Hiroshima Town Walk and Paper Craft Experience

Overview

Discover Hiroshima’s Recovery and Humanitarian History.
This tour offers a profound exploration of Hiroshima’s resilience, highlighting how both local residents and supporters from around the world contributed to the city's recovery and ongoing peace efforts.
Led by a licensed local guide, the experience provides deep insights into Hiroshima’s history, cultural heritage, and peace-building initiatives. The journey concludes with a hands-on paper flower craft workshop, using recycled origami crane paper—a meaningful symbol of hope and remembrance.

Features

  • A 4-hour guided tour, offering a deep understanding of Hiroshima’s post-war recovery and the global support behind it.

  • Visit historically significant sites, including Shukkeien Garden, the Memorial Cathedral for World Peace, and Peace Memorial Park.

  • Conclude with a paper flower craft-making session, where participants create a keepsake from recycled origami crane paper.

Schedule

  • 1

    9:00 am / 12:30 pm *The tour start time will be either in the morning or afternoon, depending on the selected tour.

    Meet your guide at Hiroshima Station (in front of the Information Center near the Shinkansen ticket gate).

  • 2

    9:15 am / 12:45 pm

    Take a bus to Shukkeien Garden.

  • 3

    9:30 am / 1:00 pm

    Visit Shukkeien Garden, a historic landscape garden symbolizing Hiroshima’s cultural heritage.

  • 4

    10:20 am / 1:50 pm

    Walk to Hiroshima Nagarekawa Church.

  • 5

    10:30 am / 2:00 pm

    Walk to Catholic Noborimachi Church and the Memorial Cathedral for World Peace, a church dedicated to Hiroshima’s post-war recovery and peace efforts.

  • 6

    10:55 am / 2:25 pm

    Take a streetcar to Hiroshima Orizuru Tower.

  • 7

    11:05 am / 2:35 pm

    Visit the Hypocenter Shima Hospital A-bomb damage explanation board, and walk through Peace Memorial Park.

  • 8

    12:10 pm / 3:40 pm

    Walk to the workshop space, a cafe in ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima.
    You walk between the following spots;
    - Peace Bridge
    - Former Bank of Japan Hiroshima Branch
    - Shirakami Shrine
    - Former Kokutaiji Atago Pond

  • 9

    12:20 pm / 3:50 pm

    Paper craft workshop. Create a paper flower from recycled origami crane paper.

  • 10

    1:00 pm / 4:30 pm

    The tour ends at the cafe in ANA Crowne Plaza Hiroshima.

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Price *This is a reference price. Please contact us for details.

Tour Operator: My Travel Buddy(Tour Guide Agency)
■ Fee
¥21,000 per person with 2
¥16,500 per person with 3
¥52,000 per group with 4
¥60,000 per group with 5 to 7

The participation fee is the same for both adults and children (ages 7 and up). Families are welcome to join. However, please note that the tour involves a significant amount of walking, so extra caution is advised if accompanying young children or toddlers.
■Included
- Guide-interpreter
- Craft material fee
- Basic insurance
■Not included
- Transport to the meeting point and from the disbanding point
- Transport indicated
- Garden entry ticket
- Drinks and meals
■ Reservation  
By request
■ Deadline for Reservations  
By 7 pm, 3 days before the tour
■ Tour Schedule  
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays

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