Hiroshima Tours: Your Questions Answered

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This guide compares 45 bookable tours across 11 categories, from short history walks to full-day private trips. Every listing shows a from-price in US dollars, starting at $6 for a simple entry ticket and reaching $390.66 for an eight-hour private tour. Every from-price is quoted per person. Coverage varies between listings, as some bus day trips include transport and lunch while the peace walks generally cover a guide's time rather than museum entry, so open the booking page before paying to confirm the current rate, the meeting point and what is included.

Miyajima lies a short ferry ride from the mainland and can be reached in every season, with weather the main variable. Late summer typhoons can stop crossings and disrupt plans across the region, while winter winds occasionally slow them without halting service. Each arrival on the island carries a 100 yen visitor tax, paid at the ferry terminal, with young children exempt. If a storm is tracking toward your dates, check the ferry operator's service notices that morning and keep your Miyajima plans flexible.

Peace Memorial Park is a public space open to everyone, and the A-Bomb Dome can be viewed from the riverbank without paying anything. The castle grounds are free to wander, and the keep itself closed to visitors on 22 March 2026. On Miyajima, the shoreline view of the floating torii gate and the island's roaming deer cost nothing beyond the 100 yen visitor tax. Save your budget for the museums and the shrine interiors.

The limousine bus from Hiroshima Airport to Hiroshima Station's Shinkansen exit costs 1,500 yen for adults and 750 yen for children one way, taking about 45 to 50 minutes. The route to the Bus Center is also 1,500 yen and takes about 55 minutes. The fare rose from 1,450 yen on 1 February 2025, so older guides may show an outdated price.

A single ride on any Hiroden line, including the Miyajima line, is a flat 240 yen for adults and 120 yen for children aged 6 to 11, a fare in place since 1 February 2025. The 1-Day Streetcar Pass costs 700 yen for adults and 350 yen for children, runs for one calendar day rather than 24 hours, and already pays off on your third ride because three single fares total 720 yen. The 1-Day Streetcar and Ferry Pass is 1,000 yen for adults and 550 yen for children, includes the 100 yen Miyajima visitor tax, and its ferry leg is valid only on the Miyajima Matsudai Kisen ferry, not the JR ferry. It is worth carrying some cash, as Japan still runs on yen day to day for small fares like trams and ferries.

Entry is 200 yen for adults, 100 yen for high school students and for visitors aged 65 and over showing a passport, and free for junior high school students and younger. Peace Memorial Park itself is free and open 24 hours. Hours are 7:30 to 19:00 from March to July and September to November, 7:30 to 20:00 in August with a 21:00 close on 5 and 6 August, and 7:30 to 18:00 from December to February. The museum closes on 30 and 31 December and for several days in mid-February for exhibit changes, with the 2027 closure set for 15 to 20 February.

The JR West Miyajima Ferry costs 200 yen for adults and 100 yen for children each way, with the 100 yen Miyajima visitor tax charged separately and preschool children exempt from the tax. The crossing takes about 10 minutes and ferries run roughly every 15 minutes, with the first departure from Miyajimaguchi at 6:25 and the last at 22:42. Japan Rail Pass and JR West passes cover the ferry fare but not the visitor tax. Departures on the route past the Great Torii run from 9:10 to 16:10, outbound from Miyajimaguchi only.

Admission to Itsukushima Shrine is 300 yen for adults, 200 yen for high school students and 100 yen for elementary and junior high school students, so children are not free. The Treasure Hall charges the same rates, and a combined shrine and Treasure Hall ticket is 500 yen for adults, 300 yen for high school students and 150 yen for children. Senjokaku Hall is separate, at 100 yen for adults. Hours shift with the seasons, running 6:30 to 18:00 from 1 March to 14 October, with earlier closing times from mid-October through winter.