is the ferry route between Miyajimaguchi,

Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The name derives from a market traditionally held on the 20th of each month with ''hatsuka'' (廿日) meaning "20th day" and ''ichi'' (市) translating to "market". The market continues to this day ...

and

Miyajima may refer to: Places * Miyajima, another name for the Japanese island Itsukushima * Miyajima, Hiroshima, a former town on this island, merged into Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima is a city located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. The name derives from a ...

(Itsukushima). JR Miyajima Ferries are operated by , a wholly owned subsidiary of

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(JR West). There are three ferries called the ''Miyajima-maru'', the ''Nanaura-maru'', and the ''Misen-maru''. One trip between Miyajima-guchi and Miyajima takes ten minutes.

History

The private boat route was founded in 1897. The ferry route was placed in a public company in 1899. The ferry route was bought by

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in 1903. Sanyo Railway was nationalized as part of the

Japanese Government Railways The Japanese Government Railways (JGR) was the national railway system directly operated by the Japanese Ministry of Railways ( ja, 鉄道省, Tetsudō-shō, ) until 1949. It was a predecessor of Japanese National Railways and the later Japan Rai ...

in 1906.

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, which was reorganized from government railways in 1949, was privatized in 1987. Operations in the Hiroshima area were assigned to JR West. JR West transferred the ferry business to its new subsidiary JR West Miyajima Ferry Co., Ltd. on April 1, 2009.JR West press release
, December 4, 2008 The route, commonly called ''Miyajima Renrakusen'' (宮島連絡船), was one of those classified as ''tetsudō renrakusen'' (鉄道連絡船), ferry routes as a part of railway network. All other JR ''renrakusen'' routes were closed by 1990 and the JR Miyajima Ferry was the last one of that kind until its separation in 2009.

Piers

Miyajima-guchi is a neighborhood in Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima, Japan. It was a part of the town of Ōno until 2005 when the town was annexed by the city of Hatsukaichi. It is located on Route 2 from Osaka to Fukuoka, and is served by the JR West train station ...

References

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JR Miyajima Ferry
{{Hiroshima transit Transport in Hiroshima Prefecture Ferry companies of Japan Ferries of Japan Miyajima Ferry

History

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