1 upcoming voyage calls at Hiroshima
Times shown are as scheduled and can change. Weather, sea conditions and port operations may shorten a call or prevent it — always check the latest information from NYK Cruises, and once aboard, from the ship.
About Hiroshima
A city on a delta of six rivers, rebuilt from nothing after 6 August 1945. Two World Heritage sites are within an hour of each other here and they could not be less alike: the ruin left standing at the hypocentre, and a shrine built out over the tide on an island offshore. A boat runs between them in about forty-five minutes.
Within reach of the port
The Peace Memorial Park
Laid out on the ground the bomb fell over and completed in 1955. The Atomic Bomb Dome, the building left as it stood, was inscribed as a World Heritage site in December 1996; the museum is at the other end of the park.
Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima
Built out over the water so that the island itself, held sacred, need not be built on. Inscribed in the same month as the Dome, and the inscribed area takes in the shrine, the sea in front of it and the old-growth forest of Mount Misen behind — 431 hectares in all.
The rivers
Six of them cross the city, and a sightseeing boat runs from beside the Dome. It is also the fastest way to Miyajima, and it arrives at the shrine from the water, which is the direction it was built to be seen from.
Shore excursions
NYK Cruises run their own guided excursions at each port, booked by guests themselves through My ASUKA PLANS — the booking window opens before departure and depends on your cabin class. They are conducted in Japanese. Going ashore independently is always an option.