The ice rink at Hirosin Big Wave (Hiroshima City General Indoor Pool) in Higashi Ward, Hiroshima City, is open from Friday, October 30, 2026 to Monday, April 12, 2027, and costs ¥1,580 for adults and ¥940 for children and people 65 and over, plus ¥400 for rental skates. On four evenings in November, a night discount brings adults down to ¥600 and children and seniors to ¥200. The rink is closed on Tuesdays (open on national holidays).
In short
- Season: October 30, 2026 to April 12, 2027, 9:00–21:00. Closed Tuesdays (open on holidays) and December 30 to January 1.
- Fees: adults ¥1,580, children (elementary to high school) and 65+ ¥940, skates ¥400. Gloves are required on the ice.
- Cheaper days: November night discounts on the 6th, 12th, 20th and 27th, and “Enjoy! Skate Day” on Sunday, December 13 (adults ¥1,000, children ¥500).
- Access: a 3-minute walk from Ushita Station on the Astram Line. The parking lot in front is paid.
Checked with official pages on October 22, 2026.
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Hirosin Big Wave skating season 2026–27: October 30 to April 12
The fiscal 2026 skating season runs from Friday, October 30, 2026 to Monday, April 12, 2027. The October schedule announces the rink’s opening on October 30. The building is open 9:00–21:00, and on some days ice resurfacing means you can use the rink only until 20:40.
The rink is closed on Tuesdays (open if the Tuesday is a national holiday) and from December 30 to January 1. There is a main rink and a sub rink. On the opening days, Friday, October 30 and Saturday, October 31, the main rink is open to the public until 16:40 and reserved for sports clubs from 17:00 (the sub rink is open until 20:40 or 21:00). Reserved hours change from day to day, so check the monthly schedule on the official site for the day you go: October schedule (PDF) and November schedule (PDF) (Japanese).
In November, on most weekdays the main rink is public until 16:40 and the sub rink until 20:40 or 21:00. On November 1, 5, 8, 13, 14 and 22, neither rink is open to the public because of competitions and events.
Sunday, December 13 is “Enjoy! Skate Day” (エンジョイ！スケートデー), 9:00–17:00 with skating until 16:45. Adults pay ¥1,000, children ¥500 and skates ¥400. Preschool children are free, but each needs one guardian. Senior rates, certificate exemptions and coupons cannot be used, so people 65 and over pay the adult ¥1,000. Hirosin Big Wave (Hiroshima Sports Association) (Japanese)
| Name | Hirosin Big Wave (Hiroshima City General Indoor Pool) |
|---|---|
| Address | 1-8-3 Ushita-shinmachi, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima |
| Hours / Closed | 9:00–21:00 (Closed Tuesdays, open on public holidays, closed December 30–January 1) |
| Phone | 082-222-1860 |
| Map | Open in Google Maps ↗ |
| Official site | Open the official site ↗ |
Hirosin Big Wave skating fees: adults ¥1,580, skates ¥400
A regular session costs ¥1,580 for adults and ¥940 for children (elementary, junior high and high school) and people 65 and over, and rental skates are ¥400 a pair. Skates come in sizes from 15 cm to 31 cm. Gloves are required on the rink, and the rink asks skaters to wear a hat or helmet. Each preschool child skates with one guardian.
| Group | One visit | 11-ticket book |
|---|---|---|
| Adult | ¥1,580 | ¥15,800 |
| Child or 65+ | ¥940 | ¥9,400 |
| Group of 30+ | Adult ¥1,420, child ¥840 | None |
| Group of 50+ | Adult ¥1,260, child ¥750 | None |
| Group of 100+ | Adult ¥1,100, child ¥650 | None |
The November night discount is on the 6th (Friday) and 12th (Thursday) from 17:00 to 21:00, and on the 20th and 27th (Fridays) from 18:15 to 21:00: adults ¥600, children and seniors ¥200, skates ¥400. This is from the November schedule.
“Child” means students in elementary school, junior high school, high school and similar schools, and people up to the first March 31 after they turn 18. People 65 and over show an official ID with their age at reception. A book of 11 rental-skate tickets is ¥4,000, and a coin locker is ¥100 per use. Some groups, such as people who show a disability certificate at reception, are exempt from the fee. Ticket books, season passes and group application forms are on the Hirosin Big Wave individual use and fees page (Japanese).
For small children from preschool to the lower years of elementary school who are new to skating, the rink rents skating aids. The October schedule lists a skate helper at ¥300 and “Ashika-kun” (a seal-shaped aid) and a sled at ¥500 each, per 30 minutes, in its Enjoy! Skate Day notice, and says they are also lent on regular public days.
Getting to Hirosin Big Wave: 3 minutes from Ushita Station, paid parking
By train, Hirosin Big Wave is a 3-minute walk from Ushita Station (“Hirosin Big Wave-mae”) on the Astram Line. On JR, get off at Shin-Hakushima Station on the Sanyo Line and walk 15 minutes; from Hiroshima Station, take a train toward Iwakuni to Shin-Hakushima, where you can also change to the Astram Line. By bus, the stop is Higashi-ku Sports Center Iriguchi, a 3-minute walk.
By car, use the paid city parking lot in front (129 spaces, shared with the Higashi-ku Sports Center). It costs ¥50 per 30 minutes for the first 2 hours and ¥100 per 30 minutes after that, and you can enter from 6:00 to 23:00. On days with large competitions, a paid temporary lot may open on the east side of the building. Municipal front parking lot (Hiroshima Sports Association) (Japanese)
| Address | 1-8-3 Ushita-shinmachi, Higashi Ward, Hiroshima City |
|---|---|
| Phone | 082-222-1860 |
| Hours | 9:00–21:00 (rink until 20:40 on some days) |
| Closed | Tuesdays (open on holidays), December 30–January 1 |
| Access | 3-minute walk from Ushita Station (Astram Line) |
| Map | Google Maps |
| Official | Hirosin Big Wave page (Hiroshima Sports Association) (Japanese) |
Fees and hours can change, and the official pages are in Japanese and do not say whether staff speak English; ask the facility before you go if you need it.
Sources (checked October 2026)
3 pages we checked
- Hirosin Big Wave (Hiroshima Sports Association) and individual use and fees (Japanese)
- October 2026 schedule (PDF) and November 2026 schedule (PDF) (Japanese)
- Municipal front parking lot (Japanese)
