Hiroshima, Japan · Asia
Takehara is worth a stop: 15 minutes from Sakaridani, 27km from Shimanami Kaido.
Takehara is in Hiroshima, Japan, with about 31,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Sakaridani, about 8 km away.
Takehara Station (竹原駅, Takehara-eki) is a passenger railway station located in the city of Takehara, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the West Japan Railway Company (JR West). Takehara Station is mentioned in the slice-of-life anime series Tamayura.
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Within an hour or so of Takehara: Shimanami Kaido (27 km), Onomichi (28 km), Mazda Museum (38 km), Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum (43 km).
The nearest famous roads are Shimanami Kaido and Shikoku Karst.
Takehara is in Hiroshima, Japan, about 8 km from Sakaridani.
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Essential numbers in Japan
Japan Helpline (24h English assistance): 0570-000-911. An International Driving Permit (1949 convention) is required to drive.
Full driving guide for Japan8 notable places within an hour's drive.
coastal drive
A 60 km island-hopping expressway across the Seto Inland Sea from Onomichi to Imabari, leaping between six islands on soaring suspension bridges including the world-class Kurushima-Kaikyo Bridge.
27 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A charming hillside port town on the Seto Inland Sea, serving as the gateway to the Shimanami Kaido cycling route.
28 km · about 30 min drive
museum
Factory museum offering tours of Mazda's assembly line and showcasing the marque's rotary engine heritage.
38 km · about 45 min drive
museum
A profoundly moving museum documenting the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and advocating for the elimination of nuclear weapons.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
The skeletal ruins of the former Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, preserved as a haunting symbol of nuclear devastation and a call for peace.
43 km · about 50 min drive
landmark
A sacred island home to the floating Itsukushima Shrine and its iconic torii gate rising from the sea.
55 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
A Shinto shrine on Miyajima Island famous for its iconic floating torii gate that appears to hover above the water at high tide.
55 km · about 65 min drive
landmark
One of Japan's oldest and most famous hot springs, housed in a striking Victorian-era bathhouse that inspired the bathhouse in Spirited Away.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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