Orizuru Tower: The Rooftop Over The Dome

The building is 51.5 metres tall with 14 floors above ground and two below, and its rooftop observation deck, Hiroshima Hills, gives a direct line over the Dome itself. This page gathers what the operator and the city publish: admission, hours, the observation deck, the Sampo slope, access and how the tower compares with other viewpoints in Hiroshima.

What Is Orizuru Tower In Hiroshima?

Orizuru Tower is a 14-storey, 51.5-metre commercial complex that opened on 23 September 2016 at 1-2-1 Otemachi, Naka-ku, immediately east of the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. Its rooftop deck, Hiroshima Hills, looks over the Dome, and its 12th-floor Orizuru Square holds the Orizuru Wall where visitors post paper cranes for an added 100 yen. The building was designed by Sambuichi Architects with a focus on natural elements, and a portion of sales supports preservation of the Atomic Bomb Dome and peace promotion programs, per the tower's own admission page.

How Much Does Orizuru Tower Cost?

General admission to Orizuru Tower in Hiroshima is 2,200 yen for adults aged 18 and up, 1,400 yen for ages 12 to 17, 900 yen for ages 6 to 11 and 600 yen for ages 4 to 5, per the operator's ticket page. Groups of 15 or more pay 2,100 yen per adult, posting a paper crane on the Orizuru Wall costs an extra 100 yen, and holders of an Atomic Bomb Survivor's Certificate enter free. Tickets allow same-day re-entry with a hand stamp.

For planning, the table below sets the published figures side by side.

Two practical notes come straight from the ticket page. First, the same-day re-entry hand stamp means a morning visit can be resumed in the afternoon without paying again, useful on a day that also covers the Peace Memorial Park and the museum. Second, the group rate only applies at 15 or more people, so small families pay the individual scale.

The tower is one stop on many visitors' first day in the city. A common structure is a guided day that moves from the Peace Memorial Park to Miyajima with transport and lunch arranged, and the Hiroshima and Miyajima 1 Day Bus Tour With Lunch is this site's featured pick for that pattern; the tour's own page carries its current price and schedule. For anyone preferring to walk the park first with a guide's commentary and then use the tower independently, a shorter history walk is another starting point.

What Can You See From The Orizuru Tower Observation Deck?

The rooftop observation deck, Hiroshima Hills, offers views of the Atomic Bomb Dome below and, on clear days, Miyajima out in Hiroshima Bay, per the operator's own description of the tower. The view is the reason the tower exists where it does: the Dome is one minute's walk from the base. Orizuru Square on the 12th floor is the indoor space around the Orizuru Wall, with the interactive crane-themed content and the option to post a folded crane for the 100 yen fee.

The rooftop holds a seasonal Rooftop Cafe and Bar, which the operator says typically runs April to October. Because the deck closes at 18:00 with the last entry 30 minutes before, it is a daytime and late-afternoon viewpoint rather than a night one; any evening view of the Dome comes from street level, not from the deck. Evening options in the city are gathered in the Hiroshima at night itinerary.

For anyone pairing the tower with a deeper look at the island seen from the deck, a half-day guided crossing covers the shrine, the torii and the island paths.

How Do You Get To Orizuru Tower?

From JR Hiroshima Station, take a Hiroden tram on line 2 or line 6 to the Genbaku Dome-mae stop, a ride of about 15 minutes, then walk about one minute to Orizuru Tower at 1-2-1 Otemachi, Naka-ku. From Hiroshima Airport, the limousine bus runs to Hiroshima Bus Center in about 55 minutes and the tower is a five-minute walk from there. The Hiroden flat fare is 240 yen for adults and 120 yen for children, in force since 1 February 2025 on all lines including the Miyajima line.

The tram stop is shared with the Atomic Bomb Dome viewing area, so the two visits cost one journey. The tower has no dedicated parking, and nearby paid lots are what the area offers, so trams and buses are the practical choice.

What Are The Orizuru Tower Opening Hours?

Orizuru Tower's observation deck and souvenir shop operate 10:00 to 18:00, with last entry 30 minutes before closing at 17:30, per the information pages covering the facility. Irregular holidays apply, so the operator advises checking its own site for the current status before a visit. The same-day re-entry hand stamp means a ticket holder can leave and return within the same opening day.

That schedule differs from its two closest neighbours in a way that matters for planning. The Atomic Bomb Dome is viewable from outside the fence 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at no fee, and Peace Memorial Park around it is likewise open around the clock. The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum runs a much longer seasonal day: 7:30 to 19:00 from March to July and September to November, 7:30 to 20:00 in August, and 7:30 to 18:00 from December to February, with closures on 30 and 31 December and in mid-February for exhibit changes. The wider set of guides lives on Hiroshima Travel Guide.

The practical consequence: the museum opens two and a half hours before the tower, so a morning in the museum and park followed by an afternoon tower visit lands comfortably inside both schedules, with the Dome viewable at any point between them.

Is Orizuru Tower Worth It?

Orizuru Tower is worth it for visitors who want the one rooftop line directly over the Atomic Bomb Dome, an indoor crane-themed floor and a designed wooden spiral route, at 2,200 yen for an adult, per the operator's own ticket page. The value judgement depends on what a visitor wants from the Dome area. The case for the tower is proximity and framing.

The Atomic Bomb Dome exterior and Peace Memorial Park cost nothing and are open around the clock, and the museum's 200 yen adult admission is a tenth of the tower's price for what many treat as the central experience of the area. A visitor with limited time or budget may reasonably spend it in the park, the museum and the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park walking tour circuit, and skip the paid rooftop. A combined day that includes both the park and the island can also be booked as one arranged package: Check availability on the operator's live listing.

How Does Orizuru Tower Compare With Other Hiroshima Views?

Orizuru Tower sits about one minute on foot from the Dome viewing fence, while Mount Misen on Miyajima offers the region's island-and-sea panorama from 2,000 yen return on the ropeway, and Orizuru's own deck tops out at 51.5 metres with a 10:00 to 18:00 day. Each serves a different purpose: the tower frames the Dome and the city, the ropeway frames the Seto Inland Sea.

On Miyajima, the ropeway runs 9:00 to 16:00 with the last descent at 16:30, adult return 2,000 yen, and the operator allows about one hour return including sightseeing at the summit area, with a further hour for the summit walk. The shrine at the island's shore is 300 yen for adults, 200 yen for high school students and 100 yen for elementary and junior high students, per its admission page, with hours that shift by season. The tower's deck, by contrast, is a short city visit that needs no ferry: no Miyajima Visitor Tax, no crossing, just the tram ride from the station.

For travellers building a full first day around these views, a guided pairing of the park and the island removes the connection planning between the tram, the JR ferry from Miyajimaguchi and the island's paths, and the island end of that day is covered in the site's Miyajima tour guide and the Mount Misen guide.

What Else Is Near Orizuru Tower In Hiroshima?

Near Orizuru Tower, visitors can walk the Dome area, where the park's monuments are free around the clock. The Hiroden tram links back toward Hiroshima Station and the shopping districts. A short tram ride east brings Shukkeien, 350 yen for adults, 150 yen for university students, and free for school students, plus Hiroshima Castle, whose keep has been closed since 22 March 2026 though the exterior and grounds remain open.

A one-day pattern that many first-time visitors follow runs the park and museum in the morning, Orizuru Tower in the early afternoon, and Miyajima after the tram and ferry connection, with the JR ferry crossing taking about 10 minutes from Miyajimaguchi. The whole city-and-island pairing can also be taken as a single booked day.

Common Questions About Orizuru Tower

Orizuru Tower compresses Hiroshima's viewpoint, its peace symbolism and its contemporary architecture into one paid stop one minute from the Atomic Bomb Dome, and at 2,200 yen for an adult it stands as the rooftop complement to a free park and a 200-yen museum that the rest of the district provides.