Hiroshima to Miyajima cost 2026: train, ferry and visitor tax

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Last checked 2026-10-26

Miyajima is the most popular side trip from Hiroshima, and it is cheap. You take a train or streetcar to Miyajimaguchi on the mainland, then a 10 minute ferry across to the island. This guide adds up the fares from the operators and NAVITIME, so you know what a day trip costs before you go.

The fares, step by step

Last checked 2026-10-26. NAVITIME lists the JR train and the JR ferry together at ¥620, which matches the two fares above. The JR ferry's English fare image still shows an older ¥180 adult fare; we use the ¥200 on its Japanese fare page, which NAVITIME also lists.

JR or streetcar?

• JR San'yo Line. Faster. Hatsukaichi City puts it at about 25 minutes from Hiroshima Station to Miyajimaguchi (Hatsukaichi City: access to Miyajima (Japanese)). The ferry pier is a short walk from the station.
• Hiroden streetcar. Cheaper at ¥240 (US$2), but slower: the city gives about 60 minutes (Hatsukaichi City: access to Miyajima (Japanese)). It is handy if you are staying near the Peace Memorial Park or downtown rather than at Hiroshima Station.

The streetcar is not JR, so a JR Pass does not cover it.

Day-trip totals

• One adult, JR both ways, JR ferry both ways, tax: 2 x ¥420 + 2 x ¥200 + ¥100 = ¥1,340 (US$9).
• One adult, streetcar both ways, JR ferry both ways, tax: 2 x ¥240 + 2 x ¥200 + ¥100 = ¥980 (US$6).
• One adult with a JR Pass, JR both ways: the train and ferry are covered, so you pay only the ¥100 (US$1) visitor tax.

The visitor tax is collected with your ferry fare: the official page says it is included in tickets bought at the machine or window and taken automatically at the IC card gates, and preschool children are exempt (Hatsukaichi City: Miyajima Visitor Tax).

Does the JR Pass pay off for this trip?

Not on its own. A return trip is a few hundred yen, against ¥50,000 for a 7 day pass (Official Japan Rail Pass price page). What matters is the long legs into Hiroshima. Tokyo to Hiroshima costs ¥19,760 one way on a regular reserved Nozomi ticket (NAVITIME Travel: Shinkansen fare table (Tokyo to Hiroshima, Nozomi reserved)); our Tokyo to Hiroshima Shinkansen guide has cheaper advance prices, and the JR Pass vs tickets location planner works out the whole route. Coming from Kansai, see Osaka to Hiroshima or Kyoto to Hiroshima.

More on Miyajima

Our 5 things you may not know about Miyajima covers the floating torii, tide times, the deer and the ferry that sails past the gate. Hiroshima and Miyajima are part of our 12 day itinerary, and the trip budget calculator puts it all in one total.

Sources: NAVITIME Travel route search: Hiroshima to Miyajima (JR San'yo Line ¥420 plus JR ferry ¥200); NAVITIME Travel route search: Hiroden streetcar, Hiroshima Station to Hiroden-Miyajimaguchi (¥240); JR West Miyajima Ferry: fares (Japanese); Hatsukaichi City: Miyajima Visitor Tax; Hatsukaichi City: access to Miyajima (Japanese); NAVITIME Travel: Shinkansen fare table (Tokyo to Hiroshima, Nozomi reserved); Official Japan Rail Pass price page. Last checked 2026-10-26.