--- title: "Mihara – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Mihara, Japan: Mihara is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. Nearby: Buttsū-ji Temple, Bingo Athletic Stadium, Mihara Castle. Every way there…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mihara" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mihara.md" image: "https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Mihara_Station_%2814100053364%29.jpg/1920px-Mihara_Station_%2814100053364%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail" --- City in Chūgoku, Japan · Hiroshima # Mihara Mihara is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. ![Mihara](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Mihara_Station_%2814100053364%29.jpg/1920px-Mihara_Station_%2814100053364%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) Mihara · redlegsfan21 The place Mihara is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. As of 30 April 2023, the city had an estimated population of 88,591 in 43253 households and a population density of 190 persons per km2. The total area of the city is 258.14 square kilometres (99.67 sq mi). Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihara%2C_Hiroshima), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Mihara 5 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. 1. Buttsū-ji Temple Buttsū-ji is a Buddhist temple head one of fourteen autonomous branches of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism, founded in 1397 by the lord of Mihara; Kobayakawa Haruhira; its first Abbot was Buttoku Daitsu Zenji. The temple is named after its honorary founder, the Chinese master Buttsu Zenji. 8.1 km · Buddhist temple in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butts%C5%AB-ji) 2. Bingo Athletic Stadium Bingo Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan. It is used mostly for football matches and was used as a venue for the 1992 AFC Asian Cup. 9.8 km · building in Onomichi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bingo_Stadium) 3. Mihara Castle Mihara Castle was a hirajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is today the city of Mihara in Hiroshima Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1957. 600 m · building in Mihara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihara_Castle) 4. Niitakayama Castle Niitakayama Castle of Aki Province was a yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is today the Hongō neighborhood of the city of Mihara in Hiroshima Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1957. 9.8 km · castle ruins in Mihara, Japan · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niitakayama_Castle) 5. Takayama Castle Takayama Castle of Aki Province was a yamajiro-style Japanese castle located in what is today the Hongō neighborhood of the city of Mihara in Hiroshima Prefecture. Its ruins have been protected by the central government as a National Historic Site since 1957. 9 km · Japanese castle · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takayama_Castle_(Mihara%29) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Mihara **Airports:** Hiroshima (HIJ), 15 km · Matsuyama (MYJ), 72 km · Okayama Momotaro (OKJ), 82 km\ **Stations:** Mihara Station, 500 m · Hongō Station, 8.5 km · Itozaki Station, 2.4 km · Akisaizaki Station, 7.5 km · Sunami Station, 3.1 km\ - Matsuyama → Mihara 69 km · quickest by road, 2h 1m · ¥1,280–1,740 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/matsuyama-to-mihara) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Matsuyama&to=Mihara) - Okayama → Mihara 83 km · quickest by road, 1h 35m · ¥1,090–1,490 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/okayama-to-mihara) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Okayama&to=Mihara) - Takamatsu → Mihara 89 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · ¥1,560–2,130 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/takamatsu-to-mihara) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Takamatsu&to=Mihara) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Mihara) Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds. Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Mihara 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 Mihara. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in There are also several ferry lines and bus lines (see below). - Get around There several ferry lines stopping at the Mihara port, deserving the nearby islands every day. From [Wikivoyage: Mihara](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Mihara), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-06. The nearest places where the work is done 1. 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Around it ## Next door to Mihara Mihara is 28 km from [Fukuyama](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fukuyama), the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture. - [Hongō](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hongo) dissolved municipality in Toyota district, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan 8.6 km [The place page for Mihara](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/mihara) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Japan](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-JP) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mihara, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt