skip to sentence

JAPAN TRAVEL GUIDE

HIROSHIMAprivacy policy

LOVELY JAPAN GUIDE

Hiroshima City

　Hiroshima Prefecture is located in the southwestern part of the Japanese islands. It is rich in the natural beauty of the Inland Sea and the Chugoku Mountains, with mountains, sea, rivers, valleys, plains, basins that characterize Japan's landscape.
　Hiroshima Prefecture's population is 2.86 million, 2.2% of Japan's total,ranking it the 12th most populous prefecture in the country.





Side Trip from Hiroshima

Area

★Takehara
  • Other

Access to Hiroshima


City  Time  Way  St to St  budget
(yen)
Tokyo   3:50
(1:30)		  Shinkansen
(Flight)		 Tokyo.st - Hiroshima.st
(Haneda Airport - Hiroshima Airport)		  18,350
(21,670)
Kyoto  1:35 Shinkansen  Kyoto.st - Hiroshima.st 11,090
Osaka  1:20 Shinkansen Shinosaka.st -Hiroshima.st 10,150
Kobe  1:10 Shinkansen  Shinkobe.st - Hiroshima.st  9,940
Hiroshima
Airport		 0:45  Highway Bus  Hiroshima Airport - Hiroshima.St 1,300

Accomodation in Hiroshima


Type  Name  Room and Budget  Access  Booking
Hotel Mitsui Garden Hotel Hiroshima Single (6,000-10,000yen)  15 min tram from Hiroshima St and 10 min walk Web or Tel
Hotel  Hotel GRANVIA Hiroshima Single (8,000- 10,000yen)  1 min walk from Hiroshima St Web or Tel
Guest House J-Hoppers Hiroshima Dormitory (2,300yen/night)
Single Room (3,500yen/night)		  25 min tram from Hiroshima St Web or Tel
Guest House Guest House Lappy Dormitory (2,200yen/night)
Private(3,000 yen/night)		  10 min walk from Hiroshima St Web or Tel

History

  • Hiroshima's origins can be traced to the end of the 6th century and beginning of the 7th century when the area began to prosper. At the time, Hiroshima was divided into two regions, Aki and Bingo. Towns prospered along transportation routes through the mountains and on the inland sea.
  • In 1589 Mori Terumoto, a regional warlord during the Sengoku period, gave Hiroshima its name and built a castle in what is now Hiroshima City. During the Edo period(1603-1867), modern-day Hiroshima Prefecture was divided into two domains, the Fukuyama Fief to the east and Hiroshima Fief to the west. Under the abolition of Fiefs, the two regions were joined into a single Hiroshima Prefecture and by 1876 the current borders had been established. Hiroshima Prefecture and by 1876 the current borders had been established.
  • In August 1945, the city of Hiroshima was destroyed instantaneously with the dropping of the atomic bomb. Neighboring cities also suffered damage as a result of the war. Afterwards, through the ceaseless efforts of Hiroshima citizens, the region made an impressive recovery and is now continuing to develop as a center of government, economics, and culture in the Chugoku-Shikoku Region.

Others