Top Hiroshima Water Tours

This value-packed trip with a nationally/state licensed and experienced multilingual tour guide is a fantastic and efficient way to explore Hiroshima city area or Miyajima island! To start your day, please choose your must-see spots in Hiroshima city area or Miyajima island which you prioritize. Your guide will customize your four-hours private tour in detail according to your interests. Four hours is the perfect amount of time to check out Hiroshima city area or Miyajima island. Note*1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customized itinerary. Note*2: Four hours is NOT enough to visit both of Miyajima and Hiroshima city area. Note*3: 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.

Meet a Hiroshima local to discover the city through their eyes rather than a sightseeing itinerary. After hearing your wishes via phone or app, your Hiroshima local will craft a private walking tour around your interests or their favorite areas. Cue a walk that brings Hiroshima to life through a local’s perspective: with cultural insight, pointers on sights, transport, and food; and conversations that help immerse you in the city.

Explore the highlights of Hiroshima and Miyajima the easy way on a private full-day tour with a guide. You’ll learn all about Hiroshima’s dark history and prosperous present at sites like the Peace Park and A-Bomb Dome. Travel by public transport (as the locals do) to nearby Miyajima Island, a naturally and culturally beautiful spot with its own fascinating history. The tour can be customized to suit your needs.

This is an excellent choice for first-time visitors to Hiroshima. Get your bearings of the city, learn about its history, and discover backstreet areas that only locals know about. You won’t have to worry if you’re not an experienced cyclist, as the route is 90% flat. The tour will help you cover more ground than a walking tour and see many top sights in a day, such as the Peace Park, Gokoku Shrine, Shukkei-en Japanese Garden, and the Memorial Cathedral for World Peace.

We love Hiroshima, and we want to share that love by taking you deeper into real life here! On our nighttime frolic through central Hiroshima, we have two imperatives: Show you the way locals enjoy a night on the town, and feed you well! We'll also ply you with a few drinks, if you're interested. Everything is included on our tour (gratuities too!), so no need to worry about spending a single, shiny yen while in our company. Fresh seafood, tempura, slow cooked foods, grilled items, and so much more await you. And if you've got eating restrictions, that's cool too -- just let us know. Best of all, after our tour, you won't just have a happy tummy, but also a keen understanding about the modern day culture of our lovely city. Please join us on this very delicious, nighttime adventure. We're giddy just thinking about your arrival! :)

Bicycle around Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and beyond with a guide born and raised in Hiroshima to lead the way. In addition to the Atomic Bomb Dome, you’ll ride to the Cenotaph, Children's Peace Monument, and the Peace Bell at the UNESCO World Heritage site. Numbers are limited to 10 for a small-group experience and you’ll discover things you wouldn’t know only by visiting the Peace Museum.

The UNESCO-listed Miyajima is known as The Island of Gods and this tour is the perfect way to get a glimpse of its beauty. Swap busy crowds for the peace and tranquility of viewing the island’s highlights from a private cruise. By going on a guided tour, you’ll hear fascinating commentary along the way about the island’s history and highlights. The tour will take you to multiple Shinto shrines, some of which are only accessible by boat.

- Let's Get Insights into the History of Hiroshima Our tour guide will take visitors on a tour through the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. Here, they will learn the horrors of the atomic bomb as well as how the people of Hiroshima coped with the tragedy. - Past to present, your local guide will show you how life was like after the atomic bomb impact compared to Hiroshima today. Let's go up to the Orizuru Tower's observatory area. You can get almost of the whole view of the Hiroshima city. - Enjoy a spectacular view of Hiroshima while eating lunch and reminisce the past and present of this beautiful city. Have lunch with the guide and also go see the Aogiri tree and the Atomic Bomb Dome, learn more about Japanese life and feel the revival of the city. 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!

If you have a short time in Hiroshima and want to make the most of it, a comprehensive tour is the way to go. Visit Hiroshima’s most iconic sights by private car; don’t waste time waiting or navigating. From Miyajima’s floating vermilion tori gate to the Peace Memorial Park, you will get a thorough picture of this historic city before return to your hotel.

Get a local's perspective on Hiroshima's surprisingly lively nightlife on this bar-hopping tour. Stroll through the streets with a guide and dip in and out of local "izakayas" and other bars and enjoy drinks and conversation.

Find more surprises in Japanese cultures and leave your good memories into your own video diary! Attractive features included in tours: - Your own video diary (download after tours) - Learning of interesting cultures (e.g., Samurai, Emperor, Shinto, Japanese character, festivals) with cartoon - Your safety enhancement against unexpected accidents by the special indemnification of max. JP Yen30,000,000/person - Cultural experiences (e.g., written oracle, candle & incense stick services) Preferable arrangements made from a customer standpoint: - Free Cancellation till 24 hours before the tour day - 5 different packages available (e.g., guide only, fun, taxi, JR fare) - The more adults you have, the lower per-person prices you get - Low pricing set for children & infants Robust business formalities implemented for secure tours - Travel business licensed by Hiroshima Governors - Licensed conductor for guiding Our tour fully supports our customer diversity and convenience.

Tour around Hiroshima City Center via SUP. Overlook the crystal waters adorned with calming views of the surrounding scenery. This plan will take you around Hiroshima’s vivid riverbank site, awarded for its stunning emerald-green tint and timeless beauty, further advancing to various other iconic sites, such as the colossal apartment building - designed to almost resembling a city itself. Midway, the Atomic Bomb Dome affords the most scenic view, offering a sense of peace and harmony from above the river. Cross the Hiroshima Channel via SUP and indulge in the breadth of The City of Water, Hiroshima. HIGHLIGHTS: Tour around Hiroshima City Center and experience the reclaimed streets from the river. Stand up and observe the breathtaking Atomic Bomb Dome from above the river. Witness the award-winning riverbank site, blessed with a beautiful natural environment. Admire an enormous apartment building, designed by a world-famous architect; it almost resembles a city itself.

Visit the World Heritage Sites of Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima and Hiroshima's Atomic Bomb Dome on this leisurely tour. Look forward to seeing wild deer in the untouched abundant nature of Miyajima. Enjoy a direct ferry from Miyajima to Hiroshima Atomic bomb dome.

【OUTLINE】 ○ 1-hour course Take a cruise around Chigirishima Island which used to house factories all over the island during the wartime and was mistaken for a battleship and Ōkunoshima which is known as a Rabbit Island. ○ 3-hour course Take a cruise around Battleship Island and get off at Okunoshima (Rabbit Island) to play with the rabbits. You will see the romantic Okunoshima Lighthouse from the boat.

【OUTLINE】 Join the captain who knows the islands of Setouchi inside out to Rabbit Island, Okunoshima not mentioned in the guidebook. 【HIGHLIGHTS】 ・A breathtaking ocean route from Okunoshima to Omishima while enjoying the beauty of the islands. ・Mesmerized by the paradise of more than 700 wild rabbits. ・Arrive on a mysterious lake, Odaimojima not introduced by the guidebook.

Get access to the spectacular UNESCO World Heritage Site of Itsukushima Shrine by sea on this peaceful Oyster Raft Tour. Save time researching and planning how to get to Itsukushima Shrine, and instead hop aboard an oyster raft for a quick and convenient excursion. Enjoy the company of oyster fisherman, who will educate you about how they cultivate oysters, and take you directly to the shrine.

【OUTLINE】 While enjoying the beauty of "Setouchi", we will take a walk along the small island inhabited by less than 10 islanders and guide you through its marvelous art works. 【HIGHLIGHTS】 ・Traverse through the Setouchi Inland Islands to find Modern Japanese Art Exhibitions. ・Visit an island with a population of less than 10 people. ・Experience Momo Island’s budding Art Revival and gaze at the beauty of the picturesque landscape from the Shimanami Kaido Bay.

During this tour, you will visit two of the seven shrines and enjoy cruising for about 40 minutes. At the end of the cruise, enjoy a delicious tea break while feeling the sea breeze at Hanaikada. Miyajima is dotted with many shrines other than Itsukushima Shrine, and among them, the seven shrines facing the sea are called the "Nanaura Shrines".

【OUTLINE】 This package will provide the rich cultural experience of visiting and observing spiritual practices at the seven shrines (nanaura meguri) of Miyajima on a private cruise. With this package, you will be able to view the entirety of Miyajima and the Itsukushima Shrine from the sea, which would not be possible on a regular tour. 【HIGHLIGHTS】 The mystical “nanaura meguri,” a visit to each of the seven shrines at the Itsukushima Shrine World Heritage Site will entrance you. You will be able to take pictures in front of the “floating” shrine gate (torii) of Miyajima while at sea. The cruise will be aboard the yacht Sense 50 by BENETEAU (France). The yacht will provide a private, luxury space where you may travel undisturbed with only yourselves, a guide-interpreter, and ship’s crew. This package may be customized to your needs and desires, which is not possible for a normal cruise liner.

【OUTLINE】 Take a cruise from Hiroshima city to Omishima, which is the center point of the Shimanami Kaido. Enjoy the beautiful islands of the Seto Inland Sea on an environmentally friendly wind-powered yacht. 【HIGHLIGHTS】 ・From Hiroshima city to Omishima all at once (center of Shimanami Kaido) ・Luxury plan including an overnight stay on a yacht ・Enter one of the challenging stretches of Setouchi, Ondo-no-Seto ・Wander into Mitarai district in Osaki Shimojima, where traditional architecture envelopes the town.

The small island of Okunoshima has gained the nickname of “Rabbit Island” because of its many wild rabbits that roam freely on the island. Avoid the hassle of figuring out how to get to the island, and enjoy a stress-free tour with a transfer from Hiroshima included. Go to the visitor center, learn about the island’s history, go to the Poison Gas Museum, and have plenty of time to see the rabbits.

【OUTLINE】 The captain of the boat who is familiar with the Setouchi area will make sure that you will experience the best cruise! There is no doubt that you will fully enjoy the charm of Setouchi.　

Get outside and enjoy the rare experience of seeing oyster harvesting up close. This fascinating tour takes you through multiple stages—sailing out on a work boat, seeing oyster rafts, and watching how oysters are unloaded and shucked at Shimada Suisan’s oyster factory too. As well as oysters, this tour has the added benefit of getting close to Itsukushima Shrine and accessing stunning photo opportunities from the sea.

【OUTLINE】 You will be chartering a yacht to cruise privately around Miyajima for sightseeing. The mystical scenery of Itsukushima Shrine’s “floating” gate will fill you with awe. Cruise duration will be approximately three hours round trip, making it perfect for those who wish to enjoy a leisurely outing. Enjoy spectacular views of small islands in complete harmony with nature. The yacht is the Sense 50 by BENETEAU (France) which features a living room and bedroom, allowing you to spend time relaxing with your family or friends. 【HIGHLIGHTS】 The cruise will be aboard the yacht Sense 50 by BENETEAU (France). Cruise to the Itsukushima Shrine World Heritage Site on Miyajima, and a guide-interpreter will guide you on a tour of Miyajima. Completely private chartered cruise (with crew). Comes with one complimentary non-alcoholic drink per person. A guide-interpreter can be added as an option (eight languages are supported).