Hiroshima by bullet train from Osaka

About this experience

This is the same day as JTB's Hiroshima coach tour, with the bullet train added. You meet JTB staff near the elevator hall on the ground floor of Hotel Granvia Osaka, at JR Osaka Station; they take you by local train to Shin-Osaka and see you onto the shinkansen. Nobody rides with you. The trip takes about 1 hour 20 minutes, and the National Government Licensed guide waits at Hiroshima Station.

Miyajima comes first: coach to Miyajimaguchi, the JR ferry (on the Otorii route past the torii when weather and tide allow), an hour at Itsukushima Shrine with the guide and an hour for lunch on your own. Then the Peace Park, the A-Bomb Dome and an hour in the Peace Memorial Museum before the train back. An assistant meets you at Shin-Osaka and takes you to Osaka Station. Guests clock about 14 hours door to door.

Is it worth $387? Booked yourself, reserved Nozomi seats cost about 10,400 yen each way, so roughly 21,000 yen return before ferry and entries; with a JR Pass, Hikari and Sakura trains are covered. The premium buys someone else's planning, a licensed guide and reserved seats, and JTB also sells first class and, for 2027 dates, Premium Class. The H.I.S. day covers the same ground for less and includes lunch, but its audio guide stops at the bus door. JTB runs the same tour from Kyoto too ($391), and the two-person minimum applies to both: a date with fewer bookings may be cancelled four days ahead.

• Reserved shinkansen seats both ways, ordinary or first class
• Escort from Hotel Granvia Osaka to the platform and back
• Licensed English-speaking guide in Hiroshima and on Miyajima
• Visitor tax, ferry, shrine and museum paid
• JR ferry on the Otorii route, weather permitting

How the day runs

1. MorningHotel Granvia Osaka

   Meet the JTB Sunrise Tours sign by the 1st-floor elevator hall; staff take you to Shin-Osaka.

2. About 1 hr 20 minShinkansen to Hiroshima

   Reserved seats, no escort on board. Your guide meets you at Hiroshima Station.

3. About 2 hoursMiyajima

   Coach and JR ferry, an hour at Itsukushima Shrine, then an hour for lunch on your own.

4. About 1 hr 40 minPeace Park and museum

   The park, the A-Bomb Dome and an hour in the Peace Memorial Museum.

5. About 1 hr 20 minShinkansen back to Osaka

   An assistant meets you at Shin-Osaka and takes you to Osaka Station.

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Tips before you book

• Be early. The schedule is tied to train times, and guests stress that late arrivals can't join.
• The meeting point is on the ground floor by the lifts of Hotel Granvia Osaka. A guest who waited in a closed hotel lounge never found the group.
• Eat fast on Miyajima, or buy an ekiben at Shin-Osaka for the train. Lunch is your free hour on the island.
• Warn the kids: the museum has graphic photos. A parent thought it could be too much for children.
• Under 18s need written parental permission; under 15s must travel with a parent or guardian.

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