Hiroshima food tour: an izakaya and okonomiyaki evening
Three hours in the Naka-ku backstreets with a certified guide, starting with okonomiyaki cooked on the iron grill in front of you.
Updated 4 November 2026
In shortThis is a 3-hour evening walk between an okonomiyaki restaurant inside Okonomimura and two izakaya in the Naka area, led in English by a certified guide. The price covers 3 drinks you pick from the menu, 2 food plates and an okonomiyaki plate. It suits travellers aged 20 and over who have already spent the day at Peace Memorial Park or on Miyajima and want the evening handled.
3 htour length
from JPY 13500per adult
★ 4.9355 reviews
What this Hiroshima food tour covers
The tour lasts 3 hours and has three stops. It opens at an okonomiyaki restaurant inside Okonomimura, where you watch the pancake built on the hot iron grill with a drink in hand, then moves on to two izakaya in the Naka area, chosen on the night according to what you say you like. Included are a certified guide, 3 drinks from the menu, 2 food plates, an okonomiyaki plate and photos taken as you go. It starts from 13,500 yen and the rating is 4.9 ★ (355 reviews).
Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki is layered rather than mixed: a thin crepe base, then cabbage, meat or seafood, fried noodles and an egg, a style credited to Mitchan Sohonten. Oysters are the other local staple, and Hiroshima has the highest production of any Japanese prefecture; they are small, slightly sweet and low in liquid, which is why they turn up grilled on izakaya and teppanyaki counters. Sake tasting is part of the evening too, with pairing notes from the guide.
Small groups and a walking pace mean you cover the kind of backstreet places that are hard to read from the doorway if you have no Japanese. The drinking quarters in the centre run together: Nagarekawa, one of the largest entertainment districts, sits a short walk from the Ebisucho and Hatchobori tram stops, with Hondori alongside it. Age limit is 20 and over, so this is not an option for families with children.
Go on the evening of your arrival day if your schedule allows it, rather than the night before an early Shinkansen. A 3-hour tour that begins outside a department store in the centre pairs easily with a full day at the memorial sites or a crossing to Miyajima, and you finish on foot in the middle of the city.
Hiroshima Izakaya Food and Drink Night Tour
Three hours, three stops, a certified guide, 3 drinks, 2 food plates and an okonomiyaki plate. From 13,500 yen, 4.9 ★ (355 reviews).
Hiroshima Meet the guide in the city centre and set off on the bar-hopping route.
Okonomimura60 min Into the Okonomimura building for an okonomiyaki restaurant, with your plate cooked on the grill in front of you.
Two izakaya bars around the Naka area120 min Two izakaya in the Naka area, picked to match what you want to eat and drink.
Photos: ours and the tour operator's
What is included
Included
3 drinks, chosen from the menu
A certified guide
Photos taken during the tour
2 food plates and an okonomiyaki plate (Japanese-style savoury pancake)
Meeting point, pickup and cancellation
Meeting point: outside the Hiroshima Fukuya department store, in front of the GUCCI display. The guide holds an orange sign.
Cancellation: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Ages: adult 20+
Coming by tram: Hiroden runs nine tram services plus the L loop line, no tickets are sold on board and you pay as you get off; nine IC cards (Kitaca, PASMO, Suica, manaca, TOICA, ICOCA, HAYAKAKEN, nimoca, SUGOCA) are touched both on boarding and on alighting.
Other Hiroshima food tours compared
The evening tour on this page is one of the two shortest of the four at 3 hours and the only one that bundles okonomiyaki with two izakaya and 3 drinks. The Best of Hiroshima Food Tour runs 3 hours 10 minutes from JPY 35002 and rates 4.8 ★ (44 reviews); the Foodie Bike Tour covers 4 hours from 15,000 yen at 5.0 ★ (14 reviews) and suits a daytime ride between tastings; the Yokogawa-area Hiroshima Food Tour is 3 hours from 29,500 yen but carries a single review, so treat the rating as untested.
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Hiroshima Izakaya Food and Drink Night Tour (this page)
The tour runs 3 hours from 13,500 yen, with a certified guide, 3 drinks, 2 food plates and an okonomiyaki plate, and the meeting point outside Hiroshima Fukuya. Groups are small, so evenings fill.
