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Getting around Hiroshima
How to move around Hiroshima on a 3-day walking trip: metro, tickets and the notes that matter.
Checked September 2026 against official sources
Hiroshima
Transit and walking
Follow the official link before you buy. Full walking days: Hiroshima itinerary.
Getting around
- Hiroshima's streetcars charge a flat fare of ¥240 for adults and ¥120 for children on the city lines, and the same on the Miyajima line, for example from Genbaku Dome-mae to Hiroden-miyajima-guchi.Source: Hiroshima Electric Railway · checked Sep 2026
Questions
Quick answers
Which days should I plan around?
Everything in the plan is open daily; the Peace Memorial Museum closes only on December 30–31, Shukkei-en on December 29–31. What matters on Miyajima is the tide: the shrine looks as it should with water under it at high tide, and at low tide you can walk out to the torii. Check the tide table and put the shrine in the morning or the afternoon accordingly. Hiroshima Castle's main keep closed in March 2026 for earthquake safety; the grounds and the Ninomaru are open and free.
How much do the tickets cost?
The Peace Memorial Museum is ¥200, Shukkei-en ¥350, the Orizuru Tower ¥2,200, Itsukushima Shrine ¥300 (¥500 with the treasure hall), the Misen ropeway ¥2,000 return, Senjokaku ¥100, the Kintai Bridge ¥500 or ¥1,550 on a set ticket with the ropeway and castle. Miyajima charges a ¥100 visitor tax on the ferry, and the JR ferry is ¥180 each way, free with a Japan Rail Pass.
How do I get around?
The trams cover the city on a flat fare of ¥240, paid as you get off, and run to Miyajimaguchi too, more slowly than the JR train. JR trains serve Miyajimaguchi, Mitaki and Iwakuni and are covered by the Japan Rail Pass, as is the JR Miyajima ferry. The city centre itself is a 20-minute walk end to end.
How much walking is this itinerary?
About 4 km in a straight line on day one, all flat; about 3 km on Miyajima plus the ropeway and the last half-hour climb to the summit, which is rocky; and about 2 km on day three, with the uphill walk to Mitaki-dera and the bridge and castle at Iwakuni, where the ropeway does the climb.
The days these rules belong to
3 days in Hiroshima
Hiroshima's centre is flat and small, so day one is a single walk: the Atomic Bomb Dome at 8:30 before the school groups, the folded-crane wall of the Orizuru Tower next to it, the Peace Memorial Park and the museum, okonomiyaki for lunch, the castle grounds (the keep itself closed in March 2026), the garden of Shukkei-en and the Hondori arcade in the evening. Day two is Miyajima, timed to the tide: the shrine when the water is under it, Daisho-in's stairways, the ropeway and the summit of Misen, and the torii lit after dark. Day three goes out of town twice, to the three waterfalls and mossy statues of Mitaki-dera in the morning and by train to Iwakuni for the Kintai Bridge and the castle ropeway, back for oysters and bars in Nagarekawa. Check the Miyajima tide table before you fix the days.
