Hiroshima Shore Excursions, Day Tours & Trips for Cruise Passengers

Despite its torrid history, Hiroshima is more than a city of the past. Today, it is one of the most vibrant cities in the Chugoku Region and across Japan. Thanks to the determination of its citizens, the city has been rebuilt after the devastation of the atomic bomb in 1945. Although historic landmarks like Hiroshima Castle and Shukkeien Garden were destroyed, they have since been restored with care. Through Hiroshima shore excursions with Shore Excursions Asia, visitors can explore a city that honors its past while embracing progress with quiet pride.

Hiroshima Shore Excursions

A City of Peace and Reflection

Visit restored landmarks and quiet memorials that honor Hiroshima’s past and peaceful spirit.

Cultural Traditions

Discover the heart of Hiroshima in its local flavors, where sake brewing and time-honored crafts are part of daily life.

Two Icons in One Cruise Stop

Visit both Hiroshima and the sacred island of Miyajima in a single day.

Recommended Hiroshima Shore Excursions from Cruise Port

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Hiroshima Shore Excursions

Hiroshima Half-day Tour

$159.00 USD

Duration: 4 hours

Port: Hiroshima Port

Highlights: Peace Memorial Park & Museum, A-Bomb Dome, Hypocenter, Children’s Peace Monument, Cenotaph, Shukkeien Garden

Tour Date: Sep 19 2025, Oct 12 2025

Cruise: Oceania Riviera, Norwegian Spirit

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Hiroshima Shore Excursions

Hiroshima & Miyajima Highlights Tour

Rated 5.00 out of 5

$150.00 USD

Duration: 6 hours

Port: Hiroshima Port

Highlights: Itsukushima Shrine, Peace Memorial Park & Museum,  A-Bomb Dome

Tour Date: Sep 04 2025, Sep 28 2025, Sep 29 2025, Oct 10 2025

Cruise: Celebrity Millennium, Norwegian Spirit

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Hiroshima Shore Excursions

Best of Iwakuni with Bullet Train

• Duration: 7 hours
• Pick-up/Drop-off: Hiroshima port
• Highlights: Kintaikyo Bridge - Yoshika Park - Iwakuni Castle - White-snake Shrine - Kodama Bullet Train
• Tour Customizable: Absolutely! (Tell us your specific requirements in the inquiry form)

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Hiroshima & Miyajima Highlights Tour

Tour Date: Aug 07, 2025
Duration: 6 hours
Highlights: Itsukushima Shrine, Peace Memorial Park & Museum, A-Bomb Dome
Group Size: 14 - 16 pax
This Hiroshima shore excursion is crafted especially for Norwegian Spirit guests. Explore poignant landmarks in Hiroshima and enjoy the calm beauty of Miyajima, home to the floating torii gate that has become a national symbol of peace and reverence.

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Hiroshima & Miyajima Highlights Tour

Tour Date: Sep 04, 2025
Duration: 6 hours
Highlights: Itsukushima Shrine, Peace Memorial Park & Museum, A-Bomb Dome
Group Size: 14 - 16 pax
This Hiroshima shore excursion is designed especially for Celebrity Millennium guests. Visit moving memorials in Hiroshima and cross the bay to explore the tranquil island of Miyajima, home to the iconic floating torii gate.

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When Is the Best Time for Hiroshima Shore Excursions?

Each season in Hiroshima reveals a different side of the city’s soul. In spring, cherry blossoms bloom around the Peace Memorial Park, offering a poignant contrast to its solemn history. Summer brings sunshine to Miyajima Island, where visitors admire the iconic floating torii gate of Itsukushima Shrine. Autumn colors reflect beautifully across the city's rivers and gardens. Winter lends a quiet dignity to memorials and temples, making it ideal for thoughtful exploration.

Cruise ships visit Hiroshima throughout the year, and our tours are designed to match your ship’s schedule. Whether you're joining a shared tour or a private group, our Hiroshima shore excursions help you experience the city’s most meaningful landmarks at a relaxing pace and with expert guidance.

Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Museum

Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima

Worth-Visiting Hiroshima Castle

Experience Hiroshima Nightlife

Hiroshima’s Peace Memorial Museum

The main building of Hiroshima, the premier museum located in Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park - must add in your itinerary started at Hiroshima tours from cruise port, collected many items from the consequence of the atomic attack. Date back to 1945, the displays remind audiences a touching picture of history, in this picture, tourists can easily see a child’s melted lunchbox, personal – ragged clothes, a watch stopped at 8.15am, and some old photographs. Each item conveys a horror fact about the real mournful pain of real people. Stay in central Hiroshima, The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum was built in August 1955 and this present-day museum is the most popular of destination in Hiroshima shore excursions and for both school field-trips from internal Japan and foreign visitors. The main part of the museum was built in Kenzo Tange architecture, the East of the building evokes visitors a historical picture of the peaceful city and the development of the terrible power of nuclear weapons, which used to indiscriminately kill thousands of people in The World War II.

Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima

Go along to the arching rivers on both sides, tourists of Hiroshima shore excursions will be led to another memorial space named Peace Memorial Park, which is on-top prominent features of the city with a leafy road. When choosing among many places to visit in Hiroshima tours from cruise port, Peace Memorial Park is the best option for tourists because of the tranquil spaces to reflect. In a quiet place, people are easy to dot with memorials. The major feature of this park is the long tree-lined Pond of Peace which leads tourists to the cenotaph where many innocent children and a lot of people lying in this bomb attack. The monument houses have a curved concrete to carve names of all the victims in the atomic bomb attack. This largest park in Japan is always chosen to hold the annual anniversary ceremony with many of activities occurring throughout the day. When attending these activities in Peace Memorial Park, overseas visitors don’t need to worry about the language barrier because of helping of many staffs. During your visit to the Park, Children’s Peace Monument – a historic tourism destination in Hiroshima shore excursions, will fulfill your trip by the evoking image of cranes.

Worth-Visiting Hiroshima Castle

Your next place in Hiroshima tours from cruise port will be turned out to be Hiroshima Castle, also known as the Carp Castle, a typical castle built in the center of the city. The foremost castle built in the 16th century and laid opposed to hilltop and mountaintop castles was the Hiroshima center of physical, economy and culture. This picturesque castle, occupied by 12 generations of Asano family, is not too big like other castles, it has only 5 floors. Around the castle’s moat, visitors can find out the way back to the entrance of the castle. There stand a set of stone stairs for visitors to climb, then they get the Honmaru, had the ruins of Hiroshima’s Imperial Military Headquarters. In the far corner of this construction, Hiroshima tourists can catch up with an outstanding structure of The Main Keep. The main keep owns a distinctive architectural style that tourists have never seen before. The inner donjon shows a collection of Hiroshima history, moving to the fourth floor, visitors reach the tower’s top with a breathtaking feeling about the panoramic view of the city.

Experience Hiroshima Nightlife

Although Hiroshima has suffered from a sad story, it has already woken up with a completely different appearance. Among many sights and things to do for visitors, Hiroshima lies in on-top beautiful city nightlife with a lot of activities and traditional kind of art. Hiroshima shore excursions will lead you to a deeper knowledge of the most popular folk art like Kagura. Hiroshima Kagura can also name as Geihoku Kagura, which has been maintained and passed through approximately 150 groups. There appears numerous competitions gathering many attentions held in present-day. Another kind of leisure in Hiroshima at night is musical accompaniment including both large and small drum, a gong and a flute. The unique feature of this kind of recreation is that accompanists will learn to play by watching and listening to the predecessors, that is why Kagura music changes a lot.