Most Popular Places To Visit in Hiroshima: Top 18 by English-Reader Interest
These are the 18 places to visit in Hiroshima that English-speaking readers look up most, ranked by average monthly page views on English Wikipedia over the past 12 months. Number one is Itsukushima Shrine.
| # | Name | Type | Views / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Itsukushima Shrine 厳島神社 | Shinto shrine | 10,300 |
| 2 | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park 平和記念公園 | Park | 4,500 |
| 3 | Itsukushima 厳島 | Island | 4,200 |
| 4 | Ōkunoshima 大久野島 | Island | 4,100 |
| 5 | Hiroshima Castle 広島城 | Castle | 3,600 |
| 6 | Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum 広島平和記念資料館 | Museum | 2,400 |
| 7 | Yamato Museum 呉市海事歴史科学館 | Museum | 2,300 |
| 8 | Daishō-in Temple 大聖院 | Buddhist temple | 1,400 |
| 9 | Mount Misen 弥山 | Mountain | 800 |
| 10 | Fukuyama Castle 福山城 | Castle | 500 |
| 11 | Etajima 江田島 | Island | 500 |
| 12 | Okonomi-mura お好み村 | Park | 400 |
| 13 | JMSDF Kure Museum 海上自衛隊呉史料館 | Museum | 300 |
| 14 | Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine 広島護国神社 | Shinto shrine | 300 |
| 15 | Mitaki-dera Temple 三瀧寺 | Buddhist temple | 300 |
| 16 | JDS Akishio あきしお | Historic site | 300 |
| 17 | Hiroshima Museum of Art ひろしま美術館 | Museum | 200 |
| 18 | Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle 吉田郡山城 | Castle | 200 |
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- Page views measure how often English-speaking readers look a place up. They are a sign of interest, not a quality score, and well-known names naturally rank higher.
- Open each place for its location, nearest station and distance from major cities.
Source: Wikimedia page view statistics (English Wikipedia, human traffic, 12-month average) and Wikidata (CC0). Compiled by this website.