Hiroshima and Miyajima Day Tour from Hiroshima Station
A guided coach day that starts in the Hotel Granvia Hiroshima lobby on the north side of the station and covers Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima, Peace Memorial Park, the Atomic Bomb Dome and the Peace Memorial Museum.
Updated 4 November 2026
In shortThe Hiroshima and Miyajima day tour on this page is a round trip by coach from Hiroshima Station, 8 hours 20 minutes long, accompanied throughout by a national government licensed English guide interpreter. It takes Itsukushima Shrine and Miyajima first, then Peace Memorial Park, the Atomic Bomb Dome and the Peace Memorial Museum. It suits a first visit when you are staying in Hiroshima and want one arrangement that covers the ferry, the admissions and the Miyajima visitor tax.
8 h 20 mintour length
from JPY 25000per adult
★ 4.6520 reviews
What the Hiroshima and Miyajima day tour includes
The tour below runs 8 hours 20 minutes, from 25,000 yen, rated 4.6 ★ (520 reviews). It starts and ends at the Hotel Granvia Hiroshima 1F lobby, on the north side of Hiroshima Station facing the Shinkansen Plaza, so you do not have to work out the tram or the ferry timetable on the day.
A national government licensed English guide interpreter is with the group for the whole day. The Miyajima visitor tax, charged separately when you enter the island, is covered, as are the other admissions and the transport between the sights. Lunch is not included, and the hour allotted on Miyajima is when you eat.
Stop times are fixed and tight: 60 minutes at Itsukushima Shrine, 60 minutes on Miyajima, 20 minutes in Peace Memorial Park, 20 minutes at the Atomic Bomb Dome and 60 minutes inside the Peace Memorial Museum. That is close to the prefectural tourism board's own one-day model course, which allots about 220 minutes of stops across the same ground, and it explains why a Hiroshima day is tighter than the map suggests.
The Mt. Misen ropeway does not fit into this itinerary. It runs uphill only from 9:00 to 16:00 with the last descent at 16:30, and the ride plus the walk back from the summit observatory, about one kilometre to the ropeway station, needs far more than an hour. Whether the shrine looks afloat and whether the Great Torii can be approached on foot depend on the window in the Miyajima Tourist Association's daily tide table, and on many days there is no torii-walk window at all.
Go with this one if you are sleeping in Hiroshima, want a guided coach day rather than a walking day, and prefer the start to be a hotel lobby you can reach from the station platforms in a few minutes. If you only have half a day in the city centre, the five-hour walking tour makes more sense; if you are coming from Osaka or Kyoto, the escorted bullet train days do.
Full day bus tour from Hiroshima Station
8 hours 20 minutes with a national government licensed English guide interpreter, starting and finishing at the Hotel Granvia Hiroshima 1F lobby. The Miyajima visitor tax, the other admissions and the transport between sights are included; lunch is not.
Itsukushima Shrine60 min A World Heritage site, dating its founding to 593 and rebuilt in shinden-zukuri style, the architecture of a Heian-period noble residence, by Taira no Kiyomori in 1168. The lacquered pavilions sit between Mt. Misen behind and the Seto Inland Sea in front. An hour covers the shrine walkways at an unhurried pace.
Miyajima60 min The lunch hour on the island, taken where you like. Shops near the shrine serve oysters, Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki, layered rather than mixed, and anago-meshi, grilled conger eel over rice. Lunch is not included, and the okonomiyaki counters queue up at midday, so pick your place early.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park20 min A designed landscape of approximately 122,100 square metres laid out after the Pacific War, established in 1949 and completed on 1 April 1954 to a plan by three architects including Kenzo Tange. Twenty minutes covers a walk along the central axis with the guide, and leaves the side paths for another time.
Atomic Bomb Dome20 min The preserved ruin at the north end of the park, kept as it stood and inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 5 December 1996 at the committee meeting in Merida, Mexico. The stop is outdoors, around the railings, with the guide explaining the building and its preservation.
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum60 min The Main Building reopened after renovation in April 2019 and is an Important Cultural Property of Japan. An hour inside the permanent exhibition is what the itinerary allows. Keep it in mind if you are travelling with children, and plan a quiet stretch afterwards.
Photos: ours and the tour operator's
What is included
Included
National Government Licensed English Guide Interpreter
Miyajima visitor tax
Other admission fees and transportation costs included in the tour
Not included
Lunch
Fees other than those listed in Includes
Meeting point, pickup and cancellation
Meeting point: Meet your guide holding a JTB Sunrise Tours sign at Hotel Granvia Hiroshima 1F Lobby. Hotel Granvia Hiroshima is located on the NORTH side of Hiroshima Station (Shinkansen Plaza side)
Cancellation: For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Ages: infant 0–5, child 6–11, adult 12+
Other Hiroshima and Miyajima day tour options compared
The options below cover the same two World Heritage sites with different lengths, inclusions and starting cities. The 6.5-hour small group day is the shortest if your train leaves in the late afternoon, one bus day arrives with lunch already arranged, another can be started from Osaka, Kyoto or Fukuoka instead of Hiroshima, and the bike and boat version swaps the coach for pedals and a crossing. Compare the tours on length first, then on what the price already covers.
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Hiroshima and Miyajima Full Day Bus Tour from Hiroshima (this page)
Check dates for this Hiroshima and Miyajima day tour
The day runs 8 hours 20 minutes round trip from the Hotel Granvia Hiroshima 1F lobby, so keep the evening light. Departure dates, the current price and the full inclusions are on the operator's page.
