(Day-1 PICK UP) 09:00 Your hotel or HAKATA Station, HAKATA Port, KOKURA Station, KITA-KYUSHU Airport in Fukuoka Pref At the airport, a driver with a name board will meet you at the arrival gate and guide you to the bus parking lot. If you can apply, please let us know your arrival flight number in advance. If you plan to cross Japan from the west, that is, if you plan to come to Fukuoka (Hakata or Kokura), We would like you to charter our bus from there to Hiroshima.

(Day 1) 10:15-11:00 (guided) Moji Port Retoro Area, Moji ward, Kitakyushu city, Fukuoka Pref If you are interested in Japanese railways, there is also the Kyushu Railway Museum. http://www.k-rhm.jp/images/pdf/en.pdf Admission fee: 300 yen (≒ 2-3 USD)/adult Mojiko (Moji Port) opened in 1889, prospering as a harbor of international trade. Many of the buildings date from the late 19th century to the prewar period and the streets are lined with classical Western architecture, giving the district the atmosphere of a different time. The classy retro setting is highly popular.

(Day -1) 12:15-14:15 RURIKO-JI Temple in KAZAN Park, Yamaguchi city You can have lunch at the nearby "Choshuen." Yamaguchi's specialty is "Kawara Soba." "Major Restoration of Rurikōji Temple Five-Storied Pagoda (National Treasure)" This pagoda was commissioned by Ouchi Morimi, one of the heads of the Ouchi clan that ruled Yamaguchi from the 14th to 16th centuries. Morimi had the pagoda built as a memorial to his older brother Ouchi Yoshihiro, who died leading a revolt against the country’s central government in 1399. The pagoda was completed in 1442 and is lauded as the most outstanding structure surviving from the middle of the Muromachi period, which ran from approximately 1336 to 1573. It is designated a national treasure.

15:45-17:00 (guided walk) KINTAI Bridge and IWAKUNI Castle Town, Yamaguchi Iwakuni Castle (岩国城, Iwakunijō) was built in 1608, at the beginning of the Edo Period. The site of the castle was chosen for its natural defensive advantages on top of Mount Shiroyama and half surrounded by a natural moat, the Nishiki River. The castle keep is four stories high, and looks out onto the city 200 meters below. Probably a source of considerable frustration for those who built it, the original castle lasted only slightly longer than the time it took to construct it. Built over the course of five years, the castle was torn down by decree of the shogun a mere seven years after its completion.

[ Day-1 DROP OFF ] 18:00 e.g.) MIYAJIMA Coral Hotel, 1-9-8 Miyajimaguchi, Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima Hotels you book in Miyajimaguchi, Hatsukaichi city, Hiroshima Pref. Your hotel arrangements and payments must be made by yourself. On next morning, please take the ferry to Miyajimaguchi from around 8am to the World Heritage Site, Itsukushima Shrine. (An interpreter guide will accompany you if necessary). There are several ferries around 8am. https://jr-miyajimaferry.co.jp/en/timetable/ The ferry fare is 200 yen (≒2 USD) round trip for one adult.