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Western Japan by Shinkansen: Osaka, Hiroshima & Fukuoka

Western Japan by Shinkansen: Osaka, Hiroshima & Fukuoka

Street food, the Peace Park and ramen country, bullet-train hops down the San’yō line.

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Go beyond the golden route: Osaka’s street-food alleys, Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial and okonomiyaki, then on to Fukuoka, gateway to Kyushu and home of tonkotsu ramen. Each hop is about an hour by shinkansen.

Why it works

The San'yō shinkansen strings three of Japan's best food cities together in short hops, and the crowds thin the further west you go.

The route

1OsakaTrain2HiroshimaTrain3Fukuoka
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  1. 1Osaka1–2 nights
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  2. 🚆 Train Osaka → HiroshimaFind Osaka → Hiroshima train tickets via Omio
    2Hiroshima1–2 nights
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  3. 🚆 Train Hiroshima → FukuokaFind Hiroshima → Fukuoka train tickets via Omio
    3Fukuoka1–2 nights
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