private cars, etc. We strongly advise you to make the most of a "park & bus-ride" system.

For details, please visit Oda City website (Oda City tourist guide).(Japanese Only)

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Hours: March - November 08:30 - 18:00 (Open until 19:00 in August)
December - February 08:30 - 17:00
*Entrance is closed 30 minutes before closing time.
Days closed: December 29 - January 1
Admission: adults/individuals (college students and above) \50;
students/individuals
(elementary, junior and senior high school students) \30
*Adults/group of 30 persons or more: \40;
students/group of 20 and over: Free
Website: http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/

Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims
Hours: Same as the above-mentioned Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
*Entrance is closed 30 minutes before closing time.
Admission: Free
Website: http://www.hiro-tsuitokinenkan.go.jp/

Rest House
Hours: April - September 09:30 - 18:00 (Open till 19:00 from August 1 to August 15)
October - March 08:30 - 17:00

Yes. There is a restaurant "Serenade" on the basement floor at International Conference Center Hiroshima. The restaurant opens from 10:00 to 19:00. Smorgasbord is served for lunch.

Around the park are varied restaurants you can enjoy lunch and/or dinner at.

When you walk toward the Hondori Shopping area as well as the underground shopping mall called "Shareo," you can find a variety of restaurants, cafes, etc. Snacks are also available in the Peace Memorial Museum (East Wing) and in the Rest House.

Inside the park there stands the Rest House on the western foot of the Motoyau-bashi Bridge near the A-bomb Dome. On the first floor is the shop run by the Hiroshima Convention and Visitors Bureau, where they can buy various kinds of local products to take home.

They include "Okonomiyaki," special sauces for the "Okonomiyaki," sweets, key holders, T-shirts, etc., not to mention "Momiji Manju" and local "sake." As for the "Okonomiyaki," a door-to-door delivery service is available here at the Rest House souvenir shop.

Yes. There are 2 hot spas in the Yuki area, Saeki-ku (Saeki Ward). They are "Yuki" and "Yunoyama" Hot Spring resorts, which are well known to us locals as the Hiroshima's innermost hot spa spots.

"Yuki" Hot Spring

Yuki
"Yuki" Hot Spring extends along to the Utsuodani-gawa River, where are located 3 "ryokan" inns. Along the Minochi-gawa River stands the "Yuki Lodge" operated by the City Government of Hiroshima.

Rich in radon, it is the largest hot spring in Hiroshima Prefecture that not simply gives guests a great relaxation, but helps them recuperate from illness. The spa is blessed with the simple, weak radioactive minerals and is also said to prove very efficacious against such diseases or symptoms as neuralgia, muscular pain, arthralgia, gastro-intestinal disorder, incised wound, stiff shoulders, cold constitution, lumbago, skin irritations, bruise, sprain, burns, disorder of kinetic and digestive organs, skin disease, atopy, rheumatism, women's disease, etc.

Utase-yu

Yunoyama
"Yunoyama" Hot Spring, prospered as a spa for the Asano clan, the feudal lord who reigned over Hiroshima during the Edo period, is famous for its "Utase-yu."

The quality of a headspring is simple, weak radioactive, cold mineral spring. It proves very effective against neuralgia, muscular pain, arthralgia, gastro-intestinal disorder, cut, stiff shoulders, cold constitution, lumbago, skin irritations, bruise, sprain, burns, disorder of kinetic and digestive organs, skin disease, atopy, rheumatism, women's disease, etc.

*For details, please refer to: http://www.hcvb.city.hiroshima.jp/navigator/yuki/ (Japanese Only)

Following are the ways and means we advise you to take.

1. By car: Nishi-hiroshima Bypass (National Highway Route 2) → National Highway Route 41 → National Highway Route 433 → Yuki Hot Spring (approx. 50 minutes)

2. By JR train & bus: JR Hiroshima Station (Sanyo Trunk Line) → JR Itsukaichi Station (Change to the bus bound for "Yuki Onsen" here at Itsukaichi-eki Minami-guchi <Station's South Side>; For more information, please visit www.hiroden.co.jp) → Yuki Hot Spring (approx. 15 minutes by train between JR Hiroshima Station and JR Itsukaichi Station, and additional 70 minutes by bus between JR Itsukaichi Station South Side and Yuki Hot Spring, the last stop)

3. By JR train and taxi: JR Hiroshima Station (Sanyo Trunk Line) → JR Itsukaichi Station (Take a cab at the JR Itsukaichi Station North Side.) → Yuki Hot Spring (approx. 15 minutes by train between the two stations, with additional 35-40 minutes by taxi)