How far is Hiroshima from the sea?

Hiroshima is on the coast: the nearest shoreline is 4.3 km (2.7 miles) away in a straight line. The nearest stretch of coast is in Hiroshima, Japan.

To the coast

4.3 km

2.7 miles · straight line

Nearest land border

None

Japan has no land border

Setting

On the coast

713th farthest from the sea of 861 cities

HiroshimaNearest point on the coast

How far are you from the sea?

Measure from where you are standing. On a phone this uses GPS, so the answer is for your exact spot, not the city centre.

Hiroshima at a glance

Coordinates
34.4000° N, 132.4500° E
Region
Hiroshima, Japan
Distance to the coast
4.3 km (2.7 miles), in a straight line
Nearest point on the coast
34.3671° N, 132.4756° E (Hiroshima, Japan)
Nearest land border
None: Japan has no land border
Among Japan's cities
8th farthest from the sea of the 11 cities measured

Nearby cities and the coast

CityCountryTo the coast
FukuokaJapan1.4 km (0.9 miles)
KobeJapan0.9 km (0.6 miles)
OsakaJapan7.4 km (4.6 miles)
KyotoJapan48 km (30 miles)
UlsanSouth Korea3.6 km (2.3 miles)
BusanSouth Korea0.6 km (0.4 miles)

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Questions

How far is Hiroshima from the sea?

Hiroshima is on the coast: the nearest shoreline is 4.3 km (2.7 miles) away in a straight line. The nearest stretch of coast is in Hiroshima, Japan.

Is that the driving distance?

No. 4.3 km (2.7 miles) is the straight-line distance from the city centre to the nearest point on the shore. The drive to a beach is longer, often much longer, and depends on the roads.

How far is Hiroshima from the nearest border?

Japan has no land border with another country, so the nearest foreign territory is across the sea.

Where in Hiroshima is this measured from?

From the city's centre point (34.4000° N, 132.4500° E). A large city spreads out, so some neighbourhoods are closer to the sea than this and some farther. For an exact figure from where you are, use your own location.

Measured by MapGO on October 19, 2026 with the same coastline data as the distance to coastline calculator. All distances are straight lines over the Earth's surface.