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Hiroshima cultural excursion
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Joined 2018
With this tour, you can visit two traditional and latest cultural highlights
In the morning, you can visit Miyajima island to see the big Torii gate and Itsukushima shrine with some historical buildings. You will enjoy the relaxing atmosphere with the beautiful scenery and nature.
You can also visit Shimose museum in the afternoon. The museum is designed by renowned architect Shigeru Ban and facing the Seto Inland Sea, the Museum here has been named the “world's most beautiful museum” by UNESCO.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
At the station or your hotel in Hiroshima
- At the main ticket gate of Hiroshima station or your hotel lobby
Miyajima Island
Miyajima is thought to be the island where God lives. It is said that Itsukushima Shrine is built on the coast because the entire island is considered the body of God and is sanctified. Itsukushima Shrine was built at the end of the 6th century. The landscape combined with the vermilion lacquered shrine building, the green virgin forest at the back, and the blue sea duly symbolizes the Japanese sense of beauty. The beauty of the landscapes continues to attract visitors.
You can visit the Torii gate, shrine and other traditional buildings.
Wild deer live on the island as the messengers of the god welcome you.
Okonomiyaki for lunch
Okonomiyaki is a layered pancake, Hiroshima’s soul food.
It has several layered with egg, noodles, pork and some vegetables.
If you are here, you cannot miss it!
However, you can have other options as you request.
Shimose Art Museum
(Closed on Mondays)
The Simose Art Museum is a newly opened (March 2023) art museum in Otake City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan, designed by architect Shigeru Ban, featuring a collection of approximately 500 artworks and artifacts assembled by Yumiko Shimose and her family over half a century.
Ending Point
At the station or anywhere you request in Hiroshima
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 and tour coordination
Any entrance fee (2300 yen per person) for guests and guide.
Any transportation (about 2500 yen per person) during the tour for guests and guide. If we take a taxi, it costs more.
If you have JR train pass, all train fee and ferry fee will be covered.
Lunch (about 1500 yen per person) for guests and guide.
Any shopping during the tour.
Tour Important Information
This tour involves a lot of walking but I can adjust the pace and distance since this is a private tour.
The museum is closed on Mondays.
Important message from the supplier
I am usually available from 9:00until 5pm.
I also prefer a month advanced booking your request date since I have another job and need to arrange.
I am sorry but I am available from 9:00am until 3pm on Thursday for a while. I appreciate your understanding and look forward to your request.
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 2018
About Tour Guide Kazumi M.
Hi everyone.
I'm Kazumi. I am a qualified tour guide.I have been guiding Hiroshima since 2010.
Through guiding Hiroshima, I can give my guests my knowledge of this area and Japanese culture. At the same time, I can learn their understanding of Japan and the differences between our culture and theirs, which is very interesting. I also believe that meeting with local people is the best way to know the area. I was born and grew up in Hiroshima. I am very happy to give you wonderful time and memories in Hiroshima. I am really looking forward to hearing from you.
Reviews
Tim M.
“Fantastic tour with Kazumi”
We had a wonderful customised tour with Kazumi. As a group of 7 with kids under 10 and adults she was very kind, friendly and easy to talk to. She customised a tour for us that was perfect to see the sights of Hiroshima as well as Miyajima Island. Our kids warmed to her quickly and we all enjoyed her historical knowledge and she answered all of our many questions about Hiroshima and Japanese culture. Thank you Kazumi for a great day!!
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Kazumi M.
Thank you for your great review, Tim. It was very nice to meeting with you all. You are all friendly including boys. They are so cute. I really understand traveling with kids sometime hard but I am sure you all have a wonderful time in Japan. Please send my best regards to your wife and friends. Thank you again Kazumi
Patrick B.
“Fantastic day in Hiroshima with Kazumi”
Kazumi was a fantastic guide. We had a lovely time with her. She was flexible and accommodating in terms of what we wanted to see and do. She was very easy to chat with and very knowledgeable about the past history, the events leading up to the bombing, and subsequent rebuilding of the city. She had many stories to tell of the inpact at an individual level - even how it affected her grandparents. We spent the morning at the museum, Peace Park and the Atonic Dome; then went by ferry across to Miyajima Island where she showed us around the shrine and temple . It was exactly what we wanted, very personal, and Kazumi was great with communication and arrangements leading up to the day. I highly recommend her.
Kazumi M.
Thank you for your wonderful review. It was so pleasure to meet you all here. Thank you for choosing me as your guide and you were all nice and I appreciated that you shared your stories with me. I hope you are having a good time in the islands now. Good luck with your bike tours. Please send my best regards to your family. Thank you Kazumi
Alana G.
“Amazing experience!!”
Kazumi is truly a wonderful tour guide. My partner and I did a full day tour with her around the Peace Park and Miyajima and thoroughly enjoyed her insights into the attitudes of people living in Hiroshima, during and following the war, and also loved all of the information about religion in Japan that we would never have known if not for this tour!! This tour is great if you want to take your hands off the wheel for a day, and allow Kazumi to show you the sights, stress free. We also found this to be a great option for us as we only had one day in Hiroshima, and this allowed us to get everything done! We highly recommend this tour, and Kazumi’s wonderful guidance and recommendations.
Kazumi M.
Thank you for your great review, Alana. I am glad to hear that you enjoyed my tour. It was a nice day so we could enjoyed walking around Hiroshima and Miyajima island. I think you were the youngest guest and I really appreciated you chose Hiroshima and my tour. Thank you again and hope you have a wonderful future. Kazumi
$154/ per group
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