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Airport car rental in Hiroshima
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What first-timers get wrong in Hiroshima
Fares are paid when leaving the tram, not boarding it, and the city flat rate is 220 yen regardless of distance. With Miyajima on the plan, the 1,000-yen combined streetcar and ferry day pass beats assembling the pieces. A 100-yen island visitor levy is collected at the ferry gate. Rail pass holders should take the JR ferry rather than the Matsudai boat beside it. Nozomi trains sit outside the standard pass.
What things cost in Hiroshima
Entry fees here are unusually gentle: 200 yen for the Peace Memorial Museum, 300 for Itsukushima Shrine, 260 for Shukkeien garden. A plate at an Okonomimura counter lands between 1,000 and 1,400 yen. The Hiroden day pass is 700 yen, or 1,000 with the Miyajima ferry folded in, against 220 for a single ride. Grilled oysters on Omotesando sell by the pair for a few hundred yen in season.
Hiroshima with kids, realistically
The Peace Memorial Museum's second half is graphic, with burned school uniforms and a child's tricycle among the photographs, and plenty of parents route under-tens through the park and the Children's Peace Monument instead. Miyajima's tame sika deer will pull a paper map straight out of a pocket. The free Children's Museum near the castle is hands-on. Streetcars swallow pushchairs easily and the Miyajima ferry loads by ramp.
What to eat in Hiroshima
Okonomiyaki is layered here rather than stirred, with a nest of yakisoba noodles pressed between crepe and mounded cabbage; Okonomimura stacks two dozen griddle counters across three floors near Nagarekawa. Oysters are the winter crop, grilled in the shell along Miyajima's Omotesando or simmered as dotenabe with miso. Hiroshima tsukemen comes cold with a fierce chilli dipping broth, unrelated to the Tokyo dish. Anago-meshi, sea eel over rice, belongs to Miyajimaguchi.
Hiroshima after dark
Nagarekawa and the narrower Yagenbori lanes beside it hold most of the drinking, a dense grid of izakaya, standing bars and hostess clubs minutes from the Hondori arcade, whose shops shutter around eight. Streetcars stop before midnight on most lines, so check the last departure from Hatchobori if your hotel sits near the station. Miyajima empties completely once the final ferry leaves; the island is not an evening plan.
When to go to Hiroshima
| Best months for airport-cars | Avg daily high | Rain days |
|---|---|---|
| October | 22°C / 72°F | 7 days |
| November | 17°C / 63°F | 6 days |
| April | 18°C / 64°F | 9 days |
The month to avoid is January — around 9°C (48°F) with roughly 7 rain days. Prices and crowds track the weather here: October is the sweet spot, January the month most people skip.
Pack for peak season: Summer clothes, plus one light layer for air-con and evenings, A packable rain shell or compact umbrella earns its space, Comfortable walking shoes — every guide on this site assumes you'll use them.
Where to base yourself in Hiroshima
- Peace Park — Central memorial district — the A-Bomb Dome, the Peace Memorial Museum.
- Hatchobori — Shopping centre — okonomiyaki streets, department stores, the tram hub.
- Miyajima — Sacred shrine island a ferry away — the famous floating torii gate.