Peace Memorial Park and Miyajima’s Itsukushima Shrine: walking Hiroshima’s two World Heritage sites

About Hiroshima

Hiroshima sits on the Seto Inland Sea in the Chugoku region with Hiroshima City as its capital, home to two UNESCO World Heritage sites: the Atomic Bomb Dome and Itsukushima Shrine.

Main walking areas in Hiroshima

Here are some of the prefecture’s most popular places to walk, where public smoking spots and facilities with smoking rooms tend to be available nearby.

• Hiroshima City (Peace Memorial Park, Atomic Bomb Dome, Hondori shopping street)
• Miyajima (Itsukushima Shrine)
• Onomichi (Senkoji Park, Onomichi Channel)

Hiroshima trivia

Miyajima’s Itsukushima Shrine, with its iconic vermilion torii rising from the sea, is a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage site.

Tips for finding smoking areas in Hiroshima

• Use designated smoking spots in areas with no-smoking-on-the-street ordinances
• Stations, large commercial complexes and tourist information centres are good starting points
• Heated-tobacco-only rooms are growing — switch the tobacco-type filter to match your device
• Use a portable ashtray or the ashtray in the smoking area — good etiquette helps keep these spots open for everyone

Find efficiently with Mottosuitai

Allow location access on the Mottosuitai map to see smoking areas within 2 km of you. To browse by region, visit /search/?prefecture=hiroshima for the Hiroshima list.