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Momiji manju, fresh off the ironFerry-type fire boat MomijiMomiji manjū shop in Miyajima, Hiroshima 2008-12-15
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Take home in Hiroshima · #9 of the port's ten

Momiji manju, fresh off the iron

on your Miyajima trip — the round trip from the gangway, with the 60-minute margin kept aside.

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Round trip
6 hr
From the ship and back
Fits
a 4–6 hour stop ashore
Margin already counted
Getting there
On foot or by taxi
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Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve
Why we send people here

Maple-leaf cakes filled with bean paste — Fujiiya bakes them in view on Miyajima. Buy the mixed box; the deep-fried skewered version is the on-site treat.

Before you count on it
  • 6 hr door to door means a 2–3 hour stop ashore cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
  • It is a view, so it is weather. Check the morning sky before you commit the hours.
  • No single published ride covers this one. Budget for a taxi both ways, or fold it into a guided day.
The story

Why Momiji manju, fresh off the iron is famous

Momiji manju is a maple-leaf-shaped cake with sweet bean paste, created on Miyajima around 1906 and now the standard gift of the whole prefecture. Eaten within a minute of the iron it is a different food from the boxed version: softer, and faintly of the griddle.

Where to have it

Three places, three different answers

The one the queue agrees on, the one people who live here use instead, and the one nearest your ship. Opening days change; check before you build a day around one.

The famous oneFujiiya Miyajima Honten

Making momiji manju since 1925. Eaten within a minute of the iron it is softer than any boxed version.

Open in Google MapsWhere locals goIwamura Momijiya

A smaller Miyajima maker with a shorter queue and the same fresh-off-the-iron trick.

Open in Google MapsClosest to the berthMomiji-do

On the approach street, and one of several that will hand you one still warm.

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The day this belongs to

Routes that already include it

Each one is a finished day we have walked and timed, with this stop in it. Read the route rather than assembling it yourself.

Two heavyweights8 hours or more · ~8.5h door to doorLong calls — Peace Park AND Miyajima, in the honest order
Pairs well with

What to put beside it

Each of these still lands you back aboard with the hour to spare.

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See · ~4h with tram

Peace Memorial Museum & Dome

The reason your ship stops here.

See the detail →See · ~6h door to door

Miyajima & Itsukushima shrine

The vermilion gate in the sea, deer on the sand, oyster smoke in the lanes.

See the detail →Eat · ~3h

Okonomiyaki at Mitchan

Hiroshima-style means layers, not batter — cabbage, soba, egg, and the founder’s sauce.

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The one rule: be back on board 60 minutes before all-aboard. Build the whole day on the Hiroshima plan page.