Meeting Point: At Hiroshima Station – you will be advised of the specific meeting point at the station following confirmed registration for the tour.

Duration: 4 hours

– 9 AM Join group as notified
– A short walk to nearby  Shukkei-en Gardens (literally translates as shrunken garden), and tour the grounds with its valley, forests, and views. Total time: approximately 45 minutes
– Continue on to Hiroshima Castle a short walk from the gardens and take photos and tour the interior museum of historical artifacts and information about Japanese Castles. Total time: approximately 45 minutes
– Continue on to the Hypocentre and begin a tour (learn historical facts and information and) then proceeds to the A-Bomb Dome a silent sentinel reminder of the folly of humanity, and from there a tour of other significant monuments and memorials in adjacent Peace Memorial Park  

– The tour concludes at Peace Memorial Museum,where is displayed an extensive and interesting (if not quite disturbing) collection of photographs and personal items, materials representations in art of the remains of the A-bomb survivors and the devastation of the A-bomb, as well as the history of Hiroshima before and after the A-bomb

**I do not designate strict times of each component as timing often depends on the most comfortable pace according to the guest and it is flexible according to the day’s experience