Top Hiroshima Cruises & Sailing

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 value-packed trip with a nationally/state licensed and experienced multilingual tour guide is a fantastic and efficient way to explore Hiroshima city area including Peace Memorial Park and Hiroshima Castle! To start your day, please choose your must-see spots in Hiroshima city area. 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. Note*1: Please select your must-see spots from a list in the tour information to create your customized itinerary. Note*2: National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter certification is issued by the Japanese government requires a good knowledge and understanding of Japanese culture and history.

【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.

【OUTLINE】 The plan includes cruising around numerous beautiful islands in the Seto Inland Sea and bathing in an open-air hot spring (Onsen) of a hotel on a remote island from where a superb view of the Seto Inland Sea can be seen.    ・Duration time : 3 hours (cruising 1 hour, meal and bathing 2 hours)  　 ・Charter fee : 41,857 yen (tax excluded) ・Meal · bathing cost : 5,166 yen/person (tax excluded)

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.

Spend half a day exploring beautiful Miyajima Island while learning all about its cultural and historic significance from your private guide. Reach the island on the ferry and enjoy the views of red-gated Itsukushima Shrine as you approach land. Visit the beloved shrine, and you can choose to visit other attractions on the island according to your interests.

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! :)

Discover two of Japan’s most spectacular sights on a captivating tour of Hiroshima and Miyajima’s UNESCO World Heritage-listed sites. Accompanied by a knowledgeable guide, explore the impressive monuments of Miyajima Island, famed for its sacred Itsukushima Jinja Shrine, whose red tori gate appears to be protruding from the sea during high tide. Continue onto the Hiroshima Peace memorial Park, a moving expanse dedicated to promoting peace around the globe. Enjoy a tranquil ferry ride and absorb the natural splendor of the region’s scenery on this enriching excursion.

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.

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.

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.

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.

【OUTLINE】 ○ 1-hour course Take a cruise around Chigirishima Island which used to house factories all over the island during wartime and was mistaken for a battleship and Ōkunoshima which is known as a Rabbit Island. The tour takes you around a dynamic island shaped like a warship. This is the only place in Japan where the nature of the Seto Inland Sea creates such unique scenery. ○ 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 scenic Okunoshima Lighthouse from the boat. Land on an island inhabited by more than 700 wild rabbits. There are rabbits all over the island and you can interact with them up close. You will be soothed by the adorable rabbits.

【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).

【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.　

【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.

【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.

・This is a mountain hiking tour with a specialist guide living in Miyajima. ・Safe for beginners because we slowly climb up 535m high for about 3 hours. ・The route we take is Omoto route where you can feel history, culture and nature of Miyajima. ・You can also enjoy the sights of Miyajima such as Miyama Shrine, Misen Hondo and Reikado. ・You will go down the mountain by the ropeway.

Highly experienced professional guide fluent in the local language, providing anecdotes, stories, and in-depth easily understandable facts and information. I am more than happy to provide in advance information for you for ease of transit into and out of Hiroshima. As an experienced tour leader throughout Japan, I am also happy to assist your visit and provide itinerary information for your interest in other regions, cities, towns in Japan.

This is a chauffeur driven guided tour to two of the highlights of the is the region of Japan visit. You can the guide's in-depth knowledge, his interesting stories, and anecdotes along the way.