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Two heavyweights

Long calls — Peace Park AND Miyajima, in the honest order. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~8.5h door to door7 stops8 hours or more ashore
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Photo: Stripy T-Shirt / CC BY-SA
Door to door
~8.5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
8 hours or more
Long calls — Peace Park AND Miyajima, in the honest order
What it costs
trams + JR + Miyajima ferry ~¥1,500–2,000 pp; museum ¥200, shrine entry ~¥500
Transport spend: trams + JR + Miyajima ferry ~¥1,500–2,000 pp; museum ¥200, shrine entry ~¥500.
Booking
Nothing
Every stop here takes walk-ups
The route

How the day runs

Times are from the moment you step off, not from the scheduled arrival. Everything shifts if your ship is late; the order does not.

  1. +0:00
    Early tram/taxi to Peace Park

    Beat the museum opening if you can

    What you will see here →Full guide: The Peace Memorial Park →
  2. +0:45
    Museum + park, compressed to 2h

    The full version belongs to the half-day plan

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Dmitry Romanoff / Pexels
  3. +2:45
    Tram to Miyajimaguchi (~50 min), ferry across

    JR ferry hugs the torii side

    What you will see here →Full guide: Miyajima →
    Photo: BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada / CC BY-SA
  4. +4:00
    Itsukushima Shrine + Omotesando lanes

    Anago-meshi at Ueno by the ferry if the queue allows

    What you will see here →Full guide: Miyajima →
    Photo: Guohua Song / Pexels
  5. +5:30
    Grilled oysters + momiji manju, fresh-fried

    Hayashi grill; Fujiiya bakes in view

    What you will see here →
    Photo: avlxyz / CC BY-SA
  6. +6:15
    Ferry + tram/taxi back toward Ujina

    This is the leg people misjudge — leave whole hours

  7. +7:45
    Back at the gangway
The margin is not optional. This route ends an hour before all-aboard on purpose. If you are running late, drop the last stop, not the hour.
What the day looks like

Hiroshima, along this route

Real photographs of the places above and the streets between them. Every one is credited.

The A-Bomb Dome standing beside the river in Hiroshima
The A-Bomb Dome standing beside the river in HiroshimaPhoto: Mo Qian / Pexels
Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki cooking on a griddle
Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki cooking on a griddlePhoto: shikenhung / CC BY-SA
Oysters grilling in the shell at a Hiroshima stall
Oysters grilling in the shell at a Hiroshima stallPhoto: lee starry / Pexels
A row of Japanese calligraphy brushes
A row of Japanese calligraphy brushesPhoto: Feng Zou / Pexels
Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima CastlePhoto: Glen Zi 加侖子 / Pexels
Hondori arcades
Hondori arcadesPhoto: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY 3.0
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Hiroshima

The rainy-day HiroshimaA wet day · ~5hWet weather — the museum, the arcade and a griddleThe port-side honest hour2–3 hours · ~2.5hShort calls — the city is 40 min away, so stay trueThe peace pilgrimage4–6 hours · ~5.5hThe reason your ship stops here, done with respect
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