Access & Ferry Boarding Area

Access to Miyajima

Access by JR

If you use the Shinkansen from Tokyo, Hakata or other stations,

Take a Shinkansen train to Hiroshima Station, and change to a train bound for Iwakuni on the JR San-yo Main Line. Get off the train at Miyajimaguchi Station. Train travel from Hiroshima Station to Miyajimaguchi Station takes about 28 minutes.

Access by car

Leave the expressway at the Hatsukaichi IC if you are coming from Kansai or the east, or at the Ono IC if you are coming from Kyushu or the west, and go to Miyajimaguchi on National Route 2.

Guides to the Ferry boarding area
& Boarding the ferry

Platform Access / Boarding Instructions
Platform Access / Boarding Instructions
Terminal

Terminal
Underpass

Underpass
Miyajimaguchi Passenger Terminal Building

Miyajimaguchi Passenger Terminal Building
Ticket office

Ticket office
Miyajimaguchi Pier

Miyajimaguchi Pier
Area for cars to stop

Area for cars to stop
団体集合場所

Group Meeting Point

If you come by JR

1
Leave JR Miyajimaguchi Station through the ticket gates, and walk through the underpass to the Miyajimaguchi Passenger Terminal Building.
2
Buy your ticket at the ticket office (counter or ticket machine).
*Passengers with transit IC cards can proceed directly to the gate.
3
Please board the ferry through the ticket gate.

If you come by car

1
Park your car in the parking area near Miyajimaguchi Pier (for a fee).
2
Walk to the Miyajimaguchi Passenger Terminal Building.
3
Please purchase ferry tickets at the JR West Miyajima Ferry ticket counter or machines.
*Passengers with transit IC cards can proceed directly to the gate.
4
Please board the ferry through the ticket gate.

If you wish to transport your car by ferry

1
Drive through the JR Miyajima Pier rotary, and then follow the signs for the “Car boarding gate to Miyajima.”
2
Stop in the area for cars to stop, in front of the boarding gate.
* If you use an IC card to board the ferry, have your card scanned when disembarking from the ferry.
3
Please purchase your ferry ticket at ticket machines.
*Please check the length of your vehicle on the automobile inspection certificate.
4
Drive into the ferry following the instructions of the guide staff.