Guests staying at the Granvia Hotel will only be close to the city center. All 435 rooms ... more
at the hotel have all the modern facilities guests' would expect from a hotel of this class. Each guestroom features amenities such as non smoking rooms, air con...
AN EXTRAVAGANT URBAN OASIS AT THE ENTRANCE TO HIROSHIMA, DELTA CITY OF RIVERS AND ... more
NATURAL BEAUTY. THE HOTEL IS SITUATED IN A QUIET AND ELEGANT ENVIRONMENT UTTERLY ISOLATED FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE CITY. EXQUISITE INTERIORS AND THOUGHTFUL HOSPITALITY OFFER DEEP RELAXATION FOR THE BODY, MIND AND SOUL. THE 437 GUEST ROOMS ARE SPACIOUS ,ELEGANT AND DESIGNED FOR COMFORT,COMPLETE WITH THE LATEST EQUIPMENT.HOTEL FEATURES 15 BANQUET/MEETING ROOMS FOR SMALL MEETINGS AND LARGE CONFERENCES AS WELL.HOTEL OFFERS JAPANESE,CHINESE,WESTERN FOOD AND THE SEASONAL DELICACIES OF THE SETO INLANA ARE SERVED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. THIS PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN 1987
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
AN EXTRAVAGANT URBAN OASIS AT THE ENTRANCE TO HIROSHIMA, DELTA CITY OF RIVERS AND ... more
NATURAL BEAUTY. THE HOTEL IS SITUATED IN A QUIET AND ELEGANT ENVIRONMENT UTTERLY ISOLATED FROM THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE CITY. EXQUISITE INTERIORS AND THOUGHTFUL HOSPITALITY OFFER DEEP RELAXATION FOR THE BODY, MIND AND SOUL. THE 437 GUEST ROOMS ARE SPACIOUS ,ELEGANT AND DESIGNED FOR COMFORT,COMPLETE WITH THE LATEST EQUIPMENT.HOTEL FEATURES 15 BANQUET/MEETING ROOMS FOR SMALL MEETINGS AND LARGE CONFERENCES AS WELL.HOTEL OFFERS JAPANESE,CHINESE,WESTERN FOOD AND THE SEASONAL DELICACIES OF THE SETO INLANA ARE SERVED ON VARIOUS OCCASIONS. THIS PROPERTY WAS BUILT IN 1987
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
Advantages: Mazda Factory tour, Centrally located Baseball stadium and sights & incredible Miyajima daytrip. Disadvantages: Expensive of accomodation!
the most useful mode of transport in the city and you will probably want to near that. Anything near the station would be well placed, or in the centre of town. Plucking a name from my Lonely Planet, the Hotel Kokusai looks very well positioned indeed. When my parents came they stayed next to the railway station in the New Hiroden and this was reasonably priced, though certainly not budjet, and also well positioned. The Hiroshima Youth Hostel, as the Lonely Planet points out, is in a rather inconvient location, about 2km north of town. If you could stretch to about 4000 Yen you could get a better hotel nearer the centre of town and probably have a much better time - certainly you'd see more.
For food start at the A-Bomb dome or baseball stadium and head east along the main road and tram line. Any of the streets off to the side of this ...
Hmatt 28.08.2002 (11.09.2002)
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Hiroshima (Japan)
Advantages: A beautiful and historic city! Disadvantages: I can't speak Japanese!
Hiroshima is the capital city of the Hiroshima Prefecture (Hiroshima-ken) which is in western Honshu. This Japanese city is famous for having suffered the first atomic bomb on 6 August 1945. Since then it has become a city devoted to peace and the eradication of all forms of mass destruction. More personally for me it is the city where my old housemate teaches English to Japanese school children. This year I visited Japan and stayed with my friend in Kure, a small town forty minutes by bus or train from Hiroshima.
GETTING THERE
I came into Narita airport which is about an hour by Express train from Tokyo. I then changed and got on the Shinkansen, or Bullet train, destined for Hakata. The Shinkansen is not cheap, but for me this was still going to work out cheaper than flying into Osaka airport. If you do fly in to Osaka you may ...
Advantages: Peace park, Miyajima, beautiful city Disadvantages: not as much to do as some larger cities
Hiroshima is known pretty much universally for one day, when on the 6th August 1945 the world's first atomic bomb was dropped in the centre of the city. Reminders of that day remain and it is still the main tourist pull to this small seaside city but the city has been completely rebuilt and for the most part it is like any other Japanese city.
A bit of geography- Hiroshima is quite a small city compared to the likes of Tokyo and Osaka. The population is just over a million, but the city seems a lot smaller. The centre is very compact and this makes it very easy for vistitors to get around. The city is bordered by the inland sea on one side and mountains most of the rest of the way around it which are very visible on a clear day. Also several rivers run through the city leaving a few nice river side paths to walk along.
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