Ekinishi

West of the station's south exit: low wooden signs and the smell of charcoal.

The façades are low and wooden, with hand-painted noren (the short curtains hung in front of the door): those who write about it compare it to the set of a film taking place in the Shōwa period, the twentieth century between the two wars and the post-war years. For years it was a block of bars for fishermen and workers; in recent years new venues have been added, without the old ones leaving. You walk between two rows of signs, and the smell of charcoal comes from the grills of the izakaya.

Ekinishi (‘west of the station’) is the name used for the district of bars and izakaya that occupies Ōsuka-chō, in Minami Ward, just west of the south exit of Hiroshima Station. The city's tourist board describes it as an area of small venues that grew up next to the station, now frequented both by long-time regulars and by people discovering it as a fashionable area.

ℹ️ The neighbourhood is public and has no hours of its own; individual venues generally open from 18:00 and close by about 23:00 (source not rechecked on an official page in this session). You can get there on foot in a few minutes from the south exit of Hiroshima Station. During the day the shutters are down and there is almost nothing to see: the neighbourhood is worth visiting in the evening.

🚉 Hiroshima · 9 min walk

Sources: dive-hiroshima.com

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