~ Take a streetcar and walk around Hiroshima spots ~ A-bombed buildings tour course

From JR Hiroshima Station, take a streetcar and travel to Hatchobori while enjoying the scenery outside of the window. From the atomic bombed building “Fukuya Hatchobori Main Store,” you will walk through the Hondori shopping street and visit “Hiroshima Andersen” (former Hiroshima Branch of the Imperial Bank) and the “Former Hiroshima Branch of the Bank of Japan” (an important cultural property designated by Hiroshima City). The bakery shop Andersen originated in Hiroshima. In the middle of the city, you will arrive at the Atomic Bomb Dome, a World Heritage Site, while repeating such discoveries at the Historical Site Museum of Rai Sanyo Shiseki Museum, which is said to have greatly influenced the thought of the Bakumatsu Restoration.

Guide organization name/representative name
Hiroshima City Tourism Volunteer Guide Association

Introduction of guide implementation organizations
It was inaugurated in Heisei 12 October. The number of guided guests per year is about 40,000. Guides in English are also available, mainly in the Peace Memorial Park, Shukkeien, Hiroshima Castle, and the former Hiroshima Branch of the Bank of Japan.

Contact phone number
Tel: 082-222-5577 (phone number will change from Heisei 30 February)
Reception hours 10:00 to 16:00
Reception office holiday: Sunday, Tuesday, national holiday, the day after a public holiday (if that day is Tuesday, the most recent weekday)
In addition, the tourist guide also conducts the above holidays.

The total distance of the course
Approx. 3.5 km

Meeting date
We can respond to the desired date and time. We will guide you in the range of 10:00 to 16:00.

Time required
Approx. 2 hours 30 minutes

Meeting time
10:00 to 13:00 (We will wait for about 15 minutes from the start time)

Meeting place
In front of JR Hiroshima Station General Information Center (near JR Hiroshima Station Free Passage 2F Shinkansen Exit)

Dismissing time
12:30 to 16:00 (about 2 hours 30 minutes after the start of the guide)

Dismissing place
Atomic Bomb Dome

Capacity
Standard 5 people per guide (minimum 1 person)

Participation fee
1,500 yen per guide (including insurance premiums). In addition, it is 1,000 yen until Heisei 30 March.

This is why this tour is nice !
Take a streetcar, walk through the downtown area, visit the A-bombed buildings, and tour the Atomic Bomb Dome.

Application deadline
Apply by fax (predetermined format) at least 10 days before the tour.