Hiroshima · Day Tour
Four hours, a garden from 1620 and the ground where the city ended and began again.
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¥8,000 per person
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A four-hour guided walking tour of Hiroshima in English. It begins at Shukkei-en, a garden laid out in 1620, then continues through the Peace Memorial Park to the Atomic Bomb Dome and the National Peace Memorial Hall, finishing outside the museum so you can take it at your own pace.
The tour opens at Shukkei-en rather than at the park, and the order matters. The garden dates from 1620 and gives your guide the ground to explain what Hiroshima was — a castle town, a port, a city with three centuries of history — before explaining what happened to it. Admission is included.
The building now called the Atomic Bomb Dome was the prefectural industrial promotion hall, and it stood almost directly beneath the detonation, which is why the frame survived when everything around it did not. It was kept, after long debate, exactly as it was left. Your guide walks you through the park and the memorials, including the one to the children.
The National Peace Memorial Hall holds the names, photographs and written accounts of those who died. It is quiet, underground and organised around individuals rather than numbers. It is the quietest part of the tour, and the one that deals in individuals rather than numbers.
The tour ends outside the Peace Memorial Museum. Your guide gives you the orientation — what is in which section, what to expect — and then leaves you to go through it at your own pace. There is no right length of time for that, and it should not be spent on a schedule.
Meet your guide at the station.
The garden, and the city before 1945.
The Atomic Bomb Dome and the memorials.
Individual accounts from 1945.
An orientation, then the museum at your own pace.
Hiroshima Station, Minami Ward. Your guide will contact you on WhatsApp beforehand.
Your English-speaking guide for the four hours and admission to Shukkei-en. Museum admission, transport and food are paid on the day.
It finishes outside it. Your guide orients you first, then you go through at your own pace, which is the better way to do it.
No, it is a small group tour. Book the private Hiroshima and Miyajima tour if you want the day built around you.
Parts of the subject are hard. Tell us the ages when you book and your guide will judge how to handle it.
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start time. Bookings are confirmed instantly.
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