Hatsukaichi

Hatsukaichi (廿日市) is a city of 116,000 (2023) in Hiroshima prefecture. Hatsukaichi City is considered to be the birthplace of kendama, a traditional Japanese toy.

Understand

Tourist information sites

• The local tourist association has a multilingual guide site.
• The city government has a Japanese-only guide site with integrated machine translation.

See

• 1 Sea View Forest Museum (海の見える杜美術館 Umi-Mori Art Museum), 10701 Ono Kamegaoka. Tu-Su 10:00-17:00 (entry until 16:30). The majority of the collection consists of Japanese art from the Middle Ages to the modern era. Representative holdings include modern Japanese paintings from Kyoto, mainly by Takeuchi Seiho. The foundation of the collection is several thousand pieces of powdered wood, sketches, photographs, etc. In the field of ukiyo-e, the museum excels in Utagawa Hiroshige's flower and bird prints, and has a large collection of Chinese prints that influenced ukiyo-e. The museum also has a collection of perfume bottles from ancient times to the present. There are about 800 cherry trees of over 10 different varieties along the promenade on the premises. (updated Feb 2025)

Miyajima

Torii of Itsukushima Shrine

Miyajima, covered in its own article, includes several important sites:

• Itsukushima Shrine - a UNESCO World Heritage Site
• Miyao Castle ruins
• Marine Plaza Miyajima
• Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden

Do

• 1 Saiki International Archery Land, 500 Tsuda, ☏ +81 829-72-0437. Daily 09:00-18:00. Enjoy field archery, conquering the 12 targets set up in various places on the hill one by one. Instructors will give a lecture to beginners. (updated Feb 2025)

Eat

There is a French restaurant, SEIHO OMBRAGE, and a restaurant, Mori no Rest Area, on the premises of the Sea View Forest Museum.

Go next

• Hiroshima
• Otake
• Iwakuni
• Akiota
• Yanai
• Hirao
• Kumano
• Kaita

Routes through Hatsukaichi

Yamaguchi ← Miyajimaguchi ←	W  E	→ Hiroshima → Okayama
Hiroden Miyajimaguchi ←	W  E	→ Hiroshima st.
Yamaguchi ← Kano (Shunan) ← Muikaichi ←	W  E	→ Hiroshima-Kita → Kobe
Yamaguchi ← Iwakuni ←	W  E	→ Hiroshima → Okayama