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The rainy-day Hiroshima

Wet weather — the museum, the arcade and a griddle. Timed from the gangway and back, with the hour before all-aboard already set aside.

~5h door to door5 stopsA wet day ashore
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Photo: Stripy T-Shirt / CC BY-SA
Door to door
~5h
From the gangway and back
Best for
A wet day
Wet weather — the museum, the arcade and a griddle
What it costs
~¥800 pp (tram or taxi share)
Transport spend: ~¥800 pp (tram or taxi share). Museum ¥200.
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
    Tram or taxi from Ujina to the Peace Park

    About 40 minutes by tram; taxi halves it for four people

    What you will see here →Full guide: The Peace Memorial Park →
  2. +0:45
    Peace Memorial Museum

    Two indoor hours; the park itself can wait for a gap in the rain

    What you will see here →Full guide: The Peace Memorial Park →
    Photo: Dmitry Romanoff / Pexels
  3. +2:45
    Cross to Hondori — 600 m of covered arcade

    The city built a roof over its high street; use it

    What you will see here →
    Photo: Wikimedia contributor / CC BY 3.0
  4. +3:15
    Okonomiyaki at Mitchan or Okonomimura

    A hot griddle in front of you is the correct answer to rain

    What you will see here →
    Photo: shikenhung / CC BY-SA
  5. +4:15
    Tram back to the port
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
The floating torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine at high tide
The floating torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine at high tidePhoto: Guohua Song / Pexels
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
Peace Memorial Park
Peace Memorial ParkPhoto: BriYYZ from Toronto, Canada / CC BY-SA
Different hours, different day

The other routes in Hiroshima

The 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 respectTwo heavyweights8 hours or more · ~8.5hLong calls — Peace Park AND Miyajima, in the honest order
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