5-hour Miyajima Private Walking Tour

Visit Itsukushima Shrine and Otorii Gate

Pricing per group：
35000 JPY

Estimated Local Cash Additionally Needed
Admission to Itsukushima shrine: 300 JPY (per adult)
Public transportation: approximately 1500 JPY (per adult) It depends on the tour start location.

Maximum travelers: 20

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Tour Overview

You will visit Miyajima island. The first stop is Itsukushima shrine, which is a UNESCO world cultural heritage site, and it is famous for its Otorii gate floating in the sea. This gate is in the sea when the tide is high, and it is on the ground when the tide is low. The high tide time changes every day.

The next stop is Daisho-in Buddhist temple. Daisho-in is 1200 years old and there are lots of beautiful Buddha statues.

After the sights, you will enjoy walking along the traditional shopping street and eating local foods. There are delicious local specialties such as oysters, okonomi-yaki, momiji-manju, sake and lemon. Okonomi-yaki is like a ’layered pizza’ (please see photo) with cabbage, bean sprout, noodle, pork and egg.

Wild deer are wandering on the island. They are tame and friendly. You can touch them and take pictures with them.

Itinerary

9:00 am:: Start tour from the agreed meeting location
(take a local train and ferry to Miyajima island)
10:30 am:: Visit
Itsukushima Shrine
Otorii Gate
Daisho-in Buddhist temple
Traditional Shopping Street (omote-sando)
12:30 pm:: Lunch (optional)
1:00 pm:: Leave Miyajima Island
(take a ferry and local train)
2:00 pm:: End tour at the agreed location

Tour Start Time is flexible but 12:00 pm at the latest.

Itsukushima Shrine & Its Otorii gate at high tide

Otorii Gate at low tide

Daisho-in Buddhist Temple

Traditional street

Fresh oysters

Okonomi-yaki

Wild deer is everywhere in Miyajima Island

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Meeting Location

Your hotel in Hiroshima city
Your hotel in Miyajima Island
JR Hiroshima Station Shinkansen main ticket gate
Your cruise ship port in Hiroshima

End Location

Your hotel in Hiroshima city
Your hotel in Miyajima Island
JR Hiroshima Station Shinkansen main ticket gate
Your cruise ship port in Hiroshima
Downtown area in Hiroshima city

What’s NOT Included

Admission fees (you)
Transportation tickets (you and guide)
Any personal expenses
Travel Insurance (Please be insured during the tour)
Lunch (you and guide, if we have lunch)

If you start from your cruise ship port in Hiroshima, we need to take a taxi from/to your port. The taxi fare varies depending on the location of your pier, number of passengers and whether or not you take a local train for some part of the tour.

Restrictions

I am not a driver guide, but I can arrange a private car with a driver upon request.
Travel insurance is not included in this tour. Please be insured for the duration of this tour.