Hiroshima
Hiroshima (広島) is an industrial city of wide boulevards and criss-crossing rivers along the coast of the Seto Inland Sea. Although many only know it for the horrific split-second on August 6, 1945 when it became the site of the world's first atomic bomb attack, it is now a modern cosmopolitan city with excellent cuisine and a bustling nightlife. Wikivoyage
Population 1,198,021 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
Getting there
Remembered in this browser only, with the last few you used.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
Rai Sanyo Shiseki Museum Museum · 710 m -
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum Museum · 750 m -
Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims Monument · 890 m -
Former Hiroshima Branch of the Bank of Japan Gallery · 700 m -
Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum Museum · 750 m -
Cenotaph for the A-bomb Victims Memorial · 890 m -
Flame of Peace Memorial · 940 m -
Rest House Monument · 970 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
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Hiroshima Flower Festival
May
The Hiroshima Flower Festival (ひろしまフラワーフェスティバル) is a flower festival held annually in Hiroshima, Japan.
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Hiroshima International Animation Festival
August
The International Animation Festival Hiroshima, founded as International Animation Festival for the World Peace in 1985, was a biennial film festival for animated films held in Hiroshima, Japan. Its last edition was held in 2020.
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Sake Festival
October
The Saijō Sake Festival (西条酒まつり, Saijō Sake Matsuri) is a sake (rice wine) matsuri festival held annually in Saijō Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Saijō is famed for local sake or Saijō Sake.
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Hiroshima); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Shiyakusho-mae 100 m
- Takano-bashi 260 m
- Chuden-mae 360 m
- Nisseki-byoin-mae 490 m
- Fukuro-machi 710 m
- Hondōri 890 m
Train stations: Hiroshima 2.3 km, Shin-Hakushima 2.6 km, Yokogawa 2.8 km, Nishi-Hiroshima 2.9 km, Higashi-takasu 3.3 km, Takasu 3.6 km, Mitaki 3.6 km, Tenjingawa 4.0 km, Furue 4.1 km, Yaga 4.1 km, Kusatsu 4.7 km, Mukainada 4.8 km, Aki-Nagatsuka 4.8 km, Kusatsu-minami 5.3 km, Shoko Center-iriguchi 5.9 km, Shin-Inokuchi 6.0 km
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.