Nagarekawa

photo by Miyuki Meinaka · CC BY-SA 4.0

photo by warabi hatogaya · CC BY 3.0

The name comes from a stream that was filled in in 1913; today it has almost 2,800 venues.

Together with the adjoining neighbourhoods of Yagenbori and Shintenchi, Nagarekawa today forms the largest nightlife district in Chūgoku-Shikoku: almost 2,800 bars, clubs and restaurants. The streets come alive when the daytime sightseeing at Peace Park and Miyajima ends.

A neighbourhood of nightlife and restaurants in the centre of Hiroshima, which grew up around the old course of the Nagarekawa stream; in the Edo period the stream ran from the villa and garden of the Asano lords (today's Shukkeien) to the sea, and in 1913 it was filled in. The number of venues has fallen from a historical peak of 3,000–4,000: a 2006 national police census counted about 3,400 in the wider Nagarekawa-Yagenbori area.

ℹ️ The streets are always open; each venue keeps its own hours, mostly from the evening onwards.

🚉 Hondōri · 9 min walk

Sources: tabiiro.jp · park-side.co.jp

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