is a bay in the Inland Sea, Japan.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Hiroshima Wan" in . Administratively, the bay is divided between Hiroshima and Yamaguchi Prefectures. The bay's shore is a Ria. Its surface area is about , with a mean depth of .
Municipalities Kure, Hiroshima Saka, Hiroshima Kaita, Hiroshima Fuchū, Hiroshima Hiroshima Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Ōtake, Hiroshima Etajima, Hiroshima Waki, Yamaguchi Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
Major rivers Kyōbashi River Motoyasu River Ōta River Oze River Tenma River
Major islands Kanawajima Tōgejima Ninoshima Enoshima Etajima Ōnasabijima (Ōnasamitō) Ogurokamijima Nomijima West Nomijima East Nomijima Ōkurokamishima Kurahashijima Nasakejima Atatajima Inokojima Itsukushima Nagashima Okinoshima Kabutojima
Trivia Jaco Pastorius once threw his "Bass of Doom" (Fender Jazz Bass) into the Hiroshima Bay.
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