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Hiroshima · Japan

Car hire and driving in Hiroshima

Driving distances to the cities around, the rules that change at the border, and where to compare rental prices.

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In Japan traffic drives on the left. Picking up at HIJ means 43 km (27 mi) into the centre before the trip starts. The emergency number is http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11185210 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25648823 / http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2807090.

Drives from Hiroshima

Car rental from Hiroshima: distances and estimated journey times
RouteCountryDistanceEstimated time
Hiroshima to HigashihiroshimaJapan26 km (16 mi)about 24 min
Hiroshima to IwakuniJapan34 km (21 mi)about 31 min
Hiroshima to ImabariJapan62 km (39 mi)about 57 min
Hiroshima to ShūnanJapan67 km (42 mi)about 1 h 2 min
Hiroshima to MatsuyamaJapan69 km (43 mi)about 1 h 3 min
Hiroshima to OnomichiJapan69 km (43 mi)about 1 h 3 min
Hiroshima to TokuyamaJapan70 km (44 mi)about 1 h 4 min
Hiroshima to FukuyamaJapan85 km (53 mi)about 1 h 17 min
Hiroshima to SaijōJapan86 km (54 mi)about 1 h 19 min
Hiroshima to HōfuJapan90 km (56 mi)about 1 h 22 min
Hiroshima to NiihamaJapan93 km (58 mi)about 1 h 25 min
Hiroshima to YamaguchiJapan93 km (58 mi)about 1 h 26 min
Hiroshima to TokyoJapan674 km (419 mi)about 10 h 17 min
Hiroshima to YokohamaJapan666 km (414 mi)about 10 h 10 min
Hiroshima to OsakaJapan281 km (175 mi)about 4 h 17 min
Hiroshima to NagoyaJapan416 km (259 mi)about 6 h 21 min
Hiroshima to SapporoJapan1,233 km (766 mi)about 18 h 48 min
Hiroshima to FukuokaJapan207 km (129 mi)about 3 h 10 min
Hiroshima to KawasakiJapan674 km (419 mi)about 10 h 16 min
Hiroshima to KobeJapan252 km (157 mi)about 3 h 51 min

Distances are straight-line; road and rail routes run about 15–25% longer. Times are estimates from distance and typical speeds, not timetables.

Where to compare car hire

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Common questions

Which side of the road do they drive on in Hiroshima?

The left, as everywhere in Japan.

How are the journey times on this page worked out?

From straight-line distance and typical speeds for each mode, so they are estimates for planning, not timetables. Road and rail routes run 15–25% longer than the straight line.

Where these facts come from

  • GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
  • Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
  • OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
  • Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines

Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.