This tour covers Itsukushima shrine and the Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima. Itsukushima shrine is famous for the vermilion painted buildings connected by the corridors and the vermilion colored Torii gate which appear as if floating on the sea at high tides. The Atomic bomb Dome is the only building that survived from the first atomic bombing in history. Both are registered as World Heritage.
At your hotel in Kobe
Hiroshima has 2 World Heritage sites: the Atomic Bomb Dome and Itsukushima Shrine in Miyajima.
This tour covers Itsukushima shrine and Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum & Park including Atomic Bomb Dome.
Miyajima island itself has a sacred atmosphere which used to be secluded places for the ascetic training of Buddhist priests in old days.
When you are crossing by ferry, the grand vermilion shrine gate soon come into view. The shrine is built over the water. When the tide is high, it looks as if the shrine were floating. The shrine is also a brilliant vermilion and it creates a sharp contrast against the wooded hills in the background and the blue sky above. Miyajima Island (535meter altitude) has been considered as the object of religious faith from ancient time. Mt.Misen vewing from a ferry has several ridges and valleys and have people felt holy and the shape of lying posture of Buddha.
After entering a first Torri, you can find a lot of deer welcoming you. Then, through Omotesandou in Miyajima Island, you can reach Itsukushima-shrine.
Itsukushima shrine is famous for the vermilion painted buildings connected by the corridors and the vermilion colored Torii gate. This elegant palace style architecture standing in perfect harmony with its natural surroundings including such as lush greenery and autumn foliage were registered as the UNESCO WorldCultual Heritage in 1996.
In this Omotesando area, you can purchase various kinds of souvenirs and the most local consumed foods such as Oyster and Okonomiyaki (a thin flat cake of unsweetened batter fried with various ingredients).
In Hiroshima memorial Park at the epicenter of the explosion, you can find war memorial museum and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
This museum features a wide variety of exhibits such as belongings left by victims and photos that portray nuclear holocaust. This museum reminds us of the horrendous tragedy that humanity should never repeat. The ruins of Industrial Promotion Hall have been preserved, just as when it was bombed. It is popularly called the Atomic Bomb Dome and In 1996 the dome was registered as a World cultural heritage site.
1) The atomic Bomb dome standing with the figure same as it was bombd, 2) Hiroshima Peace Memorial museum as Exhibits of materials related with the Atomic Bomb into Hiroshima, 3) Memorial cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims to mourn the Atomic Bomb victims, 4) Hiroshima National Peace Memorial Hall for the Atomic Bomb Victims, 5) Hiroshima Peace Bell whose sound is registered as one of the scene of sound in Japan Best 100, 6) Children’s Peace Monument which was built to console the child spirits who died by the Atomic Bomb, 7) Peace Flame which has been put on light since 1964 to hope abolition of nuclear weapons and it will continue to be put on until the weapons disappear in the world.
At your hotel in Kobe
Guide fee,
Pick-up fee at your staying hotel in Kobe,
Transportation fee during this tour for you and a guide in case you move from hotel in Kobe to Hiroshima & Miyajima (both way): JPY22000/ adult,
Entrance fee for you: Itsukushima shrine & Hiroshima Peace Memorial museum: JPY500/ adult,
Lunch fee,
1) For fairly long walking of sight seeing, please put on the shoes to walk with ease.
2) Please prepare the cash to spend any train riding, lunch and sourvenir.
3) I prepared the blog of Hiroshima which shows various tour spots with detail photos and detail explanation each shown as below.
Blog title of Hiroshima: Itsukushima Shrine Introduction of World Culture Heritage as the history and architecture Importance
I am now focusing tour guide area for East Japan area such as Tokyo, Yokohama, Hakone, Kamakura, Mt.Fuji, Nikko, Gunma, Saitama and Kanazawa.
However, I can support you for one day trip of Kyoto, Osaka, Kobe, Nara and Himeji from Tokyo.
Alev O.
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Olman M.
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Kashima H.
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Ee lin K.
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Kashima H.
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