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Hiroshima Airport to central Hiroshima: how to get out of the airport

Getting from Hiroshima Airport into central Hiroshima — 50 minutes at the quickest, plus the lounges and ATMs inside and where to send your bags.

About 50 minutes east of the city by limousine bus. There is no rail link, so the bus is how almost everyone gets in.

Getting from Hiroshima Airport into central Hiroshima

What the airport itself publishes for each way in.

Ways into central Hiroshima from Hiroshima Airport, from the airport's own access pages
RouteTransportToTimeFare
Limousine busIC cards accepted, but not PiTaPa.BusHiroshima Station (Shinkansen exit)50min1500yen
Limousine busThe bus center is near the Peace Memorial Park and the prefectural office.BusHiroshima Bus Center55min1500yen
Limousine bus
IC cards accepted, but not PiTaPa.
Limousine bus
The bus center is near the Peace Memorial Park and the prefectural office.

Inside Hiroshima Airport

Opening hours, lounges, cash, free Wi-Fi and luggage counters at Hiroshima Airport, as the airport lists them on its own pages.

Opening hours
06:00–22:30.
Lounge
YAMANAMI VILLA (Hiroshima Airport Lounge), 3F domestic boarding area, after security (06:45–20:40, may change with flight operations) — 1,760 yen at the door, or free with some gold credit cards; most cards issued abroad do not count.
Lounge
JAL Lounge / ANA Lounge, 2F domestic departure lobby — Airline lounge: the airline decides who can enter.
Lounge
International Gate Lounge Maple, 2F international departure waiting area, after security — Closed from 17 August 2026 to 28 February 2027 for the terminal expansion (the dates can change); passengers of the airlines that use it get a shopping voucher at check-in instead.
Nearby hotel
Hiroshima Airport Hotel, about 5 minutes on foot from the terminal, with a free shuttle.
Currency exchange
Travelex, 1F international arrival lobby (08:00–16:30); Hiroshima Bank exchange machine (in the ATM corner), 1F international arrival lobby (08:00–21:00, every day).
ATMs
One shared machine for Hiroshima Bank, Momiji Bank and four other local banks, 1F international arrival lobby (08:00–21:00).
Free Wi-Fi
Network Hiroshima Free Wi-Fi, 1F to 3F; one hour per session, as many sessions as you like.
Sending a bag on
Yamato Transport (Airport TA-Q-BIN), 1F domestic arrival lobby (08:30–18:30); Hands-Free Travel Service (same-day delivery to hotels in Hiroshima), 1F domestic arrival lobby (reception 08:30–10:30, luggage arrives at the hotel 14:30–17:00).
Prayer room
1F international arrival lobby.
More in the terminal
Observation deck
3F (07:00–21:30).
Duty-free shop
International flights duty-free shop, 2F international departure waiting area (after immigration) (open to match international departure times).
Pharmacy
Kusuri no Wellness (drugstore), 2F (08:00–19:00).

Frequently asked questions

What is the quickest way from Hiroshima Airport into central Hiroshima?

The Limousine bus to Hiroshima Station (Shinkansen exit), which the airport puts at about 50 minutes. The fare is 1,500 yen.

What is the cheapest way from Hiroshima Airport into central Hiroshima?

The Limousine bus to Hiroshima Station (Shinkansen exit), at 1,500 yen. It takes about 50 minutes.

Can I send my suitcase from Hiroshima Airport to my hotel?

Yes. Yamato Transport has a counter at the airport, and the bag arrives the next day, or the day after for some areas.

Is there a lounge at Hiroshima Airport?

Yes: YAMANAMI VILLA (Hiroshima Airport Lounge) (3F domestic boarding area) and JAL Lounge / ANA Lounge (2F domestic departure lobby). At YAMANAMI VILLA (Hiroshima Airport Lounge): 1,760 yen at the door, or free with some gold credit cards; most cards issued abroad do not count.

Sending your bags on, or leaving them here

Japan's courier network reaches this airport, so a case can go to your hotel without you.

Who runs it
Yamato Transport
How long it takes
Next day, or the day after for some areas.
Worth knowing
You can also send a bag ahead to the airport with the Airport TA-Q-BIN service.

Getting online

This is a smaller airport, so arrange an eSIM before you fly rather than counting on a counter in the arrivals hall.

eSIM
Bought before you leave home and installed over Wi-Fi, so you land connected. Needs a phone that takes an eSIM and is not carrier-locked.
Prepaid SIM
Sold at the arrivals counters and vending machines at the larger airports. You swap your physical SIM — keep the old one safe.
Pocket Wi-Fi
A rented router for several devices at once. Picked up and dropped back at the airport counter, or posted back.
Free Wi-Fi
Available in the terminal. It stops when you leave the building.

What happens between the plane and the exit

The same order at every international airport in Japan.

  1. Quarantine — a health check as you come off the aircraft.
  2. Immigration — fingerprints and a facial photograph, for everyone aged 16 and over, then the landing permission seal in your passport.
  3. Baggage claim.
  4. Animal and plant quarantine — before customs. Meat, fruit, vegetables, seeds and plants go to this counter first.
  5. Customs — green channel with nothing to declare, red channel otherwise.

Register on Visit Japan Web before you fly and you get one 2D code that covers both immigration and customs. You need a phone or tablet to show it.

What you can and cannot carry is in our what you can bring to Japan table, and the baggage allowance for your airline is in the airline baggage rules.

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