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How to get there

The race venue, Hiroshima Gate Park, is an urban park in the center of Hiroshima City, next to Peace Memorial Park and the Atomic Bomb Dome. It is easily reached by public transport from within Japan and overseas — by Shinkansen, by air, by highway bus or by car.

BY PLANE

To Hiroshima Airport by air

Domestic

  • From Tokyo (Haneda) approx. 1 hr 30 min
  • From Sapporo (New Chitose) approx. 2 hrs
  • From Okinawa (Naha) approx. 1 hr 50 min

International

  • From Seoul approx. 1 hr 30 min
  • From Taipei approx. 2 hrs 30 min
  • From Shanghai approx. 2 hrs

A limousine bus (every 30 min) reaches Hiroshima Bus Center in about 50 min, from where it is a 5-min walk to the venue.

  • Timetable|Hiroshima Airport ↔ Hiroshima Bus Center (nearest to the venue)
  • Timetable|Hiroshima Airport ↔ Hiroshima Station

BY TRAIN

To Hiroshima Station by Shinkansen Bullet Train

  • From Tokyo approx. 4 hrs
  • From Osaka (Shin-Osaka) approx. 1 hr 25 min
  • From Fukuoka (Hakata) approx. 1 hr
  • From Nagoya approx. 2 hrs 10 min

BY BUS

To Hiroshima Bus Center by highway bus

  • From Tokyo approx. 11–12 hrs
  • From Osaka approx. 5–6 hrs
  • From Fukuoka approx. 4–5 hrs

It’s a 5-min walk from Hiroshima Bus Center to the venue. From Hiroshima Station, take the streetcar to Genbaku Dome-mae (A-Bomb Dome) (approx. 20 min), from where it is a 1-min walk.

BY CAR

To Hiroshima IC via the Sanyo Expressway

  • From Osaka approx. 4 hrs
  • From Fukuoka approx. 3 hrs
  • From Nagoya approx. 5 hrs
  • From Tokyo approx. 10–11 hrs

About 20–35 min by car to the venue from the Hiroshima, Itsukaichi or Hatsukaichi interchanges on the Sanyo Expressway.
※ Hiroshima Gate Park has no dedicated parking. Please use the coin-operated car parks nearby.