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.

Operations in the Hiroshima area were assigned to JR West.

[2] The route, commonly called Miyajima Renrakusen (宮島連絡船), was one of those classified as tetsudō renrakusen (鉄道連絡船), ferry routes as a part of railway network.