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Peace Memorial Park + Sake Tasting Tour

Art, Culture, & Historical
Hiroshima Tour Guide - Hugh C.

Joined 2018

Hugh C.
4.91 / 5
(94 reviews)
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Hiroshima
English (Native), Japanese
7 hours
Private tour (only you and Hugh C.)
Up to 10 people

A comfortable, relaxed tour of the monuments and memorials of Peace Memorial Park learning about the fascinating history of Hiroshima, a flavour-packed lunch=a local teppan grill specialty nor be missed followed by a stroll through one of Japan's three premier Japanese sake brewery districts learning about sake and how it's made and sampling the excellent brews.


Itinerary

This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!

09:00 AM

Meeting Point

Your Hotel, guests arrival point (Hiroshima Station, or cruise ship berth )

09:00 AM

Hotel or Guest's arrival point.

We will head straight to Central Hiroshima stopping first at "ground zero" and continuing nearby to the Atomic Bomb Dome and onward with the guided tour through the park and its monuments to the Peace Memorial Museum, sharing the history and facts working our way towards the Peace Memorial Museum.

11:30 AM

LUNCH / TRANSIT

Lunch options of a Hiroshima specialty, or head straight to the sake town and lunch there over a sake brewer's specialty hot pot. Either or is a scrumptious repast!

In either case, we will enjoy a lovely train ride through the countryside to the sake town before lunch or after according to your lunch preference.

02:00 AM

SAKE TOWN (SAKAGURA)

A relaxed stroll through the Saijo sakagura (brewery district), one of the three major Japanese sake brewery regions in Japan, visiting breweries, learning all about the brewing methods at three of four breweries, along the way, sampling their fine Japanese sake.

04:00 AM

Saijo Station

Concludes the tour experience and then escorted on the train back to Hiroshima

Ending Point

At your hotel in Hiroshima or escort you to your return departure from Hiroshima Station.

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Inclusions & Exclusions

What‘s included

guide fee, the complimentary sake available at applicable breweries + 1 beverages per guest

What‘s not included

lunch

transportation: (you and the guide) fares to and from Saijo (if not travelling on a JR Pass) ¥710 each direction), additional drinks.

Tour Important Information

In both locations strolling a total of approximately 3 km at an easy pace, but comfortable walking shoes are recommended. All drinks and meals are included. I will escort you back to Hiroshima.


Children over may accompany a parent ot guardian but tasting is restricted to guests over eighteen.


Once I send a requested tour offer I hold that date for 36 hours. Please note that I supply tours for several companies and I will close that date to enquiries via other providers for that period; if a booking is not made I reopen my availability. I am contractually obliged to accept bookings made for dates open on a provider site calendar; as such, I cannot guarantee availability until a booking is set. Thanks for your understanding.

Due to Brewery opening hours, not available on weekends. Must be over twenty years of age. not available December 29 - January 3

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
Hiroshima Tour Guide - Hugh C.

Joined 2018

Hugh C.
4.91 / 5
(94 reviews)
Identity Verified
Interview-Based Quality Checks

About Tour Guide Hugh C.

Hi!

Thanks for reviewing my profile.

I am Australian, from Sydney originally but my life with Japan and its culture and history spans 30 odd years and I have been a Hiroshima resident for 18 of those 30 years.

I joined GoWithGuide just recently but be assured I have led many tours in Hiroshima and more widely throughout metropolitan and regional Japan, sharing conversations about the unique society, its fascinating culture and history. I also have written several tourism blogs for inbound tour companies and also the Hiroshima Prefectural Tourism Bureau.

I speak fluent Japanese and I have immersed myself in the experience of living here in modern and traditional culture and spent many years studying martial arts Aikido and Iaido. I also have a strong interest in Buddhist teachings. My Japanese calligraphy work over the years has been received recognition and several awards and commissions both in Japan and elsewhere.

I'm looking forward to spending a great experience sharing the culture and history of Hiroshima with you.


Reviews

Wonderful Day Tour with Hugh

We had a wonderful day tour in Hiroshima with Hugh as our guide. He was very helpful and incredibly knowledgeable, sharing the city’s history and culture with great clarity. What stood out most was the way he explained everything so clearly that even our kids were fully engaged and understood. His patience, warmth, and insight made the experience truly meaningful for our family. Overall, we feel very lucky to have had Hugh as our guide in Hiroshima, and we would highly recommend him to anyone visiting the city.

Naoshima wouldn’t have worked without Hugh

Naoshima is an amazing place. Each member of the family found many things to love. However it took the amazing efforts of our guide Hugh to properly book each location with appropriate timings and routes between. It would have been impossible to do it on our own. Hugh has deep knowledge of the art and Japan. His unique perspective and background as a schoolteacher kept our teens engaged with the experience. I can imagine there are other good guides out there but probably none better than Hugh to make the island really come alive.

Jason O.

Hugh C.

Thanks so much, Jason! It’s a very gratifying review. It was a great pleasure and privilege sharing your day.

Hiroshima tour

Hugh is fabulous as a tour guide in Hiroshima. He picked us up in a car and drove us all around the city. It made things so smooth and easy to get to the sites we wanted to visit. He was incredibly knowledgeable about the city and the events that happen there 80 years ago. We had a great time with him. He took us to a fabulous restaurant. It was so much fun and so delicious. I highly recommend Hugh as a tour guide for Hiroshima. His knowledge of the subject is incredible. He was very detailed in his storytelling and took us to all the important places relating to world War II. We had a great day. He's your guy for Hiroshima.

Tom H.

Hugh C.

Thanks Tom. It was a privilege to share your day.

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