Top Hiroshima Tickets & Passes

This value-packed trip with a nationally/state licensed and experienced multilingual tour guide is a fantastic and efficient way to explore Hiroshima city area or Miyajima island! To start your day, please choose your must-see spots in Hiroshima city area or Miyajima island which you prioritize. Your guide will customize your four-hours private tour in detail according to your interests. Four hours is the perfect amount of time to check out Hiroshima city area or Miyajima island. Note*1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customized itinerary. Note*2: Four hours is NOT enough to visit both of Miyajima and Hiroshima city area. Note*3: Nationally and State Licensed Tour Guide-Interpreter certification is issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.

Meet a Hiroshima local to discover the city through their eyes rather than a sightseeing itinerary. After hearing your wishes via phone or app, your Hiroshima local will craft a private walking tour around your interests or their favorite areas. Cue a walk that brings Hiroshima to life through a local’s perspective: with cultural insight, pointers on sights, transport, and food; and conversations that help immerse you in the city.

This value-packed trip with a nationally/state licensed and experienced multilingual tour guide is a fantastic and efficient way to explore both Hiroshima and Miyajima! To start your day, meet your tour guide at your hotel, then visit famous sites such as Miyajima, Itsukushima Shrine, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Shukkeien Japanese garden, and Hiroshima Castle. Your guide will customize your six-hours private tour in detail according to your interests. Six-hours is the perfect amount of time to check out both Hiroshima and Miyajima island. We strongly suggest visiting both places when you come to this part of Japan. Note*1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customized itinerary. Note*2: Nationally and State Licensed Tour Guide-Interpreter certification is issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.

Discover two of Japan’s most spectacular sights on a captivating tour of Hiroshima and Miyajima’s UNESCO World Heritage-listed sites. Accompanied by a knowledgeable guide, explore the impressive monuments of Miyajima Island, famed for its sacred Itsukushima Jinja Shrine, whose red tori gate appears to be protruding from the sea during high tide. Continue onto the Hiroshima Peace memorial Park, a moving expanse dedicated to promoting peace around the globe. Enjoy a tranquil ferry ride and absorb the natural splendor of the region’s scenery on this enriching excursion.

This is an excellent choice for first-time visitors to Hiroshima. Get your bearings of the city, learn about its history, and discover backstreet areas that only locals know about. You won’t have to worry if you’re not an experienced cyclist, as the route is 90% flat. The tour will help you cover more ground than a walking tour and see many top sights in a day, such as the Peace Park, Gokoku Shrine, Shukkei-en Japanese Garden, and the Memorial Cathedral for World Peace.

If you have a short time in Hiroshima and want to make the most of it, a comprehensive tour is the way to go. Visit Hiroshima’s most iconic sights by private car; don’t waste time waiting or navigating. From Miyajima’s floating vermilion tori gate to the Peace Memorial Park, you will get a thorough picture of this historic city before return to your hotel.

- Let's Get Insights into the History of Hiroshima Our tour guide will take visitors on a tour through the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Here, they will learn the horrors of the atomic bomb as well as how the people of Hiroshima coped with the tragedy. - Past to present, your local guide will show you how life was like after the atomic bomb impact compared to Hiroshima today. Let's go up to the Orizuru Tower's observatory area. You can get almost of the whole view of the Hiroshima city. - Enjoy a spectacular view of Hiroshima while eating lunch and reminisce the past and present of this beautiful city. Have lunch with the guide and also go see the Aogiri tree and the Atomic Bomb Dome, learn more about Japanese life and feel the revival of the city. Magical Trip is a local tour operator with the TripAdvisor certificate of excellence that offers various types of small-group tours throughout Japan! Check out our Trip Advisor Page for more tours and our reviews!

Bicycle around Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and beyond with a guide born and raised in Hiroshima to lead the way. In addition to the Atomic Bomb Dome, you’ll ride to the Cenotaph, Children's Peace Monument, and the Peace Bell at the UNESCO World Heritage site. Numbers are limited to 10 for a small-group experience and you’ll discover things you wouldn’t know only by visiting the Peace Museum.

Get a local's perspective on Hiroshima's surprisingly lively nightlife on this bar-hopping tour. Stroll through the streets with a guide and dip in and out of local "izakayas" and other bars and enjoy drinks and conversation.

Make the most of your time in the Onomichi area on this handy day tour. Visit must-see attractions in Onomichi, such as the ropeway up Mt. Senkoji, and also check out Tomonoura, a destination that film buffs won't want to miss. Get a greater insight into classical Japanese theater with a Noh instruction and performance. An easy way to fit a variety of experiences into a single day.

Daisho-in is the oldest temple of Aki where you will learn to copy Buddhist sutras and experience a homa ritual. While copying sutras, you can enjoy the smell of inks and sense of tranquility. As for the homa ritual, you will watch a huge fire.​ ​ Deeply connected to Japanese history and culture, this fascinating Buddhist practice is a must-have experience when you are in Japan.​ ​ ※English interpreter is available and all participants will be given free English guide books 'Daihonzan Daisho-in Temple of Miyajima Misen'.

Daisho-in is the oldest temple of Aki where you will learn about Zazen meditation and experience Buddha paintings. Through Zazen meditation you can concentrate your mind, drive away evils and find your inner calm and by tracing a picture of Buddha you can express your gratitude and dedication to the God. Escape the everyday and enjoy new experiences. ※We provide English translation. Meaning of Zen Zazen is a seated meditation that is typically the primary practice of the Zen Buddhist tradition. By sitting you can integrate your body and mind and find your inner calm.​ ​ It may be hard to sit straight for a long time and please note that you may be reminded if you do not keep your posture. These warnings are done as an encouragement to ensure successful meditation experience. About shabutsu Shabutsu is an activity of tracing a picture of Buddha. You will copy Buddha images using a writing brush and this challenge is achievable to most.

Ekinishi is best enjoyed by hopping from place to place, having a bite to eat here and a drink or two there… My Travel Buddy’s "Ekinishi Masters” smooth the way when it comes to ordering from difficult-to-read menus, make recommendations and help you get to know shop owners and your fellow customers to help make your Ekinishi night one to remember. Sound like fun? Well, what are you waiting for?