Embark on a guided tour of Hiroshima and visit the city's most important landmarks. Learn about the city's history and the events of World War II as you visit the Hiroshima Castle Ruins, the Atomic Bomb Dome, and the Peace Memorial Museum.

Meet your guide at Hiroshima Station and head to the bus stop to depart for Mitaki-dera. Listen to your guide as they provide some brief information about the city and the temple as you make your way to your first destination.

Once you arrive at Mitaki-dera, your guide will lead you on a walk around the temple grounds.

Learn about the temple's history and the different Buddhist statues and structures within. Then, make your way back on a bus to Hiroshima’s city center. Your guide will direct you to get off at a stop near Hondori Shopping Street, where you will have free time to grab lunch and explore the goods this city has to offer.

After lunch, reconvene at a designated meeting spot and begin making your way to the next location, Shukkei-en Garden. Learn about the construction of Shukkei-en during the Edo period, its concept as a “miniaturized landscape,” and its different restorations in the past 400 years. After finishing the tour of the garden, walk to the Hiroshima Castle Ruins.

Your guide will take you to the main locations within the ruins and explain their history, purpose, and significance. These locations include the Castle Tower, Ninomaru enclosure, and Hiroshima Gokoku Shrine.

Next, visit the Atomic Bomb Dome located within the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. As you walk to this next location, your guide will provide historical context about World War II and the events leading up to the bombing.

Stop at the Children’s Peace Monument and learn about the story of Sadako Sasaki and the other children who perished as a result of the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima.

Have the opportunity to make an offering of an orizuru (paper crane) at the monument. Your guide will teach you how to fold a paper crane while explaining the meaning and symbolism of this origami design.

Next, visit the Cenotaph for the Victims of the Atomic Bomb, in which lies a registry of the names of all of those who perished as a consequence of the bombing. By standing in front of this monument, you can observe the “Flame of Peace” and the Atomic Bomb Dome in perfect alignment.

Choose to approach the cenotaph and offer a prayer for the victims of the bombing, or to reflect on the impact of such a tragic event. Your last stop of the tour will be the Peace Memorial Museum. Within, observe the personal belongings left behind by the victims of the atomic bombing.

From here, there will be an option to finalize the tour in front of the museum or at Hiroshima Station. If you wish to return to Hiroshima Station, your guide will take you there via a Hiroshima public transit bus. Feel free to ask the guide for dinner recommendations or instructions back to your hotel.