Hiroshima Peace Park Private Walk with Local Guide Pancho

5.0(35)4 hoursEnglishBook 1 day aheadHiroshima, Japan

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$200

I'm Pancho (Tetsuo Hamano), a 5.0-rated licensed English-speaking guide born and raised in Hiroshima. This private half-day walk (about 4 hours) covers Peace Memorial Park, the Atomic Bomb Dome, the hypocenter area, and nearby city sites most visitors miss. I'm a second-generation A-bomb survivor. If you ask, I share how my father and grandparents survived 1945 as ordinary life afterward—not a horror lecture. We talk as we walk: peace history when it matters, plus modern Hiroshima, Japanese culture, and food. I adapt the pace and itinerary to you, including vegan and gluten-free (GF) options. Your questions steer the day. Families welcome. Ask about daily Japan too.

Peace Museum: I do not guide inside. You may visit privately after we cover the park monuments in conversation.

Walking tour by public transport or taxi from Hiroshima Station or your hotel. Optional lunch (extra). Skip a lecture-only day. Just you and me—your private group.

Included

Guide fee

Not included

Gratuities
Any food and drink is excluded.
This tour based on taking public transportation/taxi from your hotel or Hiroshima station if you'll come by bullet train. Private transportation is an Optional(additional cost will be charged).
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
Max: Taxi, approx 1800-2000 per taxi. If you're near downtown Hiroshima city to tour starting point(at ANA CROWNE PLAZA HOTEL). Min: 240 jpy,If we'll take streetcar or bus.

What you'll do

Hiroshima Station
2-37 Matsubaracho, Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
This tour has 3options to meetup with guide. 1. Bullet train platform in Hiroshima station: If the guest will come Hiroshima by bullet train from other city like OSAKA, KYOTO and TOKYO. 2. Reception at your hotel in Hiroshima: If you already stayed Hiroshima, let's meetup your hotel reception if it's convenient. 3. Other place, such as Peace park: We can text in advance where to meet, we can meet after your morning explore has done before this tour starts.
20 minAdmission not included
Shirakami　Shrine
7-24 Nakamachi Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
1. Stop a Japanese shrine which looks similar as other Shinto-shrine, but has unique background, story why Hiroshima become a A-Bomb traget. 2. See survived trees from A-Bomb, which shows regilience of plant's live, why they're survived in a short distance. 3. See school museum which shows how survived people communicate each other to find their family, friends and who loves. 4. Stop at National bank of Japan, survived building that still standing now. 5. Walking through the shopping street to Hypocenter(Ground Zero)
1 hourAdmission not included
Hypocenter monument
1 Chome-5-25 Otemachi, Hiroshima, Japan
The hypocenter of the atomic bomb (ground level). Stop the hypocenter and picture after the bomb. See the picture of the monument.
10 min
Saiko-ji Temple
1-6-18 Otemachi Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Stop at the Japanese temple to see how the heat and blast was huge when the Bomb exploded. See some of the evidence of what happened.
10 min
Atomic Bomb Dome
1-10 Otemachi Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Atomic-Bomb Dome. Stop and see the Atomic Bomb Dome which was used for the first time in history and a reminder of what happened here.
20 min
Peace Flame
1-2 Nakajimacho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan
Stop at Flame of Peace. Take a look at Flame of Peace, which has a special meaning why keep the flame burning?
5 min
Hiroshima
Hiroshima, Japan
Lunch at near Peace Memorial Park. Okonomi-yaki (Hiroshima style), Ramen, and Sushi due to guest request. The guide will introduce you to local restaurants. Some options for vegetarian/vegan/gluten-free guests.
50 min
Rest House of Hiroshima Peace Park
1-1 Nakajimacho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
Take a rest at a rest house or see a small museum/ origami experience. This building is one of the surviving buildings from A-Bomb, now this building is not only used for tourist information but small museum of survivors in the basement.
15 min
Children's Peace Monument
Nakajimacho, Naka-Ku, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, Hiroshima, Japan
Stop at the Children's monument. Stop and see one girl's story who tries to fold a paper crane hoping to recover from leukemia based on Japanese belief.
10 min
Hiroshima Peace City Monument Cenotaph for the Atomic Bomb Victims
1 Nakajima-cho Naka-ku, Hiroshima, Japan
See the peace memorial cenotaph. The guide shares its history, the reason for its shape, and its meaning. Guest will find its design concept.
10 min