Hiroshima and Miyajima

Hiroshima · Local food

Okonomimura

A food building dedicated to Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki. A good solution for a flexible evening when everyone wants to choose a different stall.

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Hiroshima · Okonomiyaki

Okonomiyaki Nagataya

A two-minute walk from the Atomic Bomb Dome and from Peace Park. Hiroshima okonomiyaki is built in layers with yakisoba noodles inside, and not mixed in a bowl as in Osaka, and that is the difference worth knowing before you order. The Nagataya-yaki dish is about ¥1,550. 11:00 to 21:00 with last order at 20:00, closed on Tuesdays. There are no reservations, but the line moves fast, and every table has its own teppan.

¥1,550 · ≈ $10MapsSource

Hiroshima · Seafood

Hiroshima Central Wholesale Market

The city's wholesale market, where the auxiliary buildings are open to the general public with shops and restaurants that cook from that morning's stock. Important to know: this is a working facility and not an attraction, and the trading halls themselves are closed to visitors. Once a year, on one Saturday in March, the market festival opens to the public with tuna cutting, a demonstration auction and grilled oysters. Outside that day, come for breakfast and not for a tour.

¥1,500 · ≈ $10MapsSource

Street food · Hiroshima

Miyajima Omotesando Shopping Street: grilled oysters and momiji manju

You start the island on the main street, because most shops on the island close towards evening.

¥1,500 · ≈ $10MapsFull itinerary

Central Hiroshima · History

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

The heart of a visit to Hiroshima: the Atomic Bomb Dome, the Cenotaph with the names of the dead, the Flame of Peace and the Children's Monument, along the river. Free and always open. Leave time for reading and a quiet walk, not just for photos.

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✓ Price checked October 2026

About this place and what is nearby

Central Hiroshima · Museum

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

The museum about the atomic bomb and what happened to people on 6 August 1945. ¥200. In the first hour and in the hour before last entry you can enter only with an online ticket bought in advance. Come in the morning to avoid lines.

¥200 · ≈ $1MapsSource

✓ Price checked November 2026

About this place and what is nearby

Central Hiroshima · Castle

Hiroshima Castle

The castle keep, rebuilt in concrete in 1958 after the bomb destroyed the original, closed to visitors on 22 March 2026. The grounds and the moat are open, and you see the keep from outside. The exhibits, swords and armor, are moving to a new museum in Sannomaru planned for spring 2027. The grounds are free. Combine it with Shukkeien Garden and do not build a whole day around the castle.

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✓ Price checked October 2026

Hiroshima · Food

OKOSTA (Otafuku Okonomiyaki Experience)

At the studio of Otafuku, the maker of okonomiyaki sauce, you make Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki on a professional griddle with an instructor and eat it. It lasts an hour and a half and costs ¥2,500, including an apron, a paper hat and one topping of your choice. The regular version includes pork, and at the same price there is a vegetarian version with corn and vegetarian sauce, and a version with squid and shrimp instead of pork. There are classes in English, you book at least 3 days ahead, and the food is not kosher.

¥2,500 · ≈ $16MapsSource

✓ Price checked September 2026

Hiroshima · Food

Yamadaya Miyajima Main Store

At the main store of Yamadaya on Miyajima island you bake by hand two momiji manju cakes in the shape of a maple leaf, one with red bean paste and one with chocolate. It takes about half an hour and costs ¥1,000 including a gift, and payment is in cash at reception. There are four sessions on a weekday and five on a weekend, and you book on the website by the day before or ask about a free place on the second floor of the store. The pastry is not kosher.

¥1,000 · ≈ $6MapsSource

✓ Price checked September 2026