Hotel Granvia Hiroshima
by the TopOfHotel team
Hotel Granvia Hiroshima is the hotel built into JR Hiroshima Station, where Track Side rooms put the Shinkansen platforms right outside your window — JR West service at a price that undercuts the bigger names.
Hotel Granvia Hiroshima is the hotel built into JR Hiroshima Station, where Track Side rooms put the Shinkansen platforms right outside your window — JR West service at a price that undercuts the bigger names.
In-Depth Review
Rooms and decor
Start with the obvious: Hotel Granvia Hiroshima sits inside the JR Hiroshima Station building, so you walk out the South Exit and reach the lobby in 60 seconds. The Twin Track Side room runs 22 sqm on floor 12 and costs about $7 (¥1,000) more than a standard room. Open the curtain and the 14 Shinkansen tracks sit right in front of you — every 10 minutes an N700 Nozomi, Sakura or 500 Series rolls past. The rooms are clean, the twin beds are a comfortable 100 cm, the linens are JR West quality, and the bathroom is the standard Japanese unit bath with a Toto Washlet and a Simmons mattress. At 22 sqm it's smaller than the Sheraton, but the rate is roughly half.
Food and amenities
The heart of Granvia is its 8 in-house restaurants. Steak Eight does a Hiroshima Beef set for about $50 (¥7,500), Chinese Karin serves dim sum from around $12 (¥1,800), Hyakuyaku handles the ramen, Bar Granvia the cocktails, and the Tea Lounge pours matcha. The breakfast buffet at the Restaurant Cafe Lounge is about $18 (¥2,800), and the Hiroshima station cooks okonomiyaki fresh in front of you — cabbage, noodles and egg under Otafuku sauce — which beats most places outside. They also put out local Hiroshima lemons by the slice.
Location and getting there
Granvia is attached to JR Hiroshima Station, so you can board a Shinkansen the moment you check out — Osaka is about 1.5 hours away. For Miyajima Island, take the JR Sanyo Line from floor 1, ride 25 minutes to Miyajimaguchi, then the JR ferry across in 10 minutes — all covered by a JR Pass. For Peace Memorial Park, catch Hiroden tram number 2 from in front of the station: about 15 minutes for $1.50 (¥220). The ekie concourse under the station is full of Hiroshima specialties and Shinkansen souvenirs.
Things to know before booking
The building is roughly 30 years old, and the look is classic Japan Railway rather than modern — fine for most, a letdown if you want a contemporary room. Standard rooms start at 21 sqm, smaller than the Sheraton or Hilton. And you're about 2 km from Peace Memorial Park, so the city's signature sight means a tram or taxi, not a walk. The Track Side view is the real draw here, not the square footage.
Our take
For families and train fans, this is the best-value pick of the station hotels — inside JR Hiroshima Station with a 1-minute walk to the platforms, Track Side rooms that face the Shinkansen, eight restaurants, and fresh okonomiyaki at breakfast. The 9.3/10 score is the highest in the group, and from about $109 a night it lands well under the bigger names. Best for families with kids, business travelers living on the Shinkansen, and train-loving couples who'd happily watch the platforms all night.
Score Breakdown
Assessed by our editorial team from data and real guest reviews
The Honest Verdict — pros & what to know
- The only hotel built inside JR Hiroshima Station — a 1-minute walk from the Shinkansen platforms, which is hard to overstate when you're hauling luggage or chasing a morning train.
- Track Side rooms look straight onto the platforms, where N700 Nozomi, Sakura and 500 Series trains pass roughly every 10 minutes. Kids love it, and at floor 12 you see all 14 tracks at once.
- It's a JR West Hotels property, so you get Japan Railway service standards and English-speaking staff at the concierge and travel desk.
- Eight restaurants under one roof — Steak Eight up on floor 21, the Chinese Karin dim sum room, Hyakuyaku ramen, and the cocktails at Bar Granvia — so you rarely need to leave the building.
- At 9.3/10 on Trip.com it holds the top score among the Hiroshima hotels here, across 251 guest reviews.
- Standard rooms run 21 sqm, noticeably smaller than what you get at the Sheraton or Hilton — though the rate is also about half.
- The building is roughly 30 years old and the decor is classic Japan Railway, not the modern look some travelers expect at this price.
- It sits about 2 km from Peace Memorial Park, so you'll take the Hiroden tram or a taxi rather than walk to the city's main sight.
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Insider Tips
- Ask for a Track Side room on floor 10 or higher — you'll catch the N700 and the Sakura running across the full width of the window.
- The breakfast buffet is about $18 (¥2,800) and includes Hiroshima okonomiyaki cooked fresh in front of you.
- Steak Eight on floor 21 does a Hiroshima Beef Set for around $50 (¥7,500) with a city view; book it ahead for dinner.
- If you hold a JR Pass, use Granvia as your base — the Shinkansen and the Sanyo Line both run from the station downstairs.