This private Hiroshima itinerary is ideal for guests who want to understand the city’s history and its message of peace.

Your tour could begin at the Atomic Bomb Dome, preserved as a symbol of the city’s past. Your guide will provide careful, respectful context for what you’re seeing.

From there, continue into the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, walking past its monuments and memorials.

The experience can then continue into the Peace Memorial Museum, if you’d like a deeper look at the events and their aftermath. Your guide can help you navigate the museum and its exhibits.

For a longer tour, your guide can slow the pace through the park, or add time in the museum depending on your interest.

This route suits guests who’d rather spend the day on Miyajima’s island scenery than in the city centre.

Your tour could begin with a scenic ferry ride to Miyajima, one of Japan’s most photographed destinations.

From there, continue to Itsukushima Shrine, known for its “floating” torii gate, and the shrine buildings that appear to rise from the sea at high tide.

The experience can then continue along Omotesando shopping street, where you can try local specialties like momiji manju and watch for the island’s free-roaming deer.

For a longer tour, your guide can add the ropeway up Mount Misen, for panoramic views over the Seto Inland Sea.

This itinerary is suited to guests who’d like to see Hiroshima beyond its main historical sights.

Your tour could begin with Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki at a local restaurant, a good introduction to the city’s signature dish.

From there, continue through Hondori Shopping Street, Hiroshima’s main covered arcade.

The experience can then continue to Hiroshima Castle, and into quieter neighbourhoods and cafés nearby.

For a longer tour, this route is easy to extend with more time in the castle grounds or a further neighbourhood, depending on your interests.

Hiroshima and Miyajima cover more ground than a single city, so a good private tour usually focuses on either the city centre’s history sites or a Miyajima day trip, rather than trying to combine both in five hours.

Most guests comfortably cover the Peace Memorial Park and Museum, or a Miyajima route with the shrine and shopping street, with time to actually take things in rather than rushing the ferry crossing.

The exact pace depends on ferry timings, how much walking you’d like to do, and any food stops along the way.

If you’d like to combine both the city and Miyajima, a longer tour can be arranged on request.

After booking, tell us what you’re most interested in: the Peace Memorial Park and Museum, a day trip to Miyajima, or a more local, food-focused day in the city.

Let us know if there’s somewhere you’ve already been, any dietary or mobility needs, and whether you’d prefer to keep to famous landmarks or explore more local corners. We’ll use this to build a route around your interests and pace, and your guide can adjust things on the day where practical.

Useful information includes:

• Places you definitely want to visit
• Places you have already seen
• Food, history, culture, fashion or pop-culture interests
• Dietary requirements
• Mobility considerations
• Whether you prefer famous attractions or quieter neighbourhoods
• Your preferred walking pace
• Plans you have before or after the tour

On the day, the itinerary remains flexible, and your guide can adjust the pace when practical during the tour.

This private Hiroshima tour is suitable for first-time visitors, returning travellers, couples, families, solo travellers and small private groups.

As the experience is customised, it can be adapted for guests who want an active sightseeing day as well as those who prefer a more relaxed introduction to the city.

If someone in your group has mobility, dietary or accessibility requirements, please let us know before booking so we can recommend an appropriate itinerary.

Your guide will meet you at your accommodation, or at a convenient meeting point depending on where you’re staying. From there, you’ll get around Hiroshima on foot, by public transport, and by ferry if your day includes Miyajima.

Transport and ferry fares, meals, drinks, and any entrance fees are not included, so you can decide which paid extras suit your day.

A private tour means you’re not tied to a fixed itinerary, and a custom tour means we tailor the day to you and your group, specifically.

Focus on the history, scenery or food that matters most to you, discover quieter spots a guidebook might miss, and get first-hand stories and context from a local guide along the way.

Tell us your preferred date and what you’d love to see, and we’ll build a Hiroshima day designed around you.