The trams of Hiroshima Dentetsu run on their own unhurried schedule, threading through the city's flat delta grid from JR Hiroshima Station toward Kamiyacho and Hatchobori, where the commercial pulse of the city concentrates. The streets follow the logic of the Ota River's branching channels — water-shaped, low-lying, open to the sky in a way that larger Japanese cities rarely are. Somewhere along that ride, the Peace Memorial Park appears at the edge of vision before you reach it, the Atomic Bomb Dome standing in its particular silence beside the river, not cordoned off or theatrically lit, simply there, as part of the daily geography.
The food here has its own insistence. Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki is layered rather than mixed — noodles, cabbage, egg, built up in stages on a griddle — and Otafuku Sauce, made in the city, goes on almost everything. Oysters from the surrounding Seto Inland Sea appear in markets and restaurants through the colder months, and momiji manju, the maple-leaf-shaped cakes filled with sweet bean paste, are sold at shops throughout the center. The Hiroshima Central Wholesale Market moves quietly behind the scenes, supplying much of this.
The city also holds Fudo-in Kondo and Kokuzeni-ji among its cultural properties, and the Rai Sanyo Historical Museum keeps the Edo-period scholarly tradition visible. Further out, Yuki Onsen offers a quieter register entirely, and the ridgelines of Shiraki-yama rise to the north, above the delta flatness. Hiroshima carries its history without performing it — the reconstruction is the fact, and the city simply continues outward from there.
Where to stay
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What converges here
17 in this city. 25 within 25 km of the city hall.
- Rai San'yō Historic Site Museum
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
- Exhibit Facility for Atomic-Bombed Remnants
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
- Hiroshima City Health Promotion Center Health Sciences Museum
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- Hiroshima Children's Museum
- Hiroshima Museum of Art
- Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
- Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum
- Hiroshima Castle
- Shukkei-en
- Hiroshima City Museum of History and Traditional Crafts
- Hiroshima City Ebayama Museum of Meteorology
- Mazda Museum
- Izumi Museum of Art
- Hiroshima City University Art Museum
- Hiroshima City Torrential Rain Disaster Memorial Center
- Fudenosato Kōbō
- Art Gallery Miyauchi
- Japan Coast Guard Museum
- Umi-Mori Art Museum
- JMSDF Kure Museum
- Yamato Museum
- Irifuneyama Memorial Museum
- Kure Municipal Museum of Art
Distances are straight-line from the municipal office. Each website was checked in September 2026.
- Atomic Bomb Dome
- Fudo-in Kondo
- Atomic Bomb Dome (Former Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall)
- Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Sites
- Nakakoda Tumulus Group
- Hiroshima Castle Ruins
- Rai Sanyo's Study
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
- Shukkeien Garden
- Fudo-in Bell Tower
- Fudo-in Romon
- Kokuzen-ji Temple
- Kokuzen-ji Temple
- Former Hiroshima Army Clothing Depot Warehouse Facilities
- Former Hiroshima Army Clothing Depot Warehouse Facilities
- Former Hiroshima Army Clothing Depot Warehouse Facilities
- Former Hiroshima Army Clothing Depot Warehouse Facilities
- World Peace Memorial Cathedral
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
- Setonaikai
- Nishi-Chugoku Sanchi
- Yuki Onsen
- Mount Shiraki
- Mount Gosaso
- Hiroshima
- Shin-Hiroshima
- Hondori
- Shin-Hiroshima
- Omachi
- Omachi
- Hondori
- Hiroshima
- Yokogawa
- Hiroshima
- Itsukaichi
- Tengokawa
- Nishi-Hiroshima
- Niiguchi
- Kenchomae
- Kamiyacho-Nishi
- Yano
- Hatchobori
- Shimo-Gion
- Hiroden-Nishihiroshima (Koi)
- Nakasuji
- Ando
- Nishihara
- Seno
- Yokogawa
- Hiroden-Itsukaichi
- Kamiyacho-Higashi
- Dobashi
- Rakurakuen
- Aki-Nagatsuka
- Aki-Nakano
- Shoko-Center-Iriguchi
- Tatemachi
- Midorii
- Genbaku-Dome-Mae
- Shudai-Kyoso-Chukomen
- Kamiyasu
- Furue
- Gion-Shimbashi-Kita
- Furuichi
- Nakano-Higashi
- Fudoin-mae
- Furuitabashi
- Kabe
- Ebisumachi
- Bishamon-dai
- Ginzanmachi
- Aki-Yaguchi
- Shiyakushomae
- Kōiki-Koen-Mae
- Chuden-mae
- Tokaichimachi
- Minami-machi Rokuchome
- Kenbyo-inmae
- Chorakuji
- Ohara
- Hakushima
- Tomo
- Takatori
- Tosaka
- Ushita
- Hiroden-Honsha-mae
- Takanohashi
- Takasu
- Kusatsu
- Nisseki-Byoin-Mae
- Umebayashi
- Enkobashicho
- Shimo-Fukagawa
- Kodo-Homachigawa
- Fukuromachi
- Saeki-Kuyakushomae
- Johoku
- Hiroshima-ko (Ujina)
- Aki-Kameyama
- Tokaichimachi
- Hondori
- Iguchi
- Shichiken-Chaya
- Matobacho
- Yaga
- Funairicho
- Kusatsuminami
- Funairi-Kawaguchimachi
- Inaricho
- Minamikuyakusho-mae
- Ujina-yonchome
- Kumura
- Ujina-Sanchome
- Kodai-Fuzokugakkomae
- Otsuka
- Funairi-Honmachi
- Kaigandori
- Funairi-Minami
- Ban-Chuo
- Nakajima
- Ujinagochome
- Higashi-Takasu
- Enami
- Ujina-Nichome
- Tenmamachi
- Hakushima
- Minamimachi-Rochome
- Miyukibashi
- Funairi-Saiwaicho
- Moto-Ujinaguchi
- Fukushimacho
- Kannon-machi
- Nishi-Kannon-machi
- Yokogawa-Itchome
- Mitaki
- Kamiyagi
- Koabecho
- Hijiyamabashi
- Teramachi
- Minami-machi Nichome
- Nakafukagawa
- Matobamachi
- Hijiyamashita
- Shukkeien-mae
- Kamifukawa
- Danbara-Itchome
- Shiwaguchi
- Betsuin-mae
- Karuga
- Jogakuin-mae
- Katei-Saibansho-Mae
- Shirakiyama
- Naka-Mita
- Ibarashi
- Kami-Mita
- Hatchobori
- Dobashi
- Hiroshima
- Hiroden-Nishi-Hiroshima (Koi)
- Yokokawa
- Kamiyacho-Higashi
- Kamiyacho-Nishi