What to do and see in Hiroshima Prefecture, Chugoku: The Best Walking Tours

May 21, 2021 Alida England

Hiroshima Prefecture (広島県, Hiroshima-ken) is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Hiroshima. It has a population of around 2.8 million.
Restaurants in Hiroshima Prefecture

1. Private Customized Sightseeing Tour in Hiroshima with a Guide

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In addition to the Peace Memorial Park and Miyajima, there are a lot of places you cannot miss in Hiroshima. Explore Hiroshima with your professional and friendly guide and discover the beauty and history of Hiroshima by visiting fascinating and historic attractions. As a private customized tour, your guide can also tailor the itinerary according to your preference.

Inclusions: Professional English-speaking guide, Transportation fee, Hotel pick-up and drop-off

Exclusions: Foods and drinks, Gratuities

Reviewed By Glenn B

We cancelled the tour in advance and have NEVER been refunded the payment, my advice to anybody is to avoid at all costs this tour

2. Miyajima Cultural Highlights Walking Tour

7-Eleven, 1-chōme-12-3 Miyajimaguchi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0411, Japan Magical Trip
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-Head to the beautiful Miyajima island and Itsukushima shrine- See the famous Torii gates and enter Itsukushima Shrine. Your friendly local guide will you tell you about their background in Miyajima and their cultural signifiance to Japan. -Learn deeper- Explore Daishoin Temple, Momijidani Park and learn about the 5 story pagoda and Senjokaku Hall. Here your friendly local guide will teach you next about Buddhism's role in Japan and this temple's significance to the island. -Get ready to chow down on some local Miyajima delicacies- To finish off your culutral highlights walking tour, your guide will introduce you to some of the local delicacies available such as delicious fresh oysters and fried momiji dumplings among other delicious sweet and savoury treats! 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!

Inclusions: Entrance fee to all shrines and areas, 4.5 hours with a Hiroshima's local guide, Tour photos, 4 food samples of local delicacies

Exclusions: Additional foods and drinks (Avaible for purchase), Ferry fee to Miyajima (360yen ($3) round-trip)

Reviewed By Cornelius L

I had an excellent time with Kiki on the Hiroshima bar hopping tour! We started off with some Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki (much better than Osaka-style) before visiting some cool local places that I never would have found by myself. Kiki is very friendly and talkative and she made sure that I enjoyed every moment of the tour. As an example, Kiki originally planned for us to visit a gin bar for our 3rd stop but once she found out I didn't like gin she immediately made other plans and took me to a fantastic cocktail bar. I would highly recommend doing this tour with Magical Trip if you have a chance to visit Hiroshima!! I hope you're lucky enough to have Kiki as your tour guide! I promise you'll have a great time!!

3. Hiroshima Bar Hopping Food Tour

Tiffany & Co., 6-26 Ebisuchō, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-8548, Japan Magical Trip
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-Start this local food tour with a bang- Our guide will take you a local izakaya that specializes in Okonomiyaki. Quench your thirst with a refreshing Japanese drink as the chef cooks your Okonomiyaki (a Japanese savory pancake) on a flat iron grill at your table! -Go bar hopping in the backstreets of Hiroshima just like a local- Our tour guide will have all their recommendations thought out! Even if you don't know much about Japanese food, don't worry. You'll have amazing foods that you can only taste in Hiroshima! -Taste Sake made in Hiroshima! Try different flavors!- Hiroshima is very famous for its sake breweries. In this tour, you will get to learn all about sake flavors! Try everything with authentic Japanese food. Feel free to ask your guide what good combos are! 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!

Inclusions: 1 drink, an Okonomiyaki Plate (Japanese-style pancake)

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Reviewed By Rei T

I highly recommend the Hiroshima Peace (Heiwa) Walking Tour to anyone who would like to learn about Hiroshima bombing history. The guide, Yuji has much experience and knowledge. He could share the bombing stories of his family and the people in Hiroshima with you. I had a great time especially talking over lunch with Yuji at the top of Orizuru Tower, the last place we visited. It was very much appreciated to answer all my questions that I had been wondering for a long time.

4. Hiroshima / Miyajima Full-day Private Tour with Government Licensed Guide

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This value-packed trip with a nationally/state licensed and experienced multilingual tour guide is a fantastic and efficient way to explore Hiroshima! 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. Our guides will customize your six-hour private tour in detail according to your interests. So if you are interested in learning about one of the most important events in human history, in addition to learning about other aspects of this dynamic city, take an all-day walking tour of Hiroshima accompanied by your private guide. 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.

Inclusions: Licensed Local Guide, Free Photos, Hotel Pick up and Drop-off

Exclusions: Transportation fee (for yourself and your guide), Entrance fee (for yourself), Lunch (for yourself and your guide), Other personal expenses, Private transportation

Reviewed By Cwshaman

The flexibility to chose locations that suited our wants and abilities was great. Hiro San was very quick to put together an itinerary that accommodated a family with a stroller-baby (no monkey park due to long unpacked walking paths). Taking in the beautiful temples and view of the Kyoto from the west was breath taking and the guide was able to explain many things we as new Japanese learners could not read or know through cultural knowledge. Overall a great experience, a wonderful and lively guide, and some great memories.

5. Best of Hiroshima Food Tour

Akushu Cafe, Japan, 〒730-0051 Hiroshima, Naka Ward, Ōtemachi, 1-chōme−2−1 おりづるタワー内 Arigato Japan Food Tours
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Hiroshima is a foodie heaven, where you can find fresh seafood, classic soul food dishes, and warm hospitality. Join this 3-hour food tour to discover the best with us! Beginning near the famous Peace Park, your guide will take you through the streets and shopping arcades of downtown Hiroshima. Try the dishes this city has become famous for across Japan: of course we will try classic Hiroshima-Style Okonomiyaki but with your guide, you will also try local snacks, taste spicy tsukemen that will delight ramen lovers everywhere. Visit a classic “village-inside-a-building” of teppanyaki yumminess AND finish up with a surprising old-meets-new dessert stop. From fanatical sports fans, soul food professionals, wide streets with friendly shop owners, local crafts and a welcoming spirit, this city should be on your MUST SEE list. There are endlessly delicious memories to be made here. Get off the beaten path and explore Hiroshima culture through the food and friendly local atmosphere.

Inclusions: 4 food stops, 2 drinks included, Dessert included, Dining in local restaurants, Shopping time, Local English - speaking guide

Exclusions: Hotel pick up not included (can be arranged for an additional charge), Transportation costs, Gratuity , Additional drinks or food

Reviewed By 411jacquiel

Guide was very knowledgeable and provided lots of insight into the cherry blossoms and their history and tradition

6. Hiroshima one day private walking Tour

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In Hiroshima, there are two world heritages. First one is Miyajima, and another one is Atomic bomb dome. In this tour, we will visit two world heritage sites in one day!! After meetup with our guide at your hotel or train station, you move to Miyajima by local train and ferry. At Itsukushima shrine, you will be impressed by beautiful and calm atmosphere. Of course deer will welcome you there. We also walk along local shopping street and learn Japanese culture. After lunch, we move to Atomic bomb dome and peace memorial park. Then pray for peaceful world. At the end, we plan to visit peace memorial museum and finish Hiroshima one day highlight tour. 【Caution】A big torii gate in Itsukushima Shrine is under construction now.

Inclusions: Professional local guide, Private walking tour, Hotel pickup and drop-off

Exclusions: Entrance fees (Itsukushima shrine; 300 yen, Peace memorial museum 200 yen), Transportation fee (you and guide; about 1,500 yen each), Lunch (you and guide), 【Caution】A big torii gate in Itsukushima Shrine is under construction now.

Reviewed By jlundy82

We had the lovely tour guide Junko to ourselves! She shared great food and answered all our questions (being from U.S. there were many!). Would definitely recommend. We went back to several places she recommended after the tour.

7. Hiroshima Like a Local: Customized Private Tour

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, 1-2 Nakajimachō, Naka Ward, Hiroshima, 730-0811, Japan Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, 1-2 Nakajimachō, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, 730-0811, Japan
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Get to know the city through the eyes of a passionate local. With no set itinerary, you can customize the tour or leave it up to the local for an insightful introduction to the city. Make travel about the people you meet not just the places you see.

Inclusions: Local guide ("Lokafyer", Customized private walking tour

Exclusions: Personal expenses, Tips and gratuities (optional), Optional activity costs, Food and drinks, Transportation to/from attractions (It’s a walking tour, car transportation isn’t included)

8. A Guided Tour around Saijo Sake Brewery Street in Higashi Hiroshima

Higashihiroshimashi Information Centre, 12 Saijohonmachi, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima 739-0011, Japan Attractive JAPAN
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 *OUTLINE  Let's walk along the "Sake Brewery Street," one of the major brewing districts, where the white brewery walls stand in a row for ages! The following is a Guided Model Course of Sake Brewery Street. ※Depending on the season and the day of the week, it may not be possible to look inside the storehouses. ※You may also drop by Higashihiroshima's confectionery shops dealing with sweets that has a motif of Saijo's sake. *Hirata-ya Honpo : Established in 1916. Famous for “Taru-senbei,” sake barrel-shaped cookies. *Sakura-ya : “Taru-monaka," sake barrel-shaped wafer cake filled with sweet bean jam. *HIGHLIGHTS Sake Brewery guided tour at "Saijo" which is called "the three largest Japanese Sake spot" The access is easy, just in front of Saijo station. By drinking and comapring you'll find your favorite Japanese sake. Look around "Sake Brewery Street" at the town which there're many sake breweries. Stop by at the traditional confectionary stores established in 1860's.

Inclusions: Tourist map of Saijo Sake Brewery Street (English Edition), Guide, Local taxes

Exclusions: Souvenirs and items of a personal nature, Bus ticket from Youme Town To Saijo Station (Course ⑤ and, Transportation to/from attractions

Reviewed By liangyuc1911

it was an amazing experience!! with the glass bottles i could use it was so fun and and simple!!!!!!!

9. Witness an Oyster Harvest & Interact with Local Oyster Farmers!

島田水産 第二駐車場(牡蠣小屋客用), 1 Chome-11 Miyajimaguchinishi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima 739-0412, Japan Attractive JAPAN

Calling all oyster lovers! Learn more about this amazing food on our ship! Board our boat and get close to an oyster farming raft. Watch oyster harvesting up close. The view of the large number of oysters cultivated from a ten-meter fishing strand coming out of the sea is truly a magnificent sight! Indulge in the beauty of Itsukushima Shrine from the sea as we approach the great shrine gate. After that, we will return to the Shimada Suisan oyster factory and watch how the oysters are unloaded from the ship. Observe the skilled workers shuck the oysters in a speedy fashion. At the end of the tour, you will enjoy a fisherman-style meal of rice porridge with fresh oysters. (Optional)

Inclusions: Tour fee, Life jacket

Exclusions: Rice porridge with fresh oysters (option)

Reviewed By liangyuc1911

it was an amazing experience!! with the glass bottles i could use it was so fun and and simple!!!!!!!

10. Vegan or Vegetarian Foodies Tour of Hiroshima City

Japan, 〒730-0035 Hiroshima, Naka Ward, Hondōri, 6−11 明治安田生命広島本通ビル Joy Jarman-Walsh (JJWalsh)

As a 30+ year vegetarian and a 10+ year vegan and a 25+ year resident of Japan, the Inbound Ambassador is a perfect guide to how to enjoy life and travel in Hiroshima following a plant-based diet. Founded in '99- keeping up with the latest eateries, events, and products in Hiroshima is my passion. I look forward to sharing my insights with visitors to the city.

Inclusions: How to find vegan and vegetarian options, How vegans and vegetarians should order food, How to find vegan and vegetarian foods at convenience stores and supermarkets

Exclusions: Food & Drink ordered - guests should cover the cost of all of the food and drink ordered

Reviewed By inthebeginning123

over the top. be a bit more realistic presentation would be good. it was exhausting to try and stay up all the time.

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