Helen turns from a Komachi cafe into a Hiroshima whisky bar at 18:00, stocking Yamazaki, Hakushu and Hibiki beside its espresso cocktails and charcuterie.
TipThe same room serves cheese terrines and lattes until 18:00, so an early visit costs a fraction of the evening tab.
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.
TipFriday and Saturday service runs to 04:00, which makes this one of the later doors in the Nagarekawa grid.
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.
TipFood orders stop at 04:00 and drinks at 04:30, and the venue never closes for a regular rest day.
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.
TipGroups of twenty or more can take the whole room, and the bar closes on Sundays outside public holidays.
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