Hiroshima Private Tours & Local Tour Guides

“Terrific Hiroshima Area Guide!”

Wow, what a wonderful day on the World Heritage Site Miyajima Island with our guide, Kahori! Kahori met us at our cruise ship berth in Hiroshima and immediately whisked us to Miyajima Island via a short and very scenic ferry ride. She timed our arrival on Miyajima to coincide with the morning high tide so we could witness the world-famous Itsukushima Shrine's "floating" torii (gateway). Later, during low tide, Kahori escorted us onto the sand to view this famous Shinto torii up close. What a beautiful awe-inspiring sight! We spent the entire day with Kahori on Miyajima, and she escorted us to and explained the historical background and significance of each sight on this beautiful and historic Japanese island. In addition to the Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, these include the famous Daisho-in Buddhist Temple where Kahori showed us a "secret" underground passage used in Buddhist training exercise. It was a bit "spooky, " but very fun and extremely enlightening! The many "jizo" bodhisattva in the temple grounds were both extraordinarily cute and very peaceful. We later took a beautiful nature walk on Mount Miso where we observed numerous camphor, Japanese cherry trees (the famous blooming sakura), and lovely Japanese maple trees which turn a beautiful golden red in autumn. For lunch, Kahori introduced us to one of Miyajima's famous oyster restaurants, where we lunched on world-famous Hiroshima Bay oysters on the half-shell with some local tea and sake. Delicious! After lunch, Kahori escorted us to the Itsukushima Shrine's museum, which has centuries' worth of items gifted to this famous shrine. Some of my favorite exhibits include samurai weapons and armor-- including some fabulously-ornamented helmets--along with many beautiful gilded calligraphic manuscripts. If you are seeking a kind, intelligent, knowledgeable, and very well organized guide who is a Hiroshima native and knows this region, its history, and people well, I highly recommend Kahori-san!

“An amazing day”

My family and I spent the day with Kazumi exploring the main sites of Hiroshima and had the most amazing time. Kazumi was informative and it was so lovely to hear about her experiences living in the city, her life and growing up in Japan. She also shared more context and stories about the places we visited that we never would have known about otherwise, it adds so much more to the day. Lunch was one of our favorite meals of the whole trip, and I would really recommend anyone going to Hiroshima book this tour!

“Hiroshima and Miyajima trip”

Nice trip with explanation of history