Hiroshima Castle
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Hiroshima Castle is a typical plains castle built by the military commander Mori Terumoto during the Sengoku period. During the Edo period, the Fukushima and Asano clans were based here. After the castle was completed, the castle keep that was designated a National Treasure in 1931 was destroyed by the atomic bomb, but the exterior was restored in 1958. In 1989, the interior was restored in commemoration of the 400th year since the castle's completion and is now a historical museum with a theme of samurai culture.
Street address
- 21-1 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima
About HIROSHIMA Access
Route1
- From JR Hiroshima Station, take the Hiroshima Electric Railway streetcar or bus (about 15 min.);
Hiroshima Station -> Kamiya-cho (streetcar: Kamiya-cho-nishi or Kamiya-cho-higashi).
Then 15 minutes by foot
- From JR Hiroshima Station, take the Hiroshima Electric Railway streetcar or bus (about 15 min.);
Route2
- 13 minutes by foot from the Hiroshima Bus Center
Opening Hours
- 9:00-18:00
(Closes at 17:00 from December to February. Entrance reception ends 30 minutes before closing)
Closed
- Dec. 29-Jan. 2
*Occasionally closes on other days
Best season
- All year
Point
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Mt. Misen
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Miyajima Sea Kayaking
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Hiroshima Airport
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Onomichi
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Miyajima Guest House Mikuniya
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Ini Tanada
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Onomichi Ramen Kukai
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Night kagura performance
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Kikunoya
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Okonomi-mura
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Oyamazumi Shrine
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Miharashi-tei
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Saijo Sakagura Dori
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Daishoin Temple
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Miyajima (Itsukushima Shrine)
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Shukkeien Garden
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Okeiko Japan
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Kirosan Observation Park
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HIROSHIMA ORIZURU TOWER
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ONOMICHI U2
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Omishima Museum of Art
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Senkoji Park
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Ohkunoshima
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Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
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Shimanami Kaido Cycling
