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Half-day Peace park and historical place in Hiroshima city
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Joined 2022
Discover Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Park and landmarks on this half-day tour led by a local guide born in Hiroshima. With family ties to the atomic bombing, the guide shares stories of survival and peace.
Visit the Atomic Bomb Dome and learn about August 6, 1945. This tour highlights Hiroshima’s inspiring recovery and vibrant present while offering a meaningful, family-friendly experience.
Join us to explore Hiroshima’s journey from tragedy to hope.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Hiroshima station, Your hotel
- 1. Hiroshima station(especially if guests will come by bullet train as a day trip from Osaka,kYOTO). 2. Your hotel's lobby
Survived Trees/buildings
See some of the A-Bomb survived tress and buildings to feel that Atomic-Bomb seems destroyed everything, but something survived to feel the power of life and peoples passion, technologies.
You can feel some tangible evidence, intagible stories.
Shirakami-shrine
This Japanese shrine is not only rerigious place, but also some hidden historical part of Hiroshima, some relations why A-Bomb dropped here.
A-Bomb survived building, school museum
See A-Bomb survived building, not only seeing strong building structure, but also local's resilience from the story behind.
Stop and see school museum what locals did how to exchange information, why this building preserved.
Lunch
Lunch stop at local restaurant(if you want to have lunch).
There's Ramen, Sushi, Hiroshima-style Okonomiyaki, Indian curry restaurant and so on.
Some options for Vegetalian, Vegan, few options for Gulten-free who wants.
Peace Park, Aromic-Bomb Dome
See the Atomic-Bomb Dome, ground-zero, some evidence of bomb effect, flame of peace, children's monument, memorial cenotaph
Tour ending
Tour finish at in front of Peace museum(NOT stop museum)
Ending Point
In front of Peace Memorial Museum(Tour NOT include museum)
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
Food, Drink,Transportation, other cost
Approx 2000 jpy
Tour Important Information
This is a walking tour, takes public transportation or taxi from your hotel or Hiroshima station or other place you want to start.
Important message from the supplier
I can guide you on any day of the week, as long as no other tours are scheduled.
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 2022
About Tour Guide Tetsuo (pancho) H.
Hi, I'm Tetsuo.
I'm a certified local licensed English tour guide in Hiroshima, Japan. I was born and bred in Hiroshima and would like to share my lovely hometown to guests from all over the world.
My guiding feature is "flexible tour" that I can handle and follow what guests are interested in / would like to see more to make guests' experience fully memorable.
Looking for a booking from you and see you there!
Reviews
Thomas M.
“A truely warm and welcoming tour of Hiroshima and Miyajima”
Pancho was an amazing guide, taking the time to plan the trip ensuring from when we arrived we could see as much of Hiroshima and Miyajima as possible. His knowledge was amazing, it was such a special experience to see all of the sights and have the history and stories behind each of them. We loved being able to try traditional food on the island of Miyajima. Overall It was a once in a lifetime experience!
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Tetsuo (pancho) H.
Dear Thomas, thank you so much for your kind message! That was also great time to me too having you and your friends, showing around my home town. I'm happy to hear you enjoyed my favorite local comfort dish and shared how I love it, source's hidden stories:-) I really appreciated that you discribed this tour "Once in a lifetime experience!". Thank you again, have a nice trip! Pancho
Donna D.
“Perfect tour guide!”
We had a wonderful time with Pancho! The pace of the tour was perfect with occasional rests while he explained the history of Hiroshima. We made some origami and had a wonderful traditional lunch! I would definitely hire Pancho! (Also, his English was great, no problem understanding anything!)
Tetsuo (pancho) H.
Hi Donna, thank you so much for your wonderful review! I'm glad to hear you enjoyed tour with good pace, even tempreture has little bit calm down. The Origami experience is one of special activity of this half-day tour, so happy to hear it! Thank you for mention about our communication was very easy to understand each others, that boost conversation during tour and I believe we share so many things. Thank you again for your message, Have a nice time in Japan! Pancho
Patrick N.
“Wishing Pancho was our guide everywhere in Japan”
The visit to Hiroshima was powerful and emotionally intense—especially hearing the story firsthand from someone whose family lived through the bombing. It was profound. Pancho planned the day perfectly, allowing time not only to absorb the weight of Hiroshima but also to visit Miyajima Island and its iconic floating torii gate. Afterward, we returned with enough time to walk through the Peace Park and finish at the museum. This sequence matters: the museum is an incredibly heavy experience, so ending the day there feels right. What sets Pancho apart is more than his flawless timing. He’s warm, down-to-earth, and genuinely likeable. His storytelling comes from a balanced, middle perspective, which makes it even more compelling. Pancho turned what was already an important visit into one of the most memorable experiences of our two weeks in Japan. Both he—and this deeply meaningful tour—are not to be missed.
Tetsuo (pancho) H.
Hi Patrick, thank you so much for your wonderful review to the tour! That was a great day, not only for you and your company, but also to me as a guide and local too. I really glad that day was memorable. We enjoyed perfect timing to see the floating torii gate at perfect timing. Visiting Atomic-Bomd Dome, hearing stories are too emotional, some tours provides you only from limited perspectives. However, I really happy/proud to hear we shared middle perspectives stories, feelings which I really pay attention, thank you! On top on that, I was happy to introduce our local comfort food, and "pickey eaters(according to you)" liked it, finished all:-) as an unofficial Hiroshima-style Okonomiyajiki ambassadar. Thank you for joining, that was a memorable day to me too, Have a nice trip! Pancho
$357/ per group
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