JR Miyajima Ferry

JR West Miyajima Ferry Co., Ltd.
JR西日本宮島フェリー株式会社
	View of Nanaura Maru (ななうら丸:left side), Mount Misen and torii of Itsukushima Shrine from on the sea.
Company type	Kabushiki gaisha (closely held)
Industry	Transportation
Founded	1 April 2009; 15 years ago
Headquarters	Miyajima-chō, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
Area served	Hiroshima Prefecture
Number of employees	25 people
Website	Official website

View of torii of Itsukushima Shrine from ferry

JR Miyajima Ferry (JR宮島フェリー, Jeiāru Miyajima Ferī) is the ferry route between Miyajimaguchi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima and Miyajima (Itsukushima). JR Miyajima Ferries are operated by JR West Miyajima Ferry Co., Ltd. (JR西日本宮島フェリー株式会社, Jeiāru Nishinihon Miyajima Ferī Kabushiki Kaisha), a wholly owned subsidiary of West Japan Railway Company (JR West).^[1]

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.

^ West Japan Railway Company. "Consolidated Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2010" (PDF). Annual Report 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.

[1] West Japan Railway Company. "Consolidated Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2010" (PDF). Annual Report 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 8, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2010.

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