Explore Hiroshima and Miyajima by Bullet Train from Kyoto with English Guide

Good Tour

Our full day visit by bullet train from Kyoto to Hiroshima and Miyajima was very good! The travel company personnel could not have been more professional, on time or responsible. From the taxi pick up at the hotel, to getting us on the right car on the train with specific instructions about the round trip, to the very excellent local guide in Hiroshima, Mickey, and the nice chap who met us back in Kyoto and got us in our taxi for the ride to the hotel -- everyone was great!

Mickey did a good job of sharing appropriate information and some light hearted banter on the bus rides during the time in Hiroshima and to and from the shrine, which included some heavy traffic.

The Miyajima Shrine was a good experience but very busy on a Japanese Holiday! It is unique, being on the water although the tide was out during our visit. Some of our group would have preferred an arranged lunch, but we lucked out and had a fun experience at the "pancake" cafe that Mickey pointed out as we started through the village.

It would have been good to have more time in Hiroshima to wander around the Park on ones' own. And it was getting dark in late afternoon in November so photos were difficult. However, that said, Mickey was most professional, thorough and informative as she walked us past the most significant sights and introduced us to the Museum.

The Peace Park and Museum are a must see for our fellow Americans and we are very glad we included it in our travel itinerary.

Explore Hiroshima and Miyajima by Bullet Train from Kyoto with English Guide

Aikiko's Miyajima and Hiroshima Tour is Wonderful!!

I have traveled all over the world and been with hundreds of tour guides. Aikiko is one of the best ever! Knowledgeable, thoughtful and passionate about her work. Great pride in what she shows you. Miyajima was great but I really went on this tour to see the Hiroshima Peace memorial. Every world leader whose country has or contemplates getting nuclear weapons ought to visit this memorial, it is sobering and puts the idea of any future use of nuclear weapons into proper perspective as an absolutely mad idea.

Explore Hiroshima and Miyajima by Bullet Train from Kyoto with English Guide

Tour Hiroshima/Miyajima

Perfect timing and charming welcome.
To group was a bit too large. So, it was often hard to follow/understand the guide.

Explore Hiroshima and Miyajima by Bullet Train from Kyoto with English Guide

We were so happy that we did the tour to Miyajima and Hiroshima. Miyajima is beautiful and Hiroshima was an amazing experience. Thank you so much for the wonderful tour.

Explore Hiroshima and Miyajima by Bullet Train from Kyoto with English Guide

Hiroshima-Miyajima day trip from Kotota

Not to be missed! This trip was excellent, Mickey, our guide spoke excellent English. The day was packed with activities but I never felt rushed. Plenty of time to take in the sights. We were at Miyajima when the tide was in so the gate was 'floating'. The trip was well planned and well executed. Hiroshima wa creator the highlight of the trip for me. The Peace a Memorial is lovely. Very emotional.

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

great tour of nara and kyoto....

simple tour....could see all very old shinto n buddha temples...historically imp places

Explore Hiroshima and Miyajima by Bullet Train from Kyoto with English Guide

great one day excursion from kyoto ....miyajima is really a beautiful place..

enjoyed the trip to miyajima ....with bullet train experience and also ferry to miyajima island ....island was very beautiful with fresh oysters and congo eel dishes to taste.....but lunch is not included...nothing much in hiroshima except atomic bomb dome n museum...museum was really good

Explore Hiroshima and Miyajima by Bullet Train from Kyoto with English Guide

Peace park was the high light

We enjoyed too much the Miyajima island but the Peace Park was the high light-very touching and a lot of history. The bullet train was sensational

Explore Hiroshima and Miyajima by Bullet Train from Kyoto with English Guide

Very enjoyable day tour - great guide

If Akiko is your guide, you are very lucky! She is very knowledgable about the sites, and ties in information on Japan's history and culture in an entertaining manner. All Veltra staff were very careful of the transportation to and from Kyoto to Hiroshima. Most enjoyable day!

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

wonderful and well organised tour

The pick up was easy and be on time. Everyone was on the ball and there were no hassles. We did a comprehensive tour of three site sin kyoto and two in nara. We had admission to the imperial palace and that was a rare treat. Thed golden shrine was spectacular . The giant buddha temple was also a real treat. there were deers everywhere and theyre most friendly. The cherry blossoms were in full bloom then and it was spectacular anywhere in Kyoto and Nara. The lunch was delicious. Our tour guides were all fluent and very helpful and hardworking. I really enjoyed the tour and I would highly recommend it.

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Great tour!

This your was absolutely fantastic! Our your guide named Yoshitaka Harada was a great man and knew English (as well as jokes) very well. If you take this tour I highly recommend getting him to give you the your for he gives the experience a comfortable and friendly environment. Here is his card if anybody is interested...

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Awesome, loved the tour guide

I really liked the tour and enjoyed it very much. What made the tour so memorable and great was the tour guide, mr. Harada yoshitaka. He was very interactive with the group and we could tell that he loved his job.

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

It was a fantastic experience for my family including our 10-year old daughter. We had only limited time in Kyoto area so we wanted to get the best of Kyoto. We were certainly did the right thing by choosing this tour. The morning was in Kyoto and afternoon in Nara. We got to see beautiful historical sites including Nijo Castle, Imperial Palace, the Deer Park... but the part we loved the most was our afternoon guide, who's a lovely lady from Osaka area. She not only provided information about the places we visited but only added a lot of rich content about Japanese history and culture. She made our experience so enjoyable! She brought some beautiful Japanese music to play on our way back to Kyoto from Nara while we rest and trying to take in all the impression we had had during the intensive 10 hour visit of two of the oldest cities in Japan. Just before reaching the final stop, she performed a Japanese song for us which left a very sweet memory in our hearts. It's shame that I didn't remember her name, but her sweet voice and warm smile will be with me for a long time. Thank you our lovely tour guide-san!!

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Very good tour, good amount of time in each place. Decent lunch and great guide.

Explore Hiroshima and Miyajima by Bullet Train from Kyoto with English Guide

Nice trip if you want to experience Shikansen if you haven't done so yet. Trip to Miyajima is quite relaxed. We had beautiful weather, so the ferry ride, the visit to the temple and the walk through the Peace Park was both impressive, leisurely and enjoyable. Although lunch was not included you have a lot of choice of food near the temple.

Explore Hiroshima and Miyajima by Bullet Train from Kyoto with English Guide

Excellent tour - well run and managed. We also had a delightful & informative guide which really made our day.

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

A very well organised tour, covering a few of the most important places to see in both Kyoto and Nara. In the end, it is only so much that you can fit in one day...

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Well organised interesting trip. Both guide in Kyoto and Nara were hepful and upbeat, fun and enthusiastic to share their knowledge. Lunch was very good for a mass produced meal. Thoroughly enjoyed the whole day.

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

The tour was interesting.. but the only lacking are the details. We didn't know that lunch is provided for a one day tour. As we are a muslim couple, it was too late for us to change our menu to a non-pork menu. So we didn't get to eat much...

We also wish that the tour guide would stick together, or announce where he/she will be as there was one part of the tour, we seemed a bit lost, especially at a crowded Kinkakuji Temple.

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Great Tour for the time concious traveller, only had 1 day to spend in Kyoto, and was able to visit all the sites we wanted to see!

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

Morning tour guide was a bit soft spoken/hard to hear unless you stood very near.Gold Palace was WAY TOO RUSHED!! Maybe a change of order would be better. Afternoon guide was AMAZING!! He was so INFORMATIVE and funny!! Overall we would highly recommend this tour. The only way to see and learn about the top spots in such an efficient way.

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

I had not been to Kyoto before and this tour was the one to get a feel for the history of the city. The following days I did my own thing, and my experience was definitely enhanced by having first had the guided thing.

Explore Hiroshima and Miyajima by Bullet Train from Kyoto with English Guide

The tour guide was amazing! So knowledgeable and helpful. Miyajima is a must see and Hiroshima was very interesting. It was a great day.

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park

The one-day trip to Kyoto & Nara was definitely worth it. The highlights in Kyoto gave a first idea of the city, which was interesting, and lunch in the handycraft center was actually better than I had expected for a tourist group treat. But I particularly liked the afternoon in Nara - the space and green surroundings of the sights are perfectly relaxing and you really get into holiday mood while visiting magnificent historical places.
While I preferred the afternoon on the programme side, it was the opposite for our guides: the morning guide was great (perfect English & a very good mix of historical and country information), the guide in the afternoon was less helpful (not so good English, less information...)
Overall, definitely a good tour.

Kyoto & Nara 1-Day Bus Tour from Tokyo with Nijo Castle & Nara Park