H.I.S. · Hiroshima Station
H.I.S. runs one coach day from Hiroshima Station and feeds into it travellers from Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka, who arrive on bullet train tickets handed to them at the station. Pick it for the most complete package on this site: museum, shrine, ferry and a Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki lunch, all paid.
The listing has eight options: four starting cities (Hiroshima, Osaka, Kyoto, Fukuoka), each in English or with a multilingual audio guide. The $116 from-price is the From Hiroshima option, with no shinkansen: you join the coach at Hiroshima Station. Choose Osaka, Kyoto or Fukuoka and H.I.S. adds round-trip bullet train tickets, which pushes the price way up; the Osaka plan was about $283 on partner listings in October 2026. That's still well under the JTB bullet train tour at $387, and lunch is included here.
From Osaka, staff meet you at Shin-Osaka with your tickets and walk you to the right car. The day runs about 12 hours on paper and 13 to 14 by guests' count. In Hiroshima everyone boards one coach. Mornings go to the A-Bomb Dome, the Peace Park and the Peace Memorial Museum. Lunch is okonomiyaki at a restaurant looking across to Miyajima, cooked on the griddle in front of you, with a no-pork version and a no-pork, no-egg, no-fish-powder version if you ask when you book. Then the ferry, Itsukushima Shrine and time on Omotesando before the coach heads back to the station.
The catches. Guests most often say the museum got about 30 minutes, which isn't enough. Groups are big: one guide looked after 38 people from seven countries. The multilingual audio guide works on the bus only (bring your own phone and earphones), so at the sites you follow the English guide. And the earphone receivers handed out for the walking parts cost up to 18,000 yen to replace if you lose or break one.
Staff at Shin-Osaka, Kyoto or Hakata hand out tickets and see you onto the train. From Osaka the Nozomi takes about 1 hour 25 minutes.
The guide meets the train, the From Hiroshima guests join, and everyone boards the coach.
The A-Bomb Dome, the park and the Peace Memorial Museum, entry paid.
At a restaurant overlooking Miyajima. Outside food and drinks aren't allowed inside.
The 10-minute crossing, the shrine and the torii, then free time on Omotesando.
The coach returns to the station, where city-plan guests catch the shinkansen home.
★★★★★A representative met us at Shin-Osaka Station with our Shinkansen tickets and personally made sure we reached the correct platform and train car. Considering how large and potentially confusing Japanese train stations can be, having someone take care of those details made the start of the day completely stress-free.
★★★★★Although this is a long day, it is well worth it. Our guide Tokane (Kane) was very engaging and informative and provided us with many details even when on the transfers between sites. [...] the lunch of traditional Okonomiyaki was outstanding.
★★★★★Long day but it was worth it to see all that we got to see. Nice mix of tours with a guide who was knowledgeable on all the history, along with time to explore on our own during which we were able to pick up souvenirs and try some local foods.
★★★★★Hiro, our tour guide and the entire team was awesome! [...] Wear comfortable shoes and be ready to feel the emotions. It's a long day but definitely worth it!!!!!
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$116 is the From Hiroshima option, without bullet train tickets. The Osaka, Kyoto and Fukuoka plans include round-trip shinkansen and cost much more (about $283 from Osaka on partner listings in October 2026). Choose your departure city on the booking page to see your price.
Yes: a Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki with pork, cabbage, bean sprouts, noodles, egg and fish powder. You can switch to no pork, or to no pork, no egg and no fish powder, if you say so when booking.
The listing says about 12 hours; guests report 13 to 14 hours door to door. The Nozomi covers Shin-Osaka to Hiroshima in about 1 hour 25 minutes each way.
An audio guide in 21 languages, including Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese and Korean, played on your own phone. It works only on the bus; at the sites the guide speaks English. One guest reports paying about 3,000 yen more for it.
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A coach day with okonomiyaki lunch, the Peace Memorial Museum and the shrine paid, from Hiroshima, Osaka, Kyoto or Fukuoka.
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