Main Gate

Main Gate: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: moderate; weekends busier. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this fort: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Main Gate

Season: October to February; carry water in summer.

Busiest days: Weekends and long holidays.

Crowd: Moderate; weekends busier.

Typical week: Mon light · Tue light · Wed light · Thu light · Fri light · Sat busy · Sun busy.

How to reach Main Gate — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 34.40001, 132.45900. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Main Gate

• Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine · temple · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~0 km · Must-see
• Hiroshima Castle · museum · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~0 km · Must-see
• Hiroshima Children's Museum · museum · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Former Outpatient Wing of Hiroshima Teishin Hospital Peace Museum · museum · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• 本川小学校平和資料館 · museum · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Children's Peace Monument · fort · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Honkawa Elementary School gymnasium · museum · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• 本願寺広島別院 · Buddhist site · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Flame of Peace · fort · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Noboricho Catholic Church · church · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Fukuromachi Elementary School Peace Museum · museum · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Shirakami-sha · temple · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• 旧国泰寺愛宕池 · sanctuary · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• 心行寺 · Buddhist site · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• The Gates of Peace · fort · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~2 km · Must-see
• Enryū-ji · Buddhist site · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~2 km · Must-see
• Anrakuji Temple · Buddhist site · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~2 km · Must-see
• 比治山神社 · temple · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~2 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Main Gate

Other forts & heritage near Main Gate

• Children's Peace Monument · fort · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• Flame of Peace · fort · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~1 km · Must-see
• The Gates of Peace · fort · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~2 km · Must-see
• Yoshida-Kōriyama Castle · fort · Hiroshima Prefecture · ~48 km · Must-see
• 石見銀山遺跡 · fort · Shimane Prefecture · ~99 km · Must-see
• Ohitayama Tatara Iron Works · fort · Yamaguchi Prefecture · ~107 km · Must-see
• Hagi Reverberating Furnace · fort · Yamaguchi Prefecture · ~119 km · Must-see
• :Ebisugahana Shipyard · fort · Yamaguchi Prefecture · ~120 km · Must-see
• 上黒岩岩陰遺跡 · fort · Kamiukena · ~123 km · Must-see
• Hagi Castle · fort · Yamaguchi Prefecture · ~123 km · Must-see

All forts & heritage in Hiroshima Prefecture

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