Eat in Funairi, Eba and Dohashi, Hiroshima

Chukasoba Youki Eba Honten ★ 4.5

Chukasoba Youki has cooked one dish in Eba since 1958, and its soy and pork-bone bowl is exactly what Hiroshima people mean when they say chuka soba.

OrderChuka soba, the only thing the kitchen makes

TipThe Eba flagship shuts on the 1st, 12th, 13th and 26th of each month, so check the date before crossing the river.

Social Book Cafe Hachidorisha ★ 4.3

Hachidorisha is a social book cafe near Dohashi in Hiroshima, built around peace-education titles, filter coffee and one long shared reading table.

DrinkFilter coffee

TipThe shop opens from 11:00 on any date containing a six, a nod to the sixth of August, and otherwise from mid-afternoon.

Sessions Brewery and Beer Hall ★ 4.2

Sessions Brewery brews in 100 to 150 litre batches at Tokaichimachi and serves them in its own Hiroshima beer hall with house tacos and smoked snacks.

TipThe brewery leans on local flavours with the Oyster City Stout and the Hiroshima Lemon Ale, both worth asking after by name.

Chukasoba Youki Eba Honten ★ 4.5

Chukasoba Youki in Eba has sold one bowl of Hiroshima chuka soba since 1958, and it remains among the cheapest good lunches anywhere in the city.

TryChuka soba

TipThere is nothing else on the menu, so the queue moves quickly even when it runs out of the door.

Social Book Cafe Hachidorisha ★ 4.3

Hachidorisha is a Hiroshima book cafe built around peace-education titles, and it opens from 11:00 on any date containing a six, whatever the weekday.

OrderFilter coffee with whatever lunch plate is on that weekend

Why locals goA peace-education book cafe near Dohashi that opens on a calendar rule rather than normal cafe hours.

TipClosed Mondays and Tuesdays unless the date contains a six, which is the shop's nod to the sixth of August.