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Kamiyacho, Hiroshima — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Kamiyacho is a Naka-ku district of Hiroshima, its tram stop open since 1912, standing beside the Hiroshima Peace Memorial.
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Where to stay in Kamiyacho
The right area depends on your trip — here's what each neighbourhood is best for.
Trams decide the geometry. Kamiyachō Station is where the Hiroshima Electric Railway Main Line meets the terminal end of the Ujina Line, which makes a bed in Kamiyacho the shortest approach to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial and its museum. Rooms cluster tight.
Naka-ku holds the rest of the supply, and Hiroshima spreads far enough that anyone booking outside it should count on the tram.
Few places to stay in Kamiyacho — most visitors book in Hiroshima nearby.
About Kamiyacho
What are the main landmarks in Kamiyacho?
Peace monuments lead the roll. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial stands at the head of it, with the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, the Children's Peace Monument, the Flame of Peace and the Gates of Peace set on the same ground, and the Exhibit Facility for Atomic-Bombed Remnants keeping physical traces on view. Two schools are museums as well.
The Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum and the Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum hold that record, while the Hiroshima Museum of Art, the Hiroshima Children's Museum and the Rai San'yō Historic Site Museum draw on other subjects.
What is the history of Kamiyacho?
1912 is the fixed date. The tram stop opened then, and Kamiyachō Station has served the Hiroshima Electric Railway Main Line and the terminus of the Ujina Line in Naka-ku ever since. Around it the record runs heavier.
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial, the Honkawa Elementary School Peace Museum, the Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum and the Exhibit Facility for Atomic-Bombed Remnants each hold part of the record of the atomic bombing, and the Rai San'yō Historic Site Museum reaches back to an earlier Hiroshima.
Where is Kamiyacho?
Kamiyacho occupies a slice of Naka-ku inside Hiroshima, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial grounds lying on one side of its tram junction.
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What is the best area to stay in Kamiyacho?
Hiroshima: stays wanting the city's wider room stock with the Hiroshima Museum of Art in reach.
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Updated August 2026