Gion
Worth seeing in and around Gion
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Hiroshima Castle
Hiroshima Castle, sometimes called Carp Castle, is a castle in Hiroshima, Japan that was the residence of the daimyō of the Hiroshima Domain. The castle was originally constructed in the 1590s, but much of it was dismantled in the Meiji era, and what remained was largely destroyed by the atomic bombing on August 6, 1945.
3.5 km · castle · Wikipedia - 02Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park is a memorial park in the center of Hiroshima, Japan. It is dedicated to the legacy of Hiroshima as the first city in the world to suffer a nuclear attack at the end of World War II, and to the memories of the bomb's direct and indirect victims.
4.7 km · memorial park located in Hiroshima, Japan · Wikipedia - 03Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum is a museum in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, in central Hiroshima, Japan, dedicated to documenting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in World War II. The museum was established in August 1955 with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Hall. It is the most popular of Hiroshima's destinations for school field trips from all over Japan and for international visitors.
4.8 km · peace museum in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan · Wikipedia - 04Children's Peace Monument
The Children's Peace Monument is a monument for peace to commemorate Sadako Sasaki and the thousands of child victims of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
4.5 km · monument · Wikipedia - 05Aioi Bridge
The Aioi Bridge is an unusual T-shaped three-way bridge in Hiroshima, Japan. The original bridge, constructed in 1932, was the aiming point for the 1945 Hiroshima atom bomb.
4.3 km · bridge in Hiroshima, Japan · Wikipedia - 06Assumption of Mary Cathedral, Hiroshima
The Assumption of Mary Cathedral also called Memorial Cathedral of World Peace is a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church located in Hiroshima, Japan. The church was designed by Togo Murano.
4.2 km · church in Hiroshima, Japan · Wikipedia - 07Shukkei-en
Shukkei-en is a historic Japanese garden in the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum is located adjacent to the garden.
3.7 km · garden in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan · Wikipedia - 08Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art
The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum founded in 1989. It is in Hijiyama Park in Hiroshima, Japan.
5.3 km · museum in Japan · Wikipedia - 09Hiroshima Museum of Art
The Hiroshima Museum of Art is an art museum founded in 1978. It is located in the Hiroshima Central Park in Hiroshima, Japan.
3.9 km · art museum in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan · Wikipedia - 10Hiroshima Municipal Stadium
Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima, also called New Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, is a baseball stadium in Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan. It is used primarily for baseball and is the home of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Japanese Central League.
4.8 km · baseball stadium in Hiroshima built in 2009 · Wikipedia
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Getting to Gion
- Airports
- Hiroshima (HIJ), 41 km · Matsuyama (MYJ), 71 km · Okayama Momotaro (OKJ), 132 km
- Stations
- Hiroshima Station, 4 km · Shin-Hakushima Station, 2.8 km · Nishi-Hiroshima Station, 5.3 km · Aki-Nagatsuka Station, 1.1 km · Yokogawa Station, 3 km
- Hiroshima → Gion4 km · quickest by road, 10 min · ¥55–75
- Matsuyama → Gion72 km · quickest by ferry, 3h 43m · ¥7,530–30,050
- Okayama → Gion136 km · quickest by road, 3h 2m · ¥1,780–2,430
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Gion. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inFerries dock at which also serves as terminus for several tram lines.
- Get inSlower ferries, which also carry motor vehicles, arrive in 2 hr 40 min at a much-reduced cost of ¥3670.
- Get aroundA day pass which also includes travel on the Matsudai Kisen ferry to Miyajima costs ¥1000 (¥550 children).
- Go nextMiyajima and its iconic floating torii are an easy day-trip from Hiroshima — about an hour away by tram or local train to the port of Miyajima-guchi and then a short ferry ride.
- Go nextA longer ferry ride from Ujina could take you to Matsuyama for a day at the famed Dogo Onsen hot springs.
From Wikivoyage: Hiroshima, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Gion
Gion is 4 km from Hiroshima, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Hiroshimacapital city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan5.4 km
- Fuchū-chōtown in Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan5.7 km
- Asaminami-kuone of the eight wards of the city of Hiroshima2.1 km
- Minami-kuone of eight wards of the city of Hiroshima5.9 km
- Nishi-kuone of the eight wards of the City of Hiroshima5.3 km
- Naka-kuone of eight wards of the city of Hiroshima5.3 km