Hiroshima Private Tours & Local Tour Guides

“Miyajima was beautiful, Hiroshima painful and the peace Park - full of Hope and Love ”

Mayumi received us at the station. She made us feel comfortable right away. Extremely helpful, her knowledge of Miyajima, Hiroshima’s history and Peace Park was a great help in understanding the situation. We enjoyed her company. She came all the way and dropped us back at the station. Thank you Mayumi for a wonderful insight into Japan.

“Unforgettable experience! Worth the trip!”

My family only spent a week in Japan so we had to be very picky about how we spent our time. My parents are originally from a small village in Mexico, so a bucket list item for them was to visit a rice paddy and a Japanese village. I was initially nervous about dedicating a whole day of our trip to visiting a village but now I wouldn’t trade it for the world. Naomi is an incredible, warm and welcoming guide. Her English is also quite good. She welcomed me and my family to spend a day with her and her family. Her community was about an hour drive away from our hotel in Hiroshima. We had a fantastic time seeing the sights in her mountainside community and visiting the Ini Tanada rice terrace. It was February and we knew the paddies wouldn’t be full of greenery but seeing the cool terraces was still worth it. I especially recommend the terraces if you are coming in late spring/summer when the rice has been planted. Even in February, we got to see beautiful plum blossoms and other natural wonders. We also can’t stop talking about the incredible food that we got to make alongside Naomi and the 80 year old matriarch of her family. It was some of the best food we has in Japan - there is nothing like a home cooked meal. We got to try onigiri made with rice from the farm, fresh baked bread made with rice flour and other incredible local items. At the end of the end of the tour, Naomi also took us to a local sake shop where we bought some very tasty local sake to take home. I can’t recommend this tour enough for anyone looking for an authentic taste of culture. I only hope future visitors treat this family with the warmth and humility they shared with us.

“Hiroshima with Rika”

This was our first time to use Go with Guide service. We had the most wonderful day with Rika and I would absolutely recommend her as your guide. Her warmth, spontaneity, kindness and great knowledge makes her a fabulous guide, able to share with her group in a most empathetic way. She was so attentive to all our needs and requests and has surely left us with wonderful Memories of Hiroshima. Thank you so much Rika - you gave us so much more than a historical tour.

Rika F.

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Thank you so much for your beautiful message. It truly means a lot to me. Spending the day with you all was such a joy for me as well. I felt a wonderful connection with all of you, and I really enjoyed sharing the history and spirit of Hiroshima together. Hearing that the tour gave you more than just historical information makes me especially happy. For me, guiding is about sharing stories, feelings, and human connections, and I’m grateful we could experience that together. Thank you again for your kindness. I sincerely hope our paths cross again someday. Rika