Chugoku · Guide by shinkansen
Two UNESCO sites, forty minutes apart, and one of the few days in Japan that changes how people think. Miyajima’s torii standing in the sea at high tide; the Peace Park in the afternoon, walked slowly, with a guide who will give you the room to be quiet.
Hour by Hour
A starting point, not a script. Every stop can be swapped, dropped or lingered over on the day.
From your Hiroshima hotel or the station.
Ten minutes across the bay to an island where the deer walk the shoreline.
Built on stilts over the sea so commoners would not tread the sacred island. At high tide it floats.
A ropeway to the summit and the Inland Sea below — or a mountainside temple of 500 stone rakan, each face different.
Grilled oysters and anago-meshi on the island, or Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki back in the city.
The A-Bomb Dome, the cenotaph, the children’s monument. We walk it slowly.
Difficult and necessary. Your guide will wait outside if you would rather be alone with it.
A scaled-down landscape rebuilt after 1945 — the ginkgo that survived is still standing.
Hotel, station, or Hiroshima Airport.
No — guide only is enough
Ferry, tram and a short walk cover Miyajima and the Peace Park properly. Guide-only is the sensible choice here; the car is worth it only if you are continuing to Onomichi or Iwakuni.
Your guide travels by shinkansen — rail fare is included. Ferry, tram and a little walking cover the day; an Alphard and driver can meet you instead at the BUSHIDO Private rate.
Year-round. Check the tide table — we plan the day around high tide at Itsukushima.
¥100,000 guide only — trains, walking and taxis at cost.
¥300,000 with the Alphard and driver, door to door — about ¥50,000 each with 6 of you.
¥500,000 guided by Master Ken himself, six days a month.
The Rate
Every one of them is one private group per day, priced for the group rather than per head.
The only question is whether you need the car — and on some days you genuinely do not.
We will tell you which.
BUSHIDO Guideガイドのみ
¥100,000per day · whole group · up to 6
Guide only · all 47 prefectures
Your own English-speaking guide for the day, anywhere in Japan. You travel by train, on foot and by taxi — we go where the rails already go well.
BUSHIDO Private車付き
¥300,000per day · whole group · up to 6
Guide + Alphard + driver
The full day, door to door. A private Toyota Alphard with its own driver, so six of you and six suitcases move as one — including the places the trains make painful.
A Day with Master Kenケン本人
¥500,000per day · whole group · up to 6
Kensuke Ueoka himself · 6 days a month
Ken guides a handful of days each month and no more. Kyudo 4th dan, calligraphy 6th dan, yabusame rider — the day is his practice, not a performance of it.
One flat price for the group — not per head. Two of you or six of you, the day costs the same.
Multi-day journeys are ¥300,000 per day, plus the guide’s accommodation (¥15,000–¥25,000 per night, at cost). Beyond 10 hours, ¥15,000 per hour.
Begin Your Journey
One private group per day — nationwide.
— dates are currently open, synced with Ken’s own calendar.
Inquiring is free. Nothing is charged until your itinerary is confirmed in writing.
We reply within 24 hours — Ken reads every message himself.
Nothing is charged at this stage. You receive a written itinerary and price first;
a 30% deposit by bank transfer confirms the date.
Guiding & hospitality by BUSHIDO LLC. Reservations, travel contracts and payment are handled by our licensed partner 有限会社ローライ (Rollei Co., Ltd.) — Aichi Prefecture Registered Travel Agency No. 3-1516. All vehicles are operated by licensed chartered-hire operators.
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