Salon Cinema

Salon Cinema, along with its sister theatre Cinewtin, is your best bet in Hiroshima for independent films from Europe and America.

There are two screens at Salon, each seating nearly 100 people. Boasting digital sound quality and wide screens, the seats are also extremely comfortable with ample legroom. The seats in theater one come with tables to put your drinks and snacks on, and theater two was Japan's first all reclining theater.

There are also many interesting and striking movie posters in both English and Japanese available here.

Yuko Yoshida writes:

Salon cinema is a special movie theatre for me because it's the theatre that I went for the first time in my life.
I remember watching "The Sound of music" with my mother, but I couldn't read the subtitles very well (I was only five)- I enjoyed it anyway.
In those days, the theatre was shabby, but it's now clean and VERY comfortable with big soft chairs- I often watch movies bare foot (maybe I'm too relaxed!).

• Men's Day every Monday ¥1000
• Ladies' Day every Friday ¥1,000
• Hashigo Waribiki same day discount
  Watch another film on the same day at Salon Cinema, Cinetwin 1 or 2 and pay only ¥1000 for the second film.
• 2nd and 4th Saturdays discount for Jnr and Snr High School Students

General Tickets:

• Adults: ¥1800
• University Students: ¥1500
• High School Students ¥1400
• Jr High School Students ¥1300
• Elementary Students ¥1,000
• Senior Citizens ¥1,000

"was hiroshima's best kept secret"
Anonymity Personified.Thu Jan 2006
i've seen so many cool flicks here on rainy days when i had a few hours free-movies that i had never heard of because they weren't the hollywood drivel.