Hiroshima

Getting Here and Around

The streetcar (tram) is an easy form of transport in Hiroshima. Enter the middle door and take a ticket from the automatic dispenser. Pay the driver at the front door when you leave. All fares within city limits are ¥150. A one-day pass is ¥600, available for purchase at the platform outside JR Hiroshima Station. There are seven streetcar lines; four either depart from the JR station or make it their terminus. Stops are announced by a recording, and each stop has a sign in romaji (romanized Japanese) posted on the platform. Buses also joust with the traffic on Hiroshima's hectic streets; the basic fare is ¥200. Information in English can be gathered at any of the Hiroshima Tourist Info Centers.

Taxis can be hailed throughout the city. The fare for the first 1½ km (1 mi) is ¥570 for small taxis, ¥620 for larger ones, then ¥70 for every 300 meters (335 yards).

Two excellent, English-speaking Tourist Information Offices are in JR Hiroshima Station: the south exit office, on the first floor, is the main one; the other is on the first floor at the Shinkansen (north) exit. The main tourist office, the Rest House In Peace Memorial Park is in the Peace Memorial Park, next to the Motoyasu fork of the river, between the Children's Peace Memorial and the Flame of Peace.Also in the park, in the southwest corner between the Ota River and the Peace Memorial Museum, is the International Conference Center Hiroshima, which offers ample useful English information.