Hiroshima & Miyajima, Japan: things to do, prices and tips 2026

Things to do in Hiroshima & Miyajima (Japan): Peace Memorial Park, Miyajima: the floating torii, Okonomimura. Prices, opening times and the author’s tips.

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What to see

🕊Peace Memorial Park

The A-Bomb Dome — the ruins of a building that survived at the hypocentre of the 1945 atomic bombing — and a museum you won't forget.

Price Museum ¥200

Insider tip Allow 1.5–2 hours for the museum and come at opening: there's a queue later. In the evening the dome is lit up — it's worth coming back in the quiet.

⛩Miyajima: the floating torii

The huge red gate of Itsukushima Shrine stands right in the sea. At high tide it seems to float; at low tide you can walk up to it across the seabed.

Price Ferry about ¥200 + ¥100 island visitor tax, shrine ¥300

Insider tip Check the tide table: seeing both high and low tide is the best plan. The deer here are as cheeky as in Nara. Try grilled oysters and momiji manju cakes.

🥞Okonomimura

A building with more than twenty counters over three floors serving Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki: layered, with noodles and cabbage, on a hot griddle right in front of you.

Price ¥900–1,500 per portion

Insider tip Sit at the griddle — the cook makes it right in front of you; eat straight off the griddle with a little spatula, not from a plate. Add cheese and spring onion.

⛰Mount Misen

Miyajima's summit with views over the islands of the Inland Sea and a flame that has burned for 1,200 years.

Secret spot: details and the map pin are in the full guide

🐇Okunoshima, Rabbit Island

An island where hundreds of tame rabbits run to you from every direction.

Secret spot: details and the map pin are in the full guide

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