Hiroshima’s costs split along the line the city itself draws Everything tied to remembrance here is free or close to it; the fees start once you step back into the living, rebuilt city around it. The A-Bomb Dome, the Peace Memorial Park, and the Cenotaph cost nothing to visit, and that isn’t an accident of budgeting, it reflects a deliberate choice to keep the memorial open to everyone. The museum inside the park, the castle, and the ferry to Miyajima are where an actual trip budget gets built.

Six days: the full core plus Iwakuni’s bridge Six days takes the 5-day plan and adds a sixth day at Iwakuni, close enough to pair with a relaxed departure. Day Focus Rough daily cost Day 1 A-Bomb Dome, Peace Memorial Park and Museum Modest museum fee (verify) + ¥240 tram fares (verify) + food Day 2 Miyajima: Itsukushima Shrine, Mount Misen ~¥200 ferry (verify) + ¥100 visitor tax (verify) + food Day 3 Hiroshima Castle, Shukkeien Garden, Hondori Modest castle and garden fees (verify) + food Day 4 Saijo sake district, Hiroshima Museum of Art Train fare to Saijo (verify) + modest museum fee (verify) Day 5 Onomichi day trip: temple walk, Shimanami Kaido views Shinkansen fare varies (verify) Day 6 Iwakuni day trip: Kintaikyo bridge Train fare, roughly 1 hour each way (verify) Day 1: the A-Bomb Dome and Peace Memorial Park Start at the A-Bomb Dome, the preserved ruin standing almost directly beneath the 1945 blast, then the Peace Memorial Park: the Cenotaph, the Flame of Peace, and the Children’s Peace Monument tied to Sadako Sasaki’s story.

Five days: the city core, Miyajima, and an Onomichi day trip Five days builds on the 3-day plan with a Saijo sake afternoon and a full day trip to Onomichi. For Iwakuni and a sixth day, see the 6-day itinerary . Day Focus Rough daily cost Day 1 A-Bomb Dome, Peace Memorial Park and Museum Modest museum fee (verify) + ¥240 tram fares (verify) + food Day 2 Miyajima: Itsukushima Shrine, Mount Misen ~¥200 ferry (verify) + ¥100 visitor tax (verify) + food Day 3 Hiroshima Castle, Shukkeien Garden, Hondori Modest castle and garden fees (verify) + food Day 4 Saijo sake district, Hiroshima Museum of Art Train fare to Saijo (verify) + modest museum fee (verify) Day 5 Onomichi day trip: temple walk, Shimanami Kaido views Shinkansen fare varies (verify) Day 1: the A-Bomb Dome and Peace Memorial Park Start at the A-Bomb Dome, then walk the Peace Memorial Park: the Cenotaph, the Flame of Peace burning since 1964, and the Children’s Peace Monument tied to Sadako Sasaki.

Three days: the Peace Park, Miyajima, and a castle-and-garden day Three days adds one full day of city sights to the 2-day plan , enough for Hiroshima Castle, Shukkeien Garden, and a modest amount of shopping without a second day trip. For Onomichi or Iwakuni, jump to the 5-day or 6-day versions. Day Focus Rough daily cost Day 1 A-Bomb Dome, Peace Memorial Park and Museum Modest museum fee (verify) + ¥240 tram fares (verify) + food Day 2 Miyajima: Itsukushima Shrine, Mount Misen ~¥200 ferry (verify) + ¥100 visitor tax (verify) + food Day 3 Hiroshima Castle, Shukkeien Garden, Hondori Modest castle and garden fees (verify) + food Day 1: the A-Bomb Dome and Peace Memorial Park Begin at the A-Bomb Dome, the preserved ruin standing almost directly beneath the 1945 blast, then walk the Peace Memorial Park: the Cenotaph, the Flame of Peace, and the Children’s Peace Monument tied to Sadako Sasaki’s story.

Two days: the Peace Park, then Miyajima, nothing else squeezed in Two days is tight for Hiroshima, so this plan doesn’t try to cover the castle, the museums, or a second day trip. Day 1 is the Peace Memorial Park and downtown; Day 2 is Miyajima, in full. If a third day opens up, the 3-day itinerary folds in the castle and Shukkeien Garden; longer still, the 5-day and 6-day versions add Onomichi and Iwakuni.

Where to stay in Hiroshima on a budget, by area Around Hiroshima Station: the Shinkansen and tram hub, the most convenient base for arrivals, late check-ins, and any of the day trips covered in the day trips guide . Expect larger, business-style hotels clustered near the station. Trade-off: a short tram or bus ride rather than a walk to the Peace Park and downtown core. Downtown, near the Peace Park and Hondori-Kamiya-cho: the more atmospheric first-visit base, walkable to the A-Bomb Dome and the Peace Memorial Park, and next to the Hondori covered shopping arcade and the city’s okonomiyaki scene covered in the eat guide .

5 free photo spots in Hiroshima Two of the five below sit inside the Peace Memorial Park. They aren’t backdrops for a highlight reel; they’re a place of remembrance, and the photograph should follow that register, quiet, respectful, without staging. The other three are the warm, living-city side of Hiroshima, and can be shot more freely. The A-Bomb Dome The preserved ruin of the former Industrial Promotion Hall, standing almost directly beneath the 1945 blast and deliberately kept as it was.

4 nature spots in Hiroshima on a budget For actual trails and elevation, see the hiking areas guide ; these four are gentler, closer to the city, and mostly free. Shukkeien Garden, a modest entrance fee applies (verify): an Edo-period landscape garden begun in 1620 for feudal lord Asano Nagaakira, laid out by tea master Ueda Soko. It stands close to the hypocenter, was devastated in the 1945 bombing, and sheltered blast victims afterward; it reopened to the public in 1951.

Hiroshima’s 2 real hiking areas on a budget Hiroshima city itself sits on a river delta, flat and built up; the actual trails are on Miyajima and further out at Sandankyo Gorge. Both pair well with the sights in the things-to-do guide . Mount Misen, Miyajima At 535m, Mount Misen is the high point of the island, and the more accessible of the two hikes here. The Miyajima Ropeway carries most of the elevation gain, leaving about a 30-minute walk from the ropeway’s upper station to the summit.

6 overlooked things to do in Hiroshima on a budget The Peace Park and Miyajima earn every bit of their reputation, and belong on any first visit; the things-to-do guide covers them properly. These six sit a step further off that path, in the living city rather than the memorial sites. Ride one of the two surviving prewar Hiroden streetcars, around ¥240 fare (verify): cars 651 and 652 survived the atomic bombing and were reportedly still in passenger service as of 2025, a genuine link to 1945 running on an ordinary daily tram line rather than sitting in a museum.

6 things to eat in Hiroshima on a budget Hiroshima’s food identity was shaped by scarcity: okonomiyaki emerged after 1945 as a way to stretch what little was available, and it’s still the city’s signature dish. For where to stay near this food, see the stay guide . Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki, roughly ¥1,000-1,500 a plate (verify): the layering, not mixing, is the whole point here, distinct from Osaka’s style. Batter first, then a large pile of cabbage, pork, yakisoba or udon noodles, a fried egg, and sauce, all built up on the griddle rather than stirred together.

8 things to do in Hiroshima on a budget Hiroshima holds two registers at once: a solemn record of the 6 August 1945 bombing, and a warm, fully rebuilt city that has moved forward without forgetting. Both deserve a place on the same trip. For the day trips beyond the city, see the day trips guide . Walk the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, free: on the delta where the hypocenter district once stood, the park holds the Memorial Cenotaph (its epitaph reads “rest in peace, for the error shall not be repeated”), the Flame of Peace (burning since 1964, meant to stay lit until nuclear weapons are gone), and the Children’s Peace Monument, inspired by Sadako Sasaki, who folded paper cranes while dying of leukemia in 1955 at age 12.

5 day trips from Hiroshima on a budget Miyajima is the trip nearly everyone builds a day around, but four more real options round out a longer stay without repeating the Peace Park and downtown sights already covered in the things-to-do guide . Trip Getting there Rough cost Miyajima tram or JR to Miyajimaguchi, then a roughly 10-minute ferry, about 45min-1h door to door (verify) around ¥200 ferry one-way (verify), plus a ¥100 visitor tax (verify) Onomichi Shinkansen to Shin-Onomichi Station fare varies by service (verify) Iwakuni train, roughly 1 hour (verify) fare varies (verify) Tomonoura train to Fukuyama Station, then onward transport fare varies (verify) Sandankyo Gorge train and bus into Akiota, further out than the others fare varies (verify) Miyajima: the marquee trip The floating vermilion torii gate at Itsukushima Shrine, a torii has stood on this spot since 1168 and the current gate dates to 1875, is the reason most visitors come to Hiroshima at all.