Hiroshima Walk and Paper Craft

Overview

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

  • Gain a deep understanding of Hiroshima’s post-war recovery and the global support behind it.

  • Visit little-known but historically significant sites.

  • Create a keepsake from recycled origami crane paper.

Schedule

  • 1

    9:00 am / 12:30 pm

    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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