5 bars in Hiroshima, editor-picked for bars open past midnight. Bars going past midnight on friday or saturday. All bars in Hiroshima.
Bar Alegre ★ 4.6
nagarekawa · 1-32 Horikawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Hours: Mon-Sat 19:00-02:00, last order 01:30; Sun and holidays 19:00-24:00
Bar Alegre hides on a third floor in Horikawa-cho, a Hiroshima room split between a tea-house entrance and a back bar modelled on a 1920s speakeasy.
Tip: Seasonal fruit cocktails are the house line, and the bar keeps homemade dark chocolate cut with Sakurao whisky.
Bar Neo ★ 3.9
nagarekawa · 3-7 Nagarekawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Hours: Mon-Thu 19:00-03:00; Fri-Sat 19:00-04:00; Sun 19:00-02:00
Bar Neo works the fourth floor of a Nagarekawa building in Hiroshima until 03:00, with house fruit syrups, a darts board and a karaoke corner in the back.
Tip: Friday and Saturday service runs to 04:00, which makes this one of the later doors in the Nagarekawa grid.
American Pub Ace ★ 3.8
yagenbori · 7-13 Yagenbori, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Hours: Mon-Sat 18:00-05:00, last order 04:00; Sun and holidays 18:00-02:00, last order 01:00
American Pub Ace runs until 05:00 on Yagenbori in Hiroshima, an American-style room with burgers, hot dogs, darts, billiards and a poker table at the back.
Tip: Kitchen orders stop at 04:00 even though the bar keeps pouring, so eat before the last hour.
80s Bar Kayokyoku Hit Studio ★ 3.8
nagarekawa · 4-18 Nagarekawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Hours: Mon-Thu 19:00-02:00; Fri-Sat and days before holidays 19:00-03:00; closed Sunday
80s Bar Kayokyoku Hit Studio plays requests from about 3,000 singles and LPs in Nagarekawa, a Hiroshima room built entirely around Showa-era pop music.
Tip: Groups of twenty or more can take the whole room, and the bar closes on Sundays outside public holidays.
Bambino ★ 3.7
nagarekawa · 9-16 Mikawa-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima
Hours: Daily 18:00-05:00, food last order 04:00
Bambino spreads over two floors in Mikawa-cho, a Hiroshima dining bar with a griddle turning out ketchup omurice into the small hours every day of the week.
Tip: Food orders stop at 04:00 and drinks at 04:30, and the venue never closes for a regular rest day.