🇯🇵 Hiroshima

📍 About Hiroshima

The Peace Park, Memorial, and Miyajima Island with its floating torii make Hiroshima an emotive destination.

🗺️ What to do & see in Hiroshima

• ✅Visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and reflect at the Atomic Bomb Dome
• ✅Explore the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
• ✅Take a ferry to Miyajima Island
• ✅Stroll through Shukkeien Garden along the river
• ✅Climb to the reconstructed Hiroshima Castle
• ✅Try okonomiyaki in the Okonomimura district

🏛️ Must-see attractions in Hiroshima

• ⭐Atomic Bomb Dome (Genbaku Dome)
• ⭐Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
• ⭐Itsukushima Shrine and its floating torii on Miyajima Island
• ⭐Hiroshima Castle
• ⭐Shukkeien Garden
• ⭐Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

🍽️ Local cuisine in Hiroshima

• 🍴Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki, with layers of noodles and cabbage
• 🍴Miyajima oysters, grilled or fried
• 🍴Anago meshi, sea eel on rice
• 🍴Momiji manju, sweet maple leaf-shaped dessert
• 🍴Tsukemen, noodles served with a separate broth

💡 Travel tips for Hiroshima

• 💡Spring with cherry blossoms and autumn are the best seasons
• 💡The city tram is the most practical and economical way to get around
• 💡The Japan Rail Pass covers the shinkansen to Hiroshima
• 💡Spend a full day on Miyajima Island to see the torii at high and low tide
• 💡Wear comfortable shoes as the Peace Memorial Park is explored on foot