Hiroshima travel guide

Peace Memorial and Miyajima's floating torii. Most people stay 2–3 nights. Best months: Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov.

Highlights

Peace Memorial Park & Museum · 3 h · about ₹150 per person. The museum is graphic in parts — preview before taking young kids. Arrive at opening to avoid school groups.
Miyajima & Itsukushima Shrine floating torii · 5 h · about ₹500 per person. Check tide tables: the torii 'floats' at high tide and you can walk to it at low tide. A small visitor tax is charged on the ferry.
Hiroshima okonomiyaki at Okonomimura · 1 h · about ₹900 per person. Layered with noodles and cabbage; many counters will make it without meat, ask for no dashi powder.
Mt Misen ropeway & summit · 3 h · about ₹1,100 per person. A 30-minute walk from the top station to the summit; last ropeway down around 4:30–5pm.
Hiroshima Castle · 1 h · about ₹250 per person. The main keep's interior may be closed for rebuilding works; the grounds stay open.
Shukkeien garden · 1 h · about ₹200 per person
Daisho-in temple, Miyajima · 1 h · free
Orizuru Tower rooftop · 1 h · about ₹1,200 per person

Hiroshima Station area (budget, ₹5,000–₹8,000 a night): Shinkansen and JR to the Miyajima ferry from the door.
Peace Park / Hondori (mid, ₹9,000–₹15,000 a night): Walk to the Peace Memorial and okonomiyaki counters.
Miyajima island ryokan (premium, ₹30,000–₹60,000 a night): See the lit torii at night and early morning without day crowds.

Kyoto, Hiroshima & Osaka · 7 nights · 8 days, Kyoto → Hiroshima → Osaka · from ₹73,350 per person, base estimate before flights. Western Japan in a week, in and out of Kansai Airport: Kyoto and Nara, Hiroshima and Miyajima, then Osaka food.
Japan on a budget · 10 nights · 11 days, Tokyo → Kawaguchiko (Mt Fuji) → Kyoto → Hiroshima → Osaka · from ₹1,22,300 per person, base estimate before flights. Hostels and business hotels, highway buses where they save money, and mostly free sights.
Golden Route & Hiroshima · 12 nights · 13 days, Tokyo → Hakone → Kyoto → Hiroshima → Osaka · from ₹1,41,250 per person, base estimate before flights. The classic route at an easier pace, with four nights in Kyoto, Miyajima and a Universal Studios day in Osaka.
Grand tour of Japan · 14 nights · 15 days, Tokyo → Kanazawa → Takayama → Kyoto → Hiroshima → Osaka · from ₹1,53,500 per person, base estimate before flights. Two weeks from Tokyo to Hiroshima via Nikko, the Japan Alps, Kyoto and Nara. Point-to-point tickets usually beat the JR Pass.