Hello,
I’m Pancho
-born and raised in Hiroshima, son of an A-bomb survivor, and your local guide.
What I actually do on a tour
I'll pick you up at the exact door of your Shinkansen car at Hiroshima Station. No searching for a meeting point in a crowded station. From there, I handle everything: ferry tickets, timing the tides for the best view of the torii gate, navigating the trams, choosing the right moment to visit each site.
But the logistics are just the frame. What matters is what happens inside it.
At Peace Memorial Park, I'll walk you through the history at a pace that lets you absorb it. Not rush through it. I'll show you places most tours skip entirely: sites that survived the blast, corners of the park where locals come to remember, stories that aren't on any sign.
On Miyajima, I'll explain why the shrine was built on water, what the tide reveals that most visitors miss, and take you to a quiet spot at Daishoin Temple where the crowds disappear.
And at some point during the day, I'll take you to an okonomiyaki place where the owner knows me by name. No English menu. No tourist prices. Just the best lunch you'll have in Japan.
A few things I've learned from 600+ tours
Every guest is different. A retired couple from London wants something very different from a family with teenagers from Texas. I've guided both. On the same day, back to back. And the key is listening more than talking.
Some guests want every detail of the timeline. Others want to sit quietly at the cenotaph and just be there. I've learned to read the room, and I'll never push a narrative you didn't ask for.
One guest's wife was a granddaughter of a Hiroshima native. We spent part of the tour tracing her family's old neighborhood on pre-war maps. Another guest was a history teacher who wanted to understand the physics of the blast radius. I've had a six-year-old ask me "why did they drop the bomb?" and I've answered that, too. Carefully and honestly.
This is what I mean by a private tour. It's not a script with your name inserted. It's a day designed around you.
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