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Cafés in Hondōri & Kamiya-chō

The covered Hondōri arcade, roaster cafés in Fukuro-machi and the Shareo mall under Kamiya-chō.

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Hondōri (本通) is Hiroshima's covered shopping street, 577 m from east to west, under an arcade first built in 1954 and rebuilt in 1992.1 It follows the Saigoku Kaidō, the Edo-period highway from Kyoto to Shimonoseki, which crossed the castle town as its main street; the same line now joins Butsudan-dōri, Hondōri and Peace Memorial Park.2

Kamiya-chō (紙屋町), at the arcade's northwest end, is where the city's transport meets: Astram Line stations, three tram stops and the Hiroshima Bus Center, all tied together underground by the Shareo mall.3 South of the arcade, Fukuro-machi and Naka-machi pack small cafés into a few blocks, and Ōte-machi runs down to the Motoyasu River opposite the park.

Local tip: Cross Kamiya-chō underground: the street-level crossing at the intersection was removed when Shareo was built, and the mall's passages connect the tram stops, the Astram Line and the Bus Center.3

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  • Opens earliest: WeBase Cafe, from 07:00 (Daily 07:00–22:00).
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Along the Hondōri arcade

The bank building in the middle of the arcade carries the street's history. It went up in 1925 as the Hiroshima branch of Mitsui Bank and stood 360 m from the hypocenter in August 1945. The local Takaki Bakery bought it in 1967 and founded Andersen there, and after a rebuild that kept the bombed section it reopened in August 2020.4

Coffee on Hondōri itself comes mostly in small formats. Coffee Stand Friday is at Hondōri 4-23, and Obscura Coffee Roasters' Hondōri shop at 3-1 sells freshly roasted beans, home brewing gear and handmade tableware.5 Cafe Clasic and Aprose Cafe share the building at 9-21, 47 Quarante Sept is at 9-2, and the tearoom Linden (紅茶のお店linden) is upstairs at 8-29.

Fukuro-machi and Naka-machi

For a seat with your coffee, go one block south. Obscura's Fukuromachi shop at Fukuro-machi 3-28 has tables for coffee drinks as well as beans to take home.5 BAG TOWN COFFEE is at Fukuro-machi 2-1 and Coin at 2-7; Café de Yoshiyuki (カフェ ド ヨシユキ) is at 6-1, maltid at 4-6 and Sabō Tsuruya (茶房つるや) at 4-5. The book café Espressivo (ブックカフェエスプレッシーボ) is at 8-14.

Naka-machi has Nishinaya Coffee (ニシナ屋珈琲) at 7-45. WeBase Cafe at Naka-machi 4-18 keeps the longest hours in the area, 07:00–22:00 every day, and has Wi-Fi.

Kamiya-chō above and below ground

Shareo opened in April 2001 with 75 shops. Its passages link the Astram Line's Hondōri and Kenchōmae stations with the Bus Center and the Kamiya-chō Higashi, Kamiya-chō Nishi and Hondōri tram stops, and once it was built the pedestrian crossing at the Kamiya-chō intersection was removed.3

Above it, the Hiroshima Center Building opened on 10 October 1974 with Sogo and a shopping arcade; its whole third floor is the bus terminal.6 Several cafés share its address, Moto-machi 6-27: Kafe Fūsha (カフェ風車), Mikawaya Coffee (三河屋珈琲), Fuminosuke Chaya (文の助茶屋) and Motomachi Cafe Parifuru. Kōcha Senka Kōichimon (紅茶専科 紅一門), a tea room, is in the basement of the Hoshi Building at Kamiya-chō 1-6-9.

Tatemachi beans and the Motoyasu riverbank

Coffee Story opened in November 2008 on the second floor of the Inari Building at Tatemachi 1-12, a spot known as Naka-no-tana since the Edo period. Green beans line the shop, and it stocks more than 50 kinds.7

At the west end of Ōte-machi, Caffè Ponte opened on 1 August 2008 on the riverside green at the east end of Motoyasu Bridge, across the water from Peace Memorial Park; ponte is Italian for bridge.8 It serves until 22:00 every day, opening at 10:00 on weekdays and 08:00 at weekends.

Sources

  1. 広島本通商店街, Wikipedia (Japanese), accessed October 2026
  2. 本通商店街で「西国街道謎解き宝探しまつり」を開催します！, City of Hiroshima (January 14, 2025), accessed October 2026
  3. 紙屋町シャレオ, Wikipedia (Japanese), accessed October 2026
  4. 広島アンデルセン（被爆建物）の被爆前、被爆、その後の保存, Japan Tourism Agency, multilingual commentary database (2019), accessed October 2026
  5. SHOP, OBSCURA COFFEE ROASTERS (official site), accessed October 2026
  6. アクア広島センター街, Wikipedia (Japanese), accessed October 2026
  7. Coffee Story, Coffee Story (official site), accessed October 2026
  8. Caffè Ponte, Caffè Ponte (official site), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Hondōri & Kamiya-chō cafés: questions

Where can you sit down at Obscura Coffee Roasters near Hondōri in Hiroshima?

At the Fukuromachi shop, Fukuro-machi 3-28, one block south of the Hondōri arcade, which has tables for coffee drinks as well as beans to take home. The Hondōri shop at Hondōri 3-1 sells freshly roasted beans, home brewing gear and handmade tableware.

Which cafés around Hondōri in Hiroshima open early or stay open late?

WeBase Cafe at Naka-machi 4-18 is open 07:00–22:00 every day and has Wi-Fi. Caffè Ponte, on the riverside at the east end of Motoyasu Bridge opposite Peace Memorial Park, serves until 22:00 daily and opens at 08:00 on weekends and 10:00 on weekdays.

What is the Shareo underground mall in Kamiya-chō, Hiroshima?

Shareo is an underground mall that opened beneath Kamiya-chō in April 2001 with 75 shops. Its passages connect the Astram Line's Hondōri and Kenchōmae stations, the Hiroshima Bus Center and the Kamiya-chō and Hondōri tram stops, replacing the old street-level crossing at the intersection.

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