Recommended Tour Courses
The most time-efficient way to see all five prefectures in the Chugoku region.
A one night stay in each prefecture gives you the opportunity to check out the best attractions on offer.
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- DAY1
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- Shin-Osaka Station
- Okayama Station（About 70 minutes）
- Okayama Korakuen
- About 4 minutes by train from Okayama Station to Higashiyama, 10 minutes after getting off at [Jonoshita Station] About 10 to 15 minutes on foot / or by bus
- 1-5 Korakuen, Kita-ku, Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture
- Okayama Station
- Kurashiki Station（About 20 minutes）
- Ohara Museum of Art
- About 15 minutes on foot from Kurashiki Station
- 1-1-15 Chuo, Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture
Enjoy the main sightseeing spots of Okayama Prefecture such as Okayama Castle and Korakuen, and Kurashiki Bikan Street where you can enjoy the white-walled cityscape with beautiful historical romance and art!
- DAY2
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- Kurashiki Station
- Okayama Station（About 30 minutes）
- Okayama Station
- Hiroshima Station（About 50 minutes）
- Hiroshima Station
- Miyajimaguchi Station（About 40 minutes）
- Miyajimaguchi Port
(JR-West Miyajima Ferry) - Miyajima Port （About 10 minutes）
- Miyajima Misen Daisho-in
(experience copying Buddhist scriptures and tracing Buddhist images) - About 30 minutes on foot from Miyajima Bridge
- 210 Takimachi, Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima
- Itsukushima Shrine
- From Miyajimaguchi Bridge to Miyajima Bridge JR West Miyajima Ferry (about 10 minutes)
- 1-1 Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi-shi, Hiroshima
- Miyajima Port
(JR-West Miyajima Ferry) - Miyajimaguchi Port （About 10 minutes）
- Miyajimaguchi Station
- Hiroshima Station（About 30 minutes）
- Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Dome
- 1-10 Otemachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima-shi, Hiroshima
- Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park
- 1-1 Nakajima-cho, Naka-ku, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Orizuru Tower
- About 11 minutes from Hiroshima Station Shinkansen Exit (Platform 2) on the Hiroshima City Circulation Bus "Meipurupu" (get off at "Atomic Bomb Dome Mae")
- 1-2-1 Otemachi, Naka-ku, Hiroshima Prefecture
- Hatchobori Station
- Hiroshima Station（About 10 minutes）
See the Itsukushima Shrine where the torii floats in the sea, experience sutra-copying / copying Buddha, and tour the city of Hiroshima.
- DAY3
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- Hiroshima Station
- Shin-Iwakuni Station（About 30 minutes）
- Kintaikyo Bridge
- About 15 minutes by bus from Shin-Iwakuni Station
- 1-2 Iwakuni, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Iwakuni Castle
- About 20 minutes by bus from Iwakuni Station, get off at "Kintai Bridge", 5 minutes on foot after Kintaikyo Bridge, 3 minutes on the ropeway from "Sanroku” Station, 5 minutes on foot from "Sancho" Station
- 3 Yokoyama, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Iwakuni International Tourist Hotel
- About 15 minutes by bus from Shin-Iwakuni Station
you can enter the hot spring where you can see Kintaikyo Bridge. - 1-1-7 Iwakuni, Iwakuni City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
- Shin-Iwakuni Station
- Shin-Yamaguchi Station
（About 50 minutes）
- Shin-Yamaguchi Station
- Kamiyamaguti Station
（About 40 minutes）
- Yamaguchi City Saikoutei
- About 15 minutes on foot from Kamiyamaguchi Station
- 1-2-7 Tenge, Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
- National Treasure Rurikoji Temple Five-storied Pagoda
- About 5 minutes by bus from "Yamaguchi Station" "Prefectural Office" + 10 minutes on foot
- 7-1 Kozancho, Yamaguchi City, Yamaguchi Prefecture
- DAY4
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- Kamiyamaguti Station
- Yudaonsen Station（About 40 minutes）
- Yudaonsen Station
- Tsuwano Station（About 60 minutes）
- Anno Art Museum
- Close to Tsuwano Station on the JR Yamaguchi Line
- I,60-1 Ushiroda, Tsuwano Town
- Taikodani Inari Shrine
- 30 minutes on foot from Tsuwano Station
- 409 Ushiroda, Tsuwano-cho, Kanoashi-gun, Shimane Prefecture
- Shimane Arts Center 「Grand Toit」
- 15 minutes walk from Masuda Station
- 5-15 Ariake-cho, Masuda-shi, Shimane
- Masuda Station
- Matsue Station（About 80 minutes）
- DAY5
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- Matsue castle
- 10 minutes by "Lake Line" bus from Matsue Station
- 1-5 Tonomachi, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture
- Matsue Horikawa Pleasure boat
- 15 minutes by lake line bus from Matsue Station, get off at "Otemae Horikawa Pleasure Boat Platform"
- 507-1 Kuroda-cho, Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture
- Matsue Station
- Yasugi Station（About 30 minutes）
- Adachi Museum of Art
- 20 minutes by free shuttle bus from Yasugi Station
- 320 Furukawacho, Yasugi City, Shimane Prefecture
- Yasugi Station
- Yonago Station（About 20 minutes）
- Yonago Station
- Sakaiminato Station（About 50 minutes）
- Mizuki Shigeru Museum
- About 10 minutes on foot through "Mizuki Shigeru Road" just off Sakaiminato Station
- 5 Hommachi, Sakaiminato City, Tottori Prefecture
- DAY6
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- Sakaiminato Station
- Yonago Station（About 50 minutes）
- Yonago Station
- Yura Station（About 90 minutes）
- Gosho Aoyama Manga Factory
- About 20 minutes on foot or 5 minutes by taxi from Conan Station (JR Yura Station)
- 1414 Yurajuku, Hokuei-cho, Tohaku-gun, Tottori Prefecture
- Yura Station
- Tottori Station（About 70 minutes）
- Tottori Sand Dunes The Sand Museum
- About 20 minutes by bus from Tottori Station Bus Terminal and get off at "Sand Museum"
- 2083-17 Yuyama, Fukube Town, Tottori City, Tottori Prefecture
- Tottori Sand Dunes
- About 20 minutes by bus from Tottori Station ("Iwami / Iwai Line" or "Sand Dunes Line")
- 2164-661 Yuyama, Fukube-cho, Tottori-shi, Tottori
- DAY7
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- Tottori Station
- Osaka Station（About 150 minutes）
- Osaka Station
- Shin-Imamiya Station（About 30 minutes）
- Shin-Imamiya Station
- JR-Nanba Station（About 10 minutes）
- Dotonbori
- 1-9 Dotonbori, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
- Tsutenkaku Tower
- JR Osaka Loop Line Shin-Imamiya Station East Exit (7 minutes walk)
- 1-18-6 Ebisuhigashi, Naniwa-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka
