Region: Hiroshima Prefecture · Japan
Where to stay in Higashihiroshima
Higashihiroshima is a city in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, home to about 197,000 people. This guide covers 2 hotels in Higashihiroshima.
- Places to stay in this guide
- 2
- Nearest airport
- HIJ16 km · Hiroshima Airport
- Currency
- JPYyen
- Time zone
- Asia/Tokyo
- Plugs
- A, B · 100 V
- Emergency
- 110
- Language
- Japanese
About
About Higashihiroshima
Higashihiroshima (東広島市, Higashihiroshima-shi) is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 April 2023, the city had an estimated population of 190,186 in 90,294 households and a population density of 300 persons per km2.
Higashihiroshima is a university town of Hiroshima University. Higashihiroshima is adjacent to Hiroshima, and so also forms a commuter town of Hiroshima. The local tourist association has a Japanese-only guide site with basic navigation in English. The sake breweries offer and excellent walking map, available in English and Japanese, that includes detailed listings of all the breweries, as well as references to dozens of restaurants and several shops.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Higashihiroshima
See
The breweries of Sakaguri-dori feature particular architectural features. Their red brick chimneys, twelve in all, tower above the low classical buildings roofed in red akagawara tiles and featuring distinct black and white "namako" lattices on their walls. Sugidama, balls of Japanese cedar leaves, hang from the eaves of the sake breweries.
Do
- Sakagura-dori Street
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Where to stay
Places to stay in Higashihiroshima
2 places to stay from the chains this guide covers, each linked to its own website.
| Place to stay |
|---|
| Toyoko Inn Higashi-hiroshima Ekimae hotel |
| Toyoko Inn Higashi-hiroshima Saijo Ekimae hotel |
Where to stay
More hotels in Higashihiroshima
3 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel Areaone Hiroshima Wing | 13.0 km | |
| Saijo Hakuwa Hotel | 3.7 km | |
| Vessel Hotel Higashi Hiroshima | 4.6 km |
All 5 hotels in Higashihiroshima, with their history and operators
When to go
The best time to visit Higashihiroshima
Higashihiroshima has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; June is the wettest, with about 245 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Public holidays in Japan, 2026
Shops and offices may close on these dates.
Getting there
Getting to Higashihiroshima: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Hiroshima Airport (HIJ), about 16 km from the city centre in a straight line; Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport (IWK, 55 km) and Matsuyama Airport (MYJ, 67 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
Saijo is easy to get to from Hiroshima and would make an excellent day trip from there.
Getting around
Saijo is very easy to navigate on foot: it is quite flat, and all the major attractions are within 2 km or so of one another.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
HIJ · Hiroshima Airport
IWK · Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport
MYJ · Matsuyama Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Higashihiroshima
Eat
The region of Saijo, noted for its sake breweries, features a couple of local specialties, themselves incorporating sake. Bishu-nabe is a hot pot prepared with sake, originally a brewer's dish served to brewery staff. Kome-kara is fried chicken whose batter contains sake and rice powder.
Drink
There are, of course, the seven breweries on the Sakagura-dori walking tour. Tasting up to five cups of sake at seven breweries, in the middle of the day (most of the breweries are open 10:00-16:00, 17:00 at the latest) will make the hardiest stagger.
Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Questions
Higashihiroshima: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Higashihiroshima?
Higashihiroshima has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. August is the warmest month, with average highs of 31 °C; June is the wettest, with about 245 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Higashihiroshima?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Hiroshima Airport (HIJ), about 16 km from the city centre in a straight line; Iwakuni Kintaikyo Airport (IWK, 55 km) and Matsuyama Airport (MYJ, 67 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Higashihiroshima?
yen (JPY).
Nearby
Destinations near Higashihiroshima
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.