Hiroshima Nature Tour

Hiroshima Station is the bustling transportation hub of our peaceful city, and one of the principal entertainment hubs as well. All JR lines in the city stop here, and from here, people can take numerous buses and streetcars anywhere in the city, or even out of town. The ekie shopping complex located inside the station building also has no shortage of restaurants and souvenir shops to keep visitors busy for hours.

Forest Adventure is an athletic facility located in the Mominoki Forest Park. Two athletic courses of varying difficulty are set up in the forest, where visitors can play with a variety of athletic equipment in the great outdoors of Yoshiwa, Hatsukaichi. Both courses, the Adventure Course and the Canopy Course, can be enjoyed by children and adults of all ages, however for children height restrictions do apply.

Miwaku no Sato is a leisure facility in Yoshiwa, Hatsukaichi City, where you can enjoy the rich nature of the area that will appeal to all of the five senses. The vast grounds in a corner of the mountain are dotted with hot springs, a campground, and a barbecue house, allowing visitors to enjoy spending time in nature in a way that cannot be experienced by remaining in the city. Of course, you can pitch your tent at a camping site and enjoy the outdoors, or you can also stay in a hotel or a cabin, complete with bedding and towels, and enjoy the luxury of glamping (glamorous camping)!

Kintai Bridge is a tourist attraction in Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. Iwakuni City is the closest city to Hiroshima in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and it takes about 45 minutes from JR Hiroshima Station to JR Iwakuni Station. The Kintai Bridge is a massive 20-meter long wooden bridge built in 1674, consisting of five arches and four pillars. It is a wooden bridge with five arches and four pillars. The beauty of the Kintai Bridge has been well known since its construction, and was even depicted by ukiyoe artist Katsushika Hokusai. Today, the area around Kintai Bridge is a tourist attraction, where you can enjoy various sightseeing experiences such as a sightseeing boat ride where you can admire Kintai Bridge from the river, or a cormorant fishing trip where you can watch traditional sweetfish fishing using cormorants from a boat.

[Bridge entrance fee (round trip)]
Adults (junior high school students and older) 310 yen
Elementary school students 150 yen
Infants – Free
For discounts, please present an official ID (passport, etc.) at the reception desk when entering the bridge to verify your age.

The Iwakuni Kokusai Kanko Hotel is a luxurious resort located right by Kintai Bridge. The rooms are mostly Japanese-style with tatami mats, but Western-style single and twin rooms are also available. The hotel sports hot springs, a restaurant, and a bar, all of which can be enjoyed by overnight guests and day trippers alike.

The Omotesando shopping street is the main street of Miyajima, with many souvenir stores, cafés, and restaurants. On weekends and holidays the street becomes crowded with tourists, as there are many nearby tourist attractions like Itsukushima Shrine or Senjokaku five-storied pagoda. There are many stores lined along the street where you can and walk around, eat and enjoy many specialties such as “agemomiji,” which are deep-fried momiji manju, and “anago chikuwa,” which is grilled conger eel fish paste on a (traditionally bamboo but now cardboard) tube.

Hiroshima Station is the bustling transportation hub of our peaceful city, and one of the principal entertainment hubs as well. All JR lines in the city stop here, and from here, people can take numerous buses and streetcars anywhere in the city, or even out of town. The ekie shopping complex located inside the station building also has no shortage of restaurants and souvenir shops to keep visitors busy for hours.