Three guided tours of Peace Memorial Park that include museum admission, running 2 to 3 hours and starting beside the park, at a port or at your Hiroshima hotel.
Updated 4 November 2026
The shortest option at 2 hours, with an in-person English guide and museum tickets, for travellers who have a train to catch the same day and want the Cenotaph, the Children's Peace Monument, the Rest House, the Atomic Bomb Dome and the hypocentre explained in order.
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For travellers landing at Hiroshima Port or Itsukaichi Port, since the guide meets you there by taxi, takes you straight to the Atomic Bomb Dome and drives you back to the port afterwards; city-centre guests meet in front of the Seven-Eleven at Hiroshima Otemachi 1-chome.
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A private tour with a local Japanese guide working in English and Japanese, customizable in advance and including Shukkeien admission plus skip-the-line museum entry, for families and small groups who want Hiroshima Castle or the garden alongside the park.
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All three tours include Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum tickets, so admission is handled by the operator and you go in with the guide rather than sorting the entry out at the door. The shortest runs 2 hours, from 3,000 yen; the other two run 3 hours, from 13,325 yen and from 17,500 yen. Each one also walks the park: the Cenotaph, the Flame of Peace, the Children's Peace Monument, the Rest House, the hypocentre marker and the Atomic Bomb Dome.
The museum keeps long days, which gives you room to fit a 2 or 3 hour tour around a train. It opens at 7:30am and closes at 7:00pm from March through July and again from September through November. In August it stays open until 8:00pm, and until 9:00pm on 5 and 6 August. Closing moves an hour earlier, to 6:00pm, between December and February. Entry to the permanent exhibition during the early-morning and late-evening extension windows requires an online reservation.
Two closures matter when you pick a date. The museum is shut on 30 and 31 December, and for a few days in mid-February while the exhibition is changed over. Go in the morning if you have the choice: the galleries are at their quietest before the coach groups reach the park, and a 10:00 start still leaves the afternoon for Miyajima or the castle grounds.
Peace Memorial Park is a designed landscape of approximately 122,100 square metres, completed on 1 April 1954 to a plan by three architects including Kenzo Tange, whose entry was chosen first out of 145 submissions. The Atomic Bomb Dome was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List on 5 December 1996, at the committee meeting in Merida, Mexico. A guide gives you that sequence in the order the park was built, and the commentary on these tours is in English, with Japanese also available on the private tour.
With a couple of hours between trains, take the 2-hour tour from 3,000 yen. It meets near the telephone booth at the taxi stand in Peace Memorial Park, covers the park monuments and the museum, and ends where it began. It currently shows 5.0 ★ (5 reviews), which is a small sample rather than a verdict.
Arriving by ship, take the 3-hour tour from 13,325 yen, rated 4.9 ★ (37 reviews). The guide meets you by taxi at Hiroshima Port or Itsukaichi Port, takes you directly to the Atomic Bomb Dome and the museum, then drives you back to the port. If you are already in the city, the alternative meeting point is in front of the Seven-Eleven at Hiroshima Otemachi 1-chome, where the guide holds a yellow sign.
Travelling as a family or a small group, or wanting more than the park, take the private tour from 17,500 yen, rated 5.0 ★ (73 reviews). You meet the guide at a central Hiroshima hotel, at Hiroshima Station or at the cruise terminal, and the itinerary is set in advance: 3 hours for the peace sites with either Hiroshima Castle or Shukkeien added, 4 hours for a wider loop of the city. Cruise passengers should choose the 4-hour option. Private transportation and meals are not included.
For Spanish-language commentary or a Miyajima crossing in the same day, none of these three is the right fit; compare the tours on the full-day pages instead.
| Tour | Length | From | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| A City Rose Again: park and museum | 2 h | JPY 3000 | ★ 5.0 (5) |
| Atomic Bomb Dome and Peace Memorial Museum, 3 hours | 3 h | JPY 13325 | ★ 4.9 (37) |
| Private peace memorial and city tour with a local guide | 3 h | JPY 17500 | ★ 5.0 (73) |
Tour details from the operator's listing, checked 4 November 2026. Prices and times can change; the booking page has the current ones.
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