Takehara Townscape Tour Guide

Highlights & What to Do

On this roughly 2-hour walk, a local sightseeing guide will show you around the beautiful streets in detail.
You can learn about the history and more that you wouldn’t discover by simply walking through the Preservation District, and it’s used by over 2,500 people every year.
Please book at least 3 days in advance.
One guide can accommodate up to about 20 people.

Access

Address

〒725-0022 Hiroshima prefecture (Chuugoku area)Takehara City1-1-1 Honmachi 1-chome

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Access from Major Stations & Airports

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From Takehara Station

From Hiroshima Airport

car

2-minute drive from JR Takehara Station
18-minute drive from Kochi IC on the Sanyo Expressway
23 minutes by car from Hiroshima Airport

walking

A 9-minute walk from Takehara Station on the JR Kure Line

Train

130 minutes by train from JR Hiroshima Station to JR Takehara Station
50 minutes by train from JR Mihara Station to JR Takehara Station

bus

80 minutes from JR Hiroshima Station on the express bus “Kaguyahime-go”; get off at the “Michi-no-Eki Takehara” bus stop

More Nearby

DISCOVER WEST Hiking “Walking Tour with Local Guides”

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Michi-no-Eki Takehara (Roadside Station)

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Local Okonomiyaki Manhole Cover “Takehara-yaki”

8m

Roadside Station Takehara Restaurant

8m

Le*Lapin (Michi-no-Eki Takehara Restaurant)

9m

Matsuya Nijuyaki Honpo

68m

Kanda Mochi Shop

90m

Murakami Bakery

109m

Okashi no Sono Hakoniwa Honpo Ichikawa Kakemachi Branch

139m

Kirakuken

151m

Local Sake, Natural Foods Cafe Nakazawa

160m

Former Kasai Residence

168m

Takehara’s Jōyatō (Constant Night Lantern)

182m

Former Morikawa Family Residence

184m

NIPPONIA HOTEL Takehara Seien-machi

185m

Restaurant LE UN

200m

tabenomi sumicco

204m

Pottery Studio Fudo

211m

Edo Soba Yusan

214m

Jizo-do Hall

216m

Details

Business Hours: 9:00–17:00

Closed: Closed: 3rd Wednesday; mornings on the 3rd of each month; August; the day of the “Shokei no Michi” event (last Sat & Sun of October); the day of the “Takehara Bamboo Festival”; year-end and New Year holidays (Dec 25–Jan 3)
*Due to extreme heat, we are closed throughout August.

Price: ¥2,000 (tax included) per guide

Parking: Michi-no-Eki Takehara (Free: 48 cars, 4 buses)
Shinmachi Municipal Parking Lot (Paid: 47 cars)

Website/Socials: Reservation Tour Guide Application Form (external site) ／ Michi-no-Eki Takehara (Roadside Station)

Contact

Takehara Tourism Guide Association (inside Michi-no-Eki Takehara)

Phone Number：0846-22-7730

Fax Number：0846-22-1201

Email Address：info@michinoekitakehara.com

Notes

A heart skipping a beat in pale pink. Come see Takehara’s cherry blossoms that herald spring.

Feel

A tour of Takehara's cherry blossoms

Cherry Blossom Viewing Spots
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Preservation District for Groups of Historic Buildings
Takehara Scenic Spots

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