Kyoto

Kyoto Departure - 1 Day Hiroshima & Miyajima Tour

Name: Kyoto Departure - 1 Day Hiroshima & Miyajima Tour
Brand: JTB Global Marketing & Travel Inc.
SKU: 2142KYO_S1_KYOTO
Price: 359.09 USD
Rating: 4.5 (94 reviews)

Kyoto, Japan

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Miyajima Island Tour from Kyoto

12 hours 30 minutes
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Travel round-trip from Kyoto by high-speed bullet train to take in Hiroshima's historic sites, including exhibits about the 1945 atomic bomb that devastated the city. Start your visit on a lighter note, traveling by boat to Miyajima, a famously beautiful island that is home to the revered Itsukushima Shrine. Have lunch there, then return to the city to visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum. Your expert guide shares important details about Hiroshima's heartbreaking history and remarkable recovery throughout this unforgettable tour.

Full-day tour of Hiroshima and Miyajima Island, from Kyoto
See the magnificent Itsukushima Shrine, a UNESCO World Heritage site
Visit the historic remains of the Genbaku Dome
Explore the exhibits at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

What's Included

Professional English-speaking guide
Other admission fees and transportation costs included in the tour
Miyajima visitor tax

Hotel pick-up/drop-off
No Free Wi-Fi access
Gratuities
Drinks

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

JTB SUNRISE TOURS DESK KYOTO
Japan, 601-8003 Kyoto, Minami Ward, Higashikujō Nishisannōchō, ３１ B1F AVANTI
Please come to Sunrise Tours Desk inside Avanti (across from Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit) by 7:30am. The tour departs at 7:40am.

Start time

07:40 AM

End point

Kyoto Station
Higashishiokoji Kamadonocho, Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto, 600-8216, Japan
Return to Kyoto Station around 9:00pm.

What To Expect

Start your day by getting picked up from Sunrise Tours Desk inside Avanti (across from Kyoto Station Hachijo Exit) to Kyoto Station to board the bullet train for the scenic 2-hour ride to Hiroshima Station. As your train zips along, your guide introduces the history of Hiroshima, from ancient times to the devastation of World War II and on up to the present.

When you arrive in Hiroshima, travel to Miyajimaguchi either by train or vehicle, then transfer to a boat that takes you to Miyajima, a revered locale also known as the Sacred Island. It is most famous for the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Itsukushima Shrine and its picturesque torii gate, which appears to float on water at high tide. You may spot tame deer roaming free, adding to the ambiance of the island scenery. After about 45 minutes on the island, have lunch (own expense) then relax on the boat as you cruise back to Hiroshima.

In the afternoon, visit the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site. In the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, your guide leads you through exhibits about the atomic bomb that devastated Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, and the city's remarkable recovery post-World War II.

Take a vehicle or train to your tour's final destination, the Genbaku Dome (aka the Atomic Bomb Dome or Hiroshima Peace Memorial), one of the few buildings that survived the bombing. Nearby, the Children’s Peace Monument is draped with thousands of origami cranes made by children. The Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound contains the ashes of 70,000 bomb victims; many were unidentified or had no surviving relatives to claim their ashes.

When you have finished taking in Hiroshima, board the bullet train again at Hiroshima Station and travel back to Kyoto Station, where your tour ends upon arrival in the evening.

Itsukushima Shrine

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum

1 hour 40 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Atomic Bomb Dome (Pass By)

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received within 48 hours of booking, subject to availability
Wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infants must sit on laps
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
This tour does not include meal charges for lunch. Please eat lunch on your own at Miyajima (not included). Thank you for your understanding.
At reception, please show your reservation confirmation sheet, a printout of the reservation confirmation e-mail, or show the e-mail on your mobile device screen to staff.

If the minimum number of participants (2) is not met by 4 days before the scheduled date, the tour on that date may be canceled.
The order of activities and arrival times may differ depending on road conditions and congestion at destinations.
Depending on the number of tour participants, transportation to be used may be other than a large bus (mid-size bus, small bus), a hired car (van, minivan - Tsubame Kotsu), a taxi, or train on some parts of the tour.
This tour promotes Environment(Eco)-friendly efforts and Cross-cultural Understanding as stated under Sunrise Tours' Sustainable Development Goals. We advocate for responsible travel, and urge one and all to become responsible travelers.
This is a carbon offset product where a portion of the tour booking charge is spent on renewable energy. By converting some CO2 emissions during the tour to green energy, it's possible to contribute to activities protecting the planet's future.
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 40 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.

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Featured review

Edmund_L

Wow! The tour was well organized and tour guide was excellent. Highly recommend this one day tour. We felt safe in the bus. Bus was clean and driver was punctual. Guide kept us in a group at all times. No delays along the way.

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Worth the time and money, must see.

Bryan_E, Apr 2024

This tour is worth the time and money. Very knowledgeable tour guide and very friendly staff. I’m glad I booked it as this was an add on tour.

Very good

Ragesh_R, Apr 2024

It was well planned and coordinated and the guide was good. Should include lunch for vegetarians there was nothing there to eat in Miyajima island

Good

Amarjeet_C, Apr 2024

Hi. Tour was well organised and guide was very knowledgeable and helpful. A little bit more investment in English speaking guides would be much appreciated. Thanks

Great trip well organised and interesting

Cecilia_A, Apr 2024

Great trip Well organised and interesting The locations were beautiful although I would have reduced about 1/2 hour on both stops and come back earlier. A bit tiring

If you have less time pick this tour. Nice one 😊

anuradha_s, Apr 2024

Liked it- Miyajima was the best part of the tour. Well organized especially the receival part in Kyoto.

beautiful day

Richard_L, Mar 2024

Wonderful experience with tour guide Akiko. Very amusing and energetic with a great knowledge and appreciation of the history of Hiroshima.

Hiroshima and Miyajima

Cheryl_V, Mar 2024

A beautiful ferry trip to Miyajima where we met the deer, visited a large Shrine and Temple, plus ate delicious oysters. Onto Hiroshima and the Memorial museum with our knowledgeable guide. A personal experience.

Excellent your highly recommended

anitastipanov, Feb 2024

Excellent tour. Highly recommended it. Marie our tour guide was so knowledgeable and great. Excellent day.

Long day trip but enjoyable

Florencio_D, Nov 2023

We enjoyed this tour. Bullet train ride to Hiroshima and the same going back to Kyoto. We saw nice sites on the island. Also the memorial and in the museum. Hiro is a good guide. Good experience overall.

Good tour, but need “whispers” with so many.

Stephen_B, Nov 2023

Liked everything on the tour, but communication was poor with 38 people aboard. The A bomb site was impressive and the museum very emotional.

Glad to have seen it all and put into perspective.

Lynn_M, Nov 2023

Seeing the preserved building in Hiroshima and the museum. The memorials are very tastefully presented.

Great Tour!

McKenzie_C, Nov 2023

It was a great day visiting both Miyajima Island and Hiroshima. Hiro was an amazing tour guide! She was well informed and able to answer all of our questions. It was a long day getting from Kyoto to Hiroshima and back, but it was well worth the trip and I would recommend this tour to anyone.

Long but interesting Day Trip

Susan_P, Oct 2023

While this was a long day - from departure at 7:30 in the morning at Kyoto Station until return at 9 at night - it did afford the opportunity to see Miyajima with its famous Itsukushima Shrine and wandering deer as well as the historical city of Hiroshima where the horrors of the A-bomb can sadly be witnessed at the museum and respects paid at the memorials. I cannot imagine being in such close proximity and not taking time to do so. However, leave sufficient time to locate the tour facility at Avanti (the elevator to B1 does not work that early in the morning), and read up about historical facts as while the guide we had was quite knowledgeable and English proficient, she was a bit soft spoken making it rather difficult to hear in the larger group of 35 or so on our tour. Also advisable to have a light snack before embarking as there is no food until at least noon, then limited again until arrival back at Hiroshima train station.

Highly NOT recommended!

AMIR_U, Oct 2023

Tour plan includes the transportation from Kyoto/Osaka to Hiroshima and to the Miyajima island and back. Away too much time was spent in the island (incl. a 2-hour free time), while the visit in the memorial park was too short. This was a repeating feedback from visitors over and over again; I approached the organizer ahead of time asking to change the agenda, but was refused by a "we cannot comply with everyone's request" response. The guide seems very knowledgeable, but in most of the time she could be heard only by the very few surrounding her (we were 33 people in the group). No audio devices or speaker was used, as seen by other guides. This is also a repeating lesson learned that got no reply by the operator. we ordered two tickets, but one of us got sick the night before the tour. The operator (JTB Global Marketing & Travel Inc., which is also called Sunrise Tours) refused to refund us for the fees, not even for the bullet train fees that they get back from JR West company (I verified that with the representative of the train company in Kyoto Station). Approached the operator and Viator several times for a partial refund, but got refusal over and over. Bottom line - "The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results" (Albert Einstein). The operator, JTB Global Marketing & Travel Inc., a.k.a. Sunrise Tours, repeats its sloppy plan and execution, so the result is accordingly.

Would Not Recommend

Megan_S, Oct 2023

Unfortunately I would not recommend this tour. The group was very large- around 30 people. We wasted so much time doing head counts and waiting for stragglers. The "crowd control" by the guide could be improved. I had expected some sort of private bus or transfer from Kyoto to Hiroshima, but it was just the standard JR train. That's probably my bad....should have expected that, but it did feel like the transfer experience was lacking. The guide was generally good, but also struggled with English more than I expected. We were told we had a couple hours on the island for food and shopping but in reality had less than an hour after she was done talking about the shrine so we felt very rushed. We hurriedly ate lunch and had no time for shopping. In general, I felt we could have done this trip mich more efficiently on our own, and the benefits of a guided tour did not outweigh the drawbacks.

Incredible tour packed with history

Horacio_F, Sep 2023

Great tour and excellent guides. We got at the meeting point and got all the instructions needed and the guide took us to the train car. Arriving at Hiroshima the guide was already waiting for us. Our guide provided a lot of Japanese history and customs. Really attentive and professional.

Sobering

Rea_B, Sep 2023

Hiroshima peace Park and museum. Beautifully set out. Provided insight into this historical and tragic event.

Amazing

Rekha_K, Aug 2023

Miyajima island & Hiroshima as a whole was an amazing experience! Everything was very well organized

A tour to remember

KamilAli_B, Jul 2023

Natural beauty, lovely boat trip and delicious seafood in Miyajima. A huge history lesson in Hiroshima. I am glad my kids saw this. Well organised trip.

Interesting, but not enough time in Hiroshima

ilana_n, Jul 2023

It was a very interesting tour, but I felt we spent way too much time on miyajima and not nearly enough time in Hiroshima, specifically the Peace Memorial Museum. It would have been nice to have had 30-60 min more, felt very rushed through the museum but had a lot of down time on the beautiful island.

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