Hiroshima Flights

Hiroshima has a Shinkansen station which is connected to Osaka and Tokyo in the north and Fukuoka in the south. The closest International Airport would be either Fukuoka or Osaka.

The Shinkansen is by far the most convenient way to travel around Japan. Unfortunately it isn't very cheap! Luckily there is a Japan JR Rail Pass available to foreign travellers. See the JR East website for details:

It must be bought abroad and stamped in Japan before you can use it. There are several options including one week (unlimited JR travel except for the super fast Nozomi service), two week, JR East and JR West passes. Check with your local travel agent for the best option or click on the link to see for yourself!

Here is a link to a very cool page that lets you see the routing between cities/stations/ports within Japan. It will tell you the route and includes the cost and time. http://www.jorudan.co.jp/english/norikae/.

From Tokyo:It takes 4.5hours and costs about 18000yen(one-way) by train(Shinkansen).By airplane, it takes 1.5hours and costs about 27000yen(one-way).
From Kyoto:It takes about 2hours and costs 11000yen by train.
Trams are useful.They'er easier and cheaper to use than buses.(I think buses are too difficult for tourists.) It takes 15min and cost 120yen from Hiroshima station to city central.But, you can walk from the station to city centaral.It's not so far.

Hiroshima has an airfield, but can be best reached within the country by Shinkansen (bullet-train).
The town has a unique tramway. Added by busservices, you can easily get around in Hiroshima.

Hiroshima can be easily reached with a shinkansen train from Osaka.

In Hiroshima the tram is the way to go.

From Tokyo JR Station in downtown Tokyo, it took me 5 hours by Hikari bullet train (there's one every 1/2 hour). For a 7-day pass, you get to travel across Japan as many times as you wish. The 7-day pass costs 28300 yen (US$240).

The bullet trains naturally.

The transportation in Hiroshima is superb. They have a extensive Street Car (tram) network which is both cheap and reliable however it can get busy at rush hours. They also have a very good bus service as well. Coupled with the train system, which can get you to some parts of the city very quickly. Buses and trams are the cheapest transport, starting at 200 yen (£1.14) and trains and taxis being more expensive. Most maps have an English translation which makes finding your way much easier.

Hiroshima retained it's thankfully trams with a reasonable broad network consisting of about 6 major routes. This tram system is excellent to get about by. As you would probably arrive at the Shin-Hiroshima train station there is a major tram terminus out the front. There there is a colour coded route map and ticket vending machines. All trams have number and name of destination. Japan is quite unusual when it concerns tickets. They are given to the ticket collector when leaving the tram, this applies with most buses also.

It's the best way to see Hiroshima. The trams go all the way out to Miyajima. Fares are around 150 yen per trip. All day passes are 600 yen.