Best Place to Exchange Money in Hiroshima

01Exchange

Where to change money in Hiroshima

Both machines below take sterling notes and pay out yen only. Hiroshima Bank also has a machine on the station's 2F, but in September 2026 its page said it was handling only US dollars, euros and Chinese yuan.

• SMART EXCHANGE, ekie (Hiroshima Station) ↗At the 7-Eleven Heart-In on 2F of ekie by the central exit (1-2 Matsubaracho, Minami-ku), it changes notes in twelve currencies, pounds included, from 6am to midnight daily.
• SMART EXCHANGE, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum ↗In the East Building's 1F entrance hall, this one also takes sterling. The operator lists 7am to 7pm daily, but the museum shuts at 6pm from December to February and is closed on 30 and 31 December.

02On arrival

Changing money at the airport

Hiroshima Airport's Travelex counter moved in May 2026 to the international arrivals lobby (1F, public side); it opens 8am to 4.30pm and deals in over 30 currencies, sterling included. The Hiroshima Bank machine in the ATM corner (8am to 9pm) doesn't list pounds, and the airport doesn't say if the local banks' ATMs take foreign cards. The airport limousine buses accept contactless bank cards: tell the crew, then tap the card reader, not the IC-card one.

03Cash machines and cards

ATMs and cards in Hiroshima

Seven Bank ATMs, mostly in 7-Eleven shops, take Visa, Mastercard and other networks, allowing a foreign card up to 100,000 yen per transaction; what it charges depends on the brand of card. Japan Post Bank ATMs, largely in post offices, cap each withdrawal at 50,000 yen, and certain overseas cards may be charged 220 yen. At a Hiroshima 7-Eleven, Seven Bank's screen asks whether to work out your charge in yen or pounds; yen leaves the conversion to your card provider, the route MoneySavingExpert recommends because the machine's pound rate is often poor. Fees may change.

04Getting around

Paying for transport in Hiroshima

Hiroden trams charge adults a flat 240 yen on every line, the Miyajima line included, paid as you leave; exact change goes in the fare box by the door, and the changer rejects the new 500-yen coin. Since 1 July 2026, ICOCA, Suica and seven other IC cards, phones included, are tapped on the MOBIRY DAYS reader on boarding and again on alighting. PiTaPa doesn't work, there's no topping up on board, and a card short of the fare pays nothing, so the whole fare goes on cash or another card. JR West stations sell ICOCA, and the Miyajima ferries take IC cards too. Fares may change.

05Local know-how

Good to know

• PASPY, Hiroshima's old IC card, stopped working on Hiroden trams and buses on 29 March 2025; refunds of leftover balances close on 31 March 2027.
• A trip to Miyajima adds a 100-yen visitor tax per person to the ferry fare; children who haven't started school are exempt.
• Nobody in Hiroshima's restaurants, hotels or taxis expects a tip; JNTO's exception is a private guide or interpreter, and any tip goes in an envelope.