Hiroshima to Tokyo train

Trains from Hiroshima to Tokyo start at €87.79 and take 5h 21m at their fastest.

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The Trains from Hiroshima to Tokyo starts at €87.79 and takes 5h 21m door to door, run by 1 operator over 674 km, with around 9 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 11, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 5h 21mDoor to door
  • 4h 37mMoving
  • €87.79From
  • 22.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Lowest CO2€71.84
  1. Central Japan Railway Company CJ462106:155h 3m11:18Hiroshima StationTokyo Station

Door to door 5h 47mCO2 22.2 kgChanges 0Refundable

Carriers

Rail operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Central Japan Railway Company€71.845h 18m140 km/hRefundablePower outlets, Wi-Fi
  • Central Japan Railway Company

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Rooms within reach of Tokyo Station

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Booking window

When to book Hiroshima to Tokyo

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €80.3890 days
  2. €47.9360 days
  3. €52.6545 days
  4. €60.3230 days
  5. €69.7621 days
  6. €76.8414 days
  7. €89.237 days
  8. €92.183 days
  9. €132.891 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €47.93.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 177 percent. The most expensive point is €132.89, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €83.92Sun
  2. €75.66Mon
  3. €71.53Tue
  4. €78.02Wed
  5. €95.72Thu
  6. €76.84Fri
  7. €91.00Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Hiroshima

Rail
  • Hiroshima Station
  • Nishi-Hiroshima Station
  • Hiroshima Freight Terminal

Tokyo

Rail
  • Tokyo Station
  • Tōkyō Shijō Station
  • JR East Tokyo Station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 674 km against 674 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Hiroshima at 06:15 and the last at 20:33, across 9 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Trains against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 28m1h 18m3h 10m€71.53171.0 kg18
Train5h 21m4h 37m44m€87.7922.2 kg9

Questions about Hiroshima to Tokyo

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does the Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo take?

The Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo takes 5h 21m door to door, of which 4h 37m is spent moving. The route runs 674 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo cost?

The Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo starts at €87.79 for one passenger, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare is €87.79. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo?

1 operators run the Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo: Central Japan Railway Company. Between them they file around 9 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo use?

The Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo leaves from Hiroshima Station and arrives at Tokyo Station. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Train the best way from Hiroshima to Tokyo?

Traveling from Hiroshima to Tokyo by Flight costs €71.53 and takes 4h 28m door to door, against 5h 21m by Train. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo?

Fares for the Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €47.93. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 177 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo produce?

The Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo produces about 22.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 674 km, which works out at roughly 33 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo?

Operators on the Train from Hiroshima to Tokyo publish Power outlets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 21m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Hiroshima to Tokyo on September 11, 2026: 674 km of route against 674 km in a straight line, 9 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €87.79, and 5h 21m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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