Day Trip to Hiroshima & Miyajima with Itsukushima Shrine & Ferry from Tokyo

This full-day excursion from Tokyo to Hiroshima and Miyajima combines the speed of the Nozomi shinkansen with one of Japan's most profoundly meaningful day itineraries — travelling from the capital to western Japan and back to experience the moving Peace Memorial Park and Museum in Hiroshima and the sacred floating torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima Island. The Nozomi shinkansen covers Tokyo to Hiroshima in approximately 90 minutes — bringing this remarkable destination comfortably within reach as a day excursion from the capital.

Hiroshima's Peace Memorial Park and Museum provide the most humanising and historically comprehensive encounter with the events of August 6, 1945 available anywhere in the world — the preserved A-Bomb Dome, memorial cenotaph, and survivor testimonies creating a profound impression that fundamentally reframes any understanding of modern history. The adjacent Miyajima Island, reached by ferry, offers one of Japan's most celebrated natural and spiritual environments — the iconic vermilion torii gate rising from the tidal shallows of the Seto Inland Sea in a composition that has defined Japan's visual identity internationally for centuries.

All shinkansen reservations, ferry tickets, and attraction guidance are managed by Amigo Tours — making this one of the most efficiently organised ways to experience two of Japan's most significant destinations in a single day from Tokyo.

• Bilingual guide in English and Spanish.
• Entrance to Kenrokuen Garden.
• Train ticket from/to Osaka.
• Transportation from the meeting point.

Guests depart from the designated Tokyo meeting point for the shinkansen journey to Hiroshima — the guide providing historical context during the approximately 90-minute high-speed rail journey. Arriving in Hiroshima, the group proceeds directly to the Peace Memorial Park where the guide delivers a careful introduction to the events of August 1945 before leading the group through the park's memorials and into the Peace Memorial Museum for the day's most emotionally significant encounter.

Following the museum visit and a brief lunch break, the group travels to the ferry terminal for the crossing to Miyajima — the guide narrating the approach to the island as the famous torii gate comes into view across the water. On the island, the shrine complex, the surrounding forested landscape, and the free-roaming deer population are explored on foot with the guide providing context on the shrine's history and UNESCO World Heritage designation.

The return shinkansen to Tokyo departs in the late afternoon, with guests arriving back in the capital during the evening. The journey covers an enormous emotional range in a single day — from Tokyo's contemporary energy to Hiroshima's historical solemnity and Miyajima's timeless natural beauty — creating a day most guests find among the most rewarding of their entire Japan experience.

Children under 2 years will be considered as infant and entry will be free of cost.

Children between age 3 to 12 will be considered as child and charged child rate.

Children above age 12 will be considered as an adult and charged adult rate.