Convenient and Authentic: Explore the Setouchi Islands in a 1-Day Taxi Tour

【OUTLINE】

On this one-day tour, visit less-known yet exciting, local-approved places located in cities in Hiroshima (Fukuyama City, Onomichi City, and Fuchu City) from the comfort and ease of a taxi.

【HIGHLIGHTS】

• Visit hidden, secret spots missed by most visitors.
• Venture to Tomonoura, a town with old streets designated as a Japan Heritage site by The Agency for Cultural Affairs Japan, is where Hollywood and Studio Ghibli movies have been filmed.
• Bask in the beauty of a temple on the mountain commanding the spectacular view of Shimanami Kaido, known as a Cyclists' Sanctuary.
• Shop your heart out at gallery shop specializing in handmade shoes run by a long-established shoe manufacturer in Fuchu, home to a great, flourishing shoe industry.
• Don't worry about waiting time and carrying your heavy luggage on buses and trains! Take an easy trip free from stress.

【PRICES】

【SCHEDULE】

From home/the former accommodation・・・〈paid by the customer〉・・・9:30 Meeting: Fukuyama Station・・・10:00 Tomonoura: Walking around the town, taking Green Slow Mobility (90 minutes)・・・12:30 ONOMICHI U2: Lunch, shopping (60 minutes)・・・13:45 Senkoji Park: Strolling (45 minutes)・・・15:30 GLOBAL SHOES GALLERY Fuchu (30 minutes) ): Shopping・・・17:00 Dismissal: Fukuyama Station・・・〈paid by the customer〉・・・To home or the next accommodation

【DETAILS】

■ Tomonoura

Travel around the port town taking a small electric low-speed vehicle (Green Slow Mobility) with plenty of openness without doors. You can comfortably explore the historical townscape while enjoying the sea-breeze and crisp salt smell.  

■ ONOMICHI U2

Check out a stylish building complex which was opened at a renovated maritime warehouse built in the early 1940s.

The deck by the sea is a perfect space for strolling at dusk. The specialty shop sells carefully selected souvenirs from Onomichi and Setoda. It also has a restaurant and a bakery. 

■ Senkoji Park

You view the entire city of Onomichi and the Seto Inland Sea from the observation platform.  The monument of Lovers' Sanctuary near the lookout makes it a popular date spot among the locals.

■ GLOBAL SHOES GALLERY

This is a shoe gallery shop operated by Nichiman, a long-established shoe manufacturer that has been in business for over 80 years in Bingo, a great manufacturing area. They have a stockpile of carefully selected foreign brand shoes and handmade shoes by craftsmen. Come shop for shoes and enjoy a cup of tea at a cafe next door! 

【THINGS TO NOTE】

• Time：About 8 hours
• Least participants：2 people
  
• Meeting point：Taxi stand at JR Fukuyama Station North Exit [MAP]
  
• Access：
  30-1, Sannomarucho, Fukuyama-shi 720-0066
  By Shinkansen
  Take Sanyo Shinkansen from Hiroshima to Fukuyama for about 20 minutes and walk for 1 minute.
  Take Tokaido/Sanyo Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka or Kyoto for about 1 hour and walk for 1 minute.
  
• Tour conductor for 24 hours：None (A taxi driver will help you)
  
• Accompanying National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter or Local Licensed Guide Interpreter：None
  
• Language support：Japanese, English (optional), Chinese (optional)
  
• Meals (included in a tour fee)：〇（Breakfast：0, lunch：1, dinner：0）
  
• Included：
  ・Tomonoura: Admission fees to 2 facilities
  ・ONOMICHI U2: lunch
• Excluded：
  ・Guide fee
  ・beverage
  ・facilities usage fees at locations other than the above
• Free Wi-Fi：X
• Toilet：Available at facilities (Western style)
• Other thing to note：
  ・ Please note that the service is basically provided in Japanese
  ・ Taxi driver shows you to the entrance of each facility and helps you to pay the admission fee, but does not go around the facility with you.
  
• Operating Company：Asahi Taxi
  

【TOUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS】

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Check [TOUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS]（Japanese）

【TOUR PLANNER AND CONDUCTOR】

Regional Branding Institute Co.,Ltd.
Aqua Terrace UⅡ bldg. 8F, 2-20-3 Kaminarimon, Taiko-ku, Tokyo, 111-0034
Travel Agency registered with a Tokyo Governor 2-7547
A regular member of All Nippon Travel Agents Association

【CANCELLATION POLICY】

10 to 8 days before the departure date of the tour　20%
7 to 2 days before the departure date of the tour　30%
The day before the departure date of the tour　40%
On the day of the departure date of the tour　50%
After the tour departed, No show　100%