Originally Posted by
tsmith12
Evergrn- Your suggestion sounds good. What I was thinking is I could easily leave my bag (even though its a small carry on) at the Kyoto/Osaka hotel and stay one night at Sheraton Hiroshima (just take my bag pack for the night) and come back to my Kyoto/Osaka hotel the next day. That way I won't have to worry about going back that night (after a day long trip) and since Sheraton is right across from the station, I can spend the night there and come back to Kyoto area the next day. And call me weird but I actually like checking into different hotels and that's why I travel light. I like the idea of reviewing hotel chains and checking out different properties. If I had family traveling with me, I'd think twice of switching hotels, tho.
You won't have any problem returning to Kyoto that night... probably gets dark by ~6pm at Miyajima, so no point in staying past that there, and then the trains run frequently and it's <2hr from Hiroshima to Kyoto. Not too much that's unique about Hiroshima beyond the Peace Park which you will have already seen in the morning. But, if you actually enjoy experiencing different hotels, then that's different. And you may be able to save some $ on hotel by replacing a night in Kyoto with one in Hiroshima.