Full Day Tour Exploring Hiroshima
Joined 2015
A more favorable option, my tour is geared for the more independent-minded travelers. This option lets you customize your one day tour with a variety of activities. Your day in Hiroshima is a blank page, waiting you for writing your own tales.
If you want to extend your way to other prefectures, it may be also planned as you wish. First up, please contact me.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At your hotel or Hiroshima Station
Miyajima (Mt. Misen, Miyajima Shrine, Daishoin Temple...)
MIYAJIMA; the island of Gods...full of historical buildings and beautiful nature, especially the gorgeous Shinto Shrine with Grand Torii gate on the sea is just stunning. UNESCO Site as well. You may grab some local food and snacks to taste at the Omote Sando Shopping Street!
Central Hiroshima (Peace Memorial Park, the atomic bomb dome, the peace museum ....)
In central Hiroshima, you first visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park located in the area that used to be the political and commercial heart of the city, before the bomb. Many monuments you see in the park serve as reminders that peace should not be taken for granted. The A-Bomb Dome, known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, is what remains of the former Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, In Hiroshima you visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park located in the area that used to be the political and commercial heart of the city, before the bomb. Many monuments you see in the park serve as reminders that peace should not be taken for granted. The A-Bomb Dome, known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, is what remains of the former Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, it was one of the few buildings to remain standing when the bomb exploded. A UNESCO World Heritage Site. Would you like to fold paper cranes and donate them to the Children's Peace Memorial?.
Ending Point
At your hotel or Hiroshima Station
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
Guide fee, Hotel pick-up
Transportation fees (you and guide)
Lunch
Entrance fees
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2015
About Tour Guide Mayumi I.
Hi, I'm Mayumi IIDA from Hiroshima. National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter.
I am here to welcome you as your Japanese friend to help you understand Japanese culture, history and everything you want to know more and better. My tour is geared for the more independent-minded travelers. The option lets you customize your tour with a variety of activities. Your day in Hiroshima is a blank page, waiting you for writing your own tales. I am sure that you will encounter a lot of charms and delightful surprises in my hometown Hiroshima. Enjoy local hospitality and food with me !
Reviews
Adam R.
“Great guide and awesome day”
We had an awesome day in Hiroshima. Our guide was outstanding. She knows everything about the area and all the history. Great trip and would highly recommend our guide!!!!! Thank you from the Rudds!!!!!!!
Mayumi I.
Dear Adam. The 80th Peace Memorial Ceremony is being held in Hiroshima today, starting this morning on August 6th. I am grateful to have spent time with you and your family at the Peace Park, where the sound of cicadas echoes through the dense camphor wood grove. Peace be with you and all. Mayumi
Gaston R.
“Great Guide that speaks very good english”
She is great, She really kniws the hiroshima facts. she speaks perfect English, something not so common in Japan. Highly recommended.
Mayumi I.
Dear Gaston. Thank you very much for coming to Hiroshima this time. As you saw, Hiroshima is currently busy preparing for the Peace Memorial Ceremony on August 6, the 80th anniversary of the atomic bombing. Let us learn important lessons from the tragic history of the past in the world and pray together for world peace. All the best. Mayumi
Sarah B.
“Highly recommend Mayumi for an amazing tour of central Hiroshima”
Mayumi is friendly, knowledgeable, and made us feel very welcome throughout the tour. She was very flexible with our schedule which really helped me plan without stress. What really stood out to us was how she took us to places we never would have discovered on our own, sharing interesting stories and local insights along the way. Highly recommended for anyone wanting a deeper, more personal experience! We would highly recommend
Mayumi I.
Dear Sarah Thanks a million for your excellent review and top rating. I am very grateful to have met you and you family. You have a wonderful daughter. Please enjoy the quality family time and the rest of your stay in Japan as well. In gratitude. Mayumi
$325/ per group
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First up, I bring you to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. Hiroshima is well known as the first atomic bombed city in the world history. You walk and drop by at many spots built to commemorate the victims and learn more at the Peace Memorial Museum. After that study tour, we roam around Central area and finally arrive at Okonomiyaki restaurant for early supper. Okonomiyaki is Hiroshima's soul food; a savory pancake filled with chopped vegetables, meat, sea food, noodle, egg... Just give it a try.
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Rabbit Island
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Saijo....Sake Town
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