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See in Hiroshima · #8 of the port's ten

Shukkei-en garden

~3.5h — the round trip from the gangway, with the 60-minute margin kept aside.

Photo: Yuya Tamai / CC BY

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Round trip
3 hr 30 min
From the ship and back
Fits
a 4–6 hour stop ashore
Margin already counted
Getting there
Tram + walk
See the rides below
Booking
Just turn up
Nothing to reserve
Why we send people here

A 1620 landscape garden that survived 1945 and replanted itself — the gingko by the pond predates the bomb. The quiet counterweight to the museum.

Why it earns the hours
  • Reachable on foot from the berth, so no timetable can strand you.
Before you count on it
  • 3 hr 30 min door to door means a 2–3 hour stop ashore cannot hold it. Pick something closer instead.
The story

Why Shukkei-en garden is famous

Laid out in 1620 for the Asano lords, its name means shrunk-scenery garden and it miniaturises a famous Chinese lake. It was destroyed by the bomb, two kilometres from the hypocentre, and rebuilt from the original plans. One ginkgo survived and is still growing there.

Where it is

Shukkei-en garden and your ship

Both pins on one map, so the distance is a fact rather than a feeling.

Pairs well with

What to put beside it

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

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