Food destinations within easy reach of Hiroshima. worth the train, the rental car or the early start.

Worth the trip

Miyajima (Itsukushima) ★ 4.8

45 minutes by train and ferryJR Sanyo Line to Miyajimaguchi, then the ferry to Miyajima

Famous forAnago-meshi, grilled oysters and momiji manju along Omotesando

Miyajima is where two Hiroshima dishes meet: conger eel rice from a shop trading since 1901 near the pier, and oysters grilled in the shell on Omotesando.

Saijo (Higashihiroshima) ★ 4.6

40 minutes by trainJR Sanyo Line from Hiroshima Station to Saijo

Famous forSake brewery tasting along the Sakagura-dori brewery street

Saijo packs seven working sake breweries into a few streets of brick chimneys and white plaster walls, the easiest brewery walk anywhere near Hiroshima.

Onomichi ★ 4.4

1 hour 30 minutes by trainSanyo Shinkansen to Shin-Onomichi or JR Sanyo Line to Onomichi

Famous forOnomichi ramen with pork back fat, and winter oyster huts on the waterfront

Onomichi is the Hiroshima port town whose soy ramen, finished with pork back fat and sardine stock, is better known nationally than the city's own chuka soba.

Kure ★ 4.4

35 to 45 minutes by trainJR Kure Line from Hiroshima Station to Kure Station

Famous forKaiji navy curry, navy-recipe nikujaga and sweet-spicy Kure udon

Kure fed the Imperial Navy and still cooks like it: certified shops each serve one warship's curry recipe, with navy nikujaga and springy flat udon.

Tomonoura (Fukuyama) ★ 4.3

About 1 hour by Shinkansen and busSanyo Shinkansen to Fukuyama, 23 minutes, then a bus from Fukuyama Station to Tomonoura

Famous forTai-meshi, four-way sea bream teishoku and 16-herb homeishu liqueur

Tomonoura is an Edo-period tide-waiting port that runs on sea bream: tai-meshi, tai chazuke and teishoku spreads, chased with herbal homeishu liqueur.

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