⭐ Highlight
Hiroshima Castle
A rebuilt 'Carp Castle' keep with a museum of samurai Hiroshima in a moated riverside park.
Typical duration
75 min
Price
Keep ~¥370 (≈ €2.2 / $2.4)
From port
5.5 km / 3.4 mi
Transfer time
35 min
Indoor / Outdoor
mixed
Queue risk
low
🕐 Best time to visit
Morning; combine with Shukkeien nearby
Hiroshima Castle, nicknamed the Carp Castle, was first built in the 1590s on the delta plains, an unusual flatland fortress rather than a hilltop one. The original wooden keep was destroyed by the atomic bomb in 1945 and rebuilt in 1958 in concrete, now housing a museum of samurai-era Hiroshima with armour, swords and city history. Set in a broad moated park with reconstructed gates and a shrine, it is an easy, green counterpoint to the Peace Park a short walk to the south.
Getting there from the port
Tram to Kamiyacho then a 15-minute walk, or a walk from the Peace Park