Hiroshima City 4hr Private Walking Tour with Licensed Guide
Overview
Once your reservation is made, a guide will be in touch to plan out the times and details of your private tour. We are looking forward to sharing with you the history of Hiroshima on our tour!
Inclusions
- Licensed Local English Speaking Guide
- The pick up/drop off for this tour is on foot.
What to expect
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Stop At: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, 1-2 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0811 Hiroshima Prefecture
Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park (平和記念公園, Heiwa Kinen Kōen) is one of the most prominent features of the city. Even visitors not looking for it will likely stumble upon the large park of over 120, 000 square meters. Its trees, lawns, and walking paths are in stark contrast to the surrounding downtown area.
Before the bomb, the area of what is now the Peace Park was the political and commercial heart of the city. For this reason, it was chosen as the pilot's target. Four years to the day after the bomb was dropped, it was decided that the area would not be redeveloped but instead devoted to peace memorial facilities.
Admission Fee: ¥200
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Hiroshima Castle, 21-1 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima 730-0011 Hiroshima Prefecture
Hiroshima Castle (広島城, Hiroshimajō), also called the Carp Castle, is a good example of a castle built on a plain in the center of a city as opposed to hilltop and mountaintop castles. Its main keep is five stories tall, and its grounds are surrounded by a moat. Also within the castle's precincts are a shrine, some ruins and a few reconstructed buildings of the Ninomaru (second circle of defense).
Hiroshima developed as a castle town, whereby the castle was both the physical and economical center of the city. Built in 1589 by the powerful feudal lord Mori Terumoto, Hiroshima Castle was an important seat of power in Western Japan. While it was spared the demolishment that many other castles met during the Meiji Restoration, like the rest of the city, Hiroshima Castle was destroyed by the atomic bomb in 1945.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: Shukkei-en Garden, 2-11 Kaminobori-cho, Hiroshima Hiroshima Prefecture
Shukkeien is a Japanese garden in Hiroshima, designated as one of Japan’s Top 100 Historical Parks and a National Scenic Spot. This article introduces the highlights of the garden, access information, and other tips to enjoy it.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Additional information
- Service animals allowed
- Near public transportation
- Stroller accessible
- Surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Transportation is wheelchair accessible
- Most travelers can participate
- Wheelchair accessible
- Tour dates can be changed up to 2 days before the tour. Any tour date change may result in a change of tour guide or tour unavailability.
- Pick up & Drop Off is on foot
- This is a walking/public transport tour.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
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Our guide, Sei, was wonderful in all regards. He even came to the train station to greet us and assist in securing luggage storage. His in depth knowledge of the area, personal life experiences and reverence for peace were so impressionable upon us. We had the best tour of our whole trip.
Our guide, Sei, was wonderful in all regards. He even came to the train station to greet us and assist in securing luggage storage. His in depth knowledge of the area, personal life experiences and reverence for peace were so impressionable upon us. We had the best tour of our whole trip.We was lucky to have Yuko as our guide. Very professional and knowledgeable. Very helpful with our unexpected situation with room we suppose to stay. Very good tour of Hiroshima. Highly recommend .
We was lucky to have Yuko as our guide. Very professional and knowledgeable. Very helpful with our unexpected situation with room we suppose to stay. Very good tour of Hiroshima. Highly recommend .It was great to see such a beautiful historical city with Noriko. She made the experience whole lot great by explaining things and putting things with perspective. Japanese lunch experience was amazing. Thank you Noriko your friendly approach. Kids loved it, thank you for your knowledge.
It was great to see such a beautiful historical city with Noriko. She made the experience whole lot great by explaining things and putting things with perspective. Japanese lunch experience was amazing. Thank you Noriko your friendly approach. Kids loved it, thank you for your knowledge.Our visit to the atomic dome and peace memorial museum were powerful advocates for world piece…thought provolking.
Our visit to the atomic dome and peace memorial museum were powerful advocates for world piece…thought provolking.Our tour guide Naomi was amazing and made an effort to show us all the historically important sites whilst also making an effort to get to know us and make the trip fun. She went above and beyond by offering help in food places and other activities even after the tour was complete, I would highly...
Our tour guide Naomi was amazing and made an effort to show us all the historically important sites whilst also making an effort to get to know us and make the trip fun. She went above and beyond by offering help in food places and other activities even after the tour was complete, I would highly recommend her to anyone else!A+ Tour. He was fantastic! Great pace and great information. I definitely got more out of my visit then had I done self guided. He took us places I never would have known about. The 4 hours flew by.
A+ Tour. He was fantastic! Great pace and great information. I definitely got more out of my visit then had I done self guided. He took us places I never would have known about. The 4 hours flew by.