An okonomiyaki floor of its own, a station food hall and the ramen shops around Enkobashi, all within a few minutes of the shinkansen gates.
Reichan has griddled okonomiyaki since 1957 and now works the ekie concourse at Hiroshima Station, open from late morning until the last trains.
Signature: Soba okonomiyaki, Ika kyodai
Order: Ika kyodai, grilled squid and squid tempura on one griddle cake
Tip: Sitting in ekie just outside the ticket gates, this is the one okonomiyaki counter that still works for a 21:00 shinkansen connection.
Reichan is the veteran okonomiyaki counter inside ekie at Hiroshima Station, running from late morning through to the last shinkansen crowd of the day.
Signature: Soba okonomiyaki, Ika kyodai
Order: Soba okonomiyaki, 790 yen with noodles
Tip: Squid and prawn toppings are the house extras here; the plain soba version is the fastest plate off the griddle.
Wadato works a Hakata-style tonkotsu bowl beside Hiroshima Station, open through the afternoon at weekends and until 23:30 for the last-train crowd.
Signature: Tonkotsu ramen
Order: The house tonkotsu ramen on thin straight Hakata-style noodles
Tip: Weekends run straight through from 11:30 with no afternoon break, but the shop is shut all day on Mondays.
Ekimae Hiroba gathers more than a dozen okonomiyaki cooks on the sixth floor of the Full Focus building, three minutes' walk from Hiroshima Station.
Try: Hiroshima okonomiyaki
Tip: Counters here run from 11:00 to 23:00 every day of the year, far wider than most okonomiyaki hours elsewhere in the city.
Nishikido fills its momiji manju in-house with Tokachi red beans, and the Hikarimachi flagship stacks the classics beside chewy rice-flour nama momiji.
Try: Momiji manju and chewy nama momiji
Tip: The flagship is a five minute walk from Hiroshima Station and opens every day of the year, an easier momiji manju stop than the Miyajima queues.
Musubi Musashi's counter in ekie DINING at Hiroshima Station presses komachi, inaka and wakadori musubi to eat in or carry onto the Shinkansen.
Try: Hand-pressed musubi and takeaway bento
Tip: It closes Mondays, sliding to Tuesday when a holiday lands on the Monday; the boxed musubi travel well for the ride to Miyajima or Osaka.
Hiroshima Kita Beer brews with well water in the Asakita hills, working local lemons and hassaku into the tanks, and pours at a bar beside the station.
Tip: The bar runs 12 rotating taps from across the Chugoku region on the second floor of the Hiroshima JP Building; last orders land at 22:30.
Ekimae Hiroba is the okonomiyaki floor three minutes from Hiroshima Station, more than a dozen counters running from mid-morning until late in one long room.
Tip: Thirteen separate shops share the floor, each with its own board and its own house style, so walk the length before you sit down.
ekie fills the concourse and viaduct at Hiroshima Station with bento counters, an oyster kitchen and one of the region's biggest souvenir halls.
Tip: The souvenir hall opens at 08:00, well before the dining floor, which is the window for shinkansen bento.
Reichan starts its Hiroshima soba okonomiyaki at 790 yen inside ekie, which is fair going for a counter built into the Hiroshima Station complex itself.
Try: Soba okonomiyaki
Tip: Squid and prawn toppings push the bill up quickly; the plain soba version is the budget order here.