Iwakuni

Ogasawara Tea Garden

Have a cup of ocha amid bamboo trees at this popular spot near Kikko Park. It's available iced in the summer.

Bar Manatee Dining

Good bar with a great menu of snacks, particularly crepes and other desserts.

There isn't much in the way of nightlife in Iwakuni; many foreign residents head to Hiroshima to drink on weekends. There are bars in and around the military base, but the spectre of drunk Marines real or imagined tends to keep most Japanese at a distance.

As weather permits, there is a rooftop beer garden at the Iwakuni Business Hotel & Spa.