We learn about this shopping district and also use it to access not one, not two, but a total of THREE different "standing bar" restaurants over the course of the evening! Your food and drink is included at each stop too, as is friendly conversations locals will strike up with you. We also explore other interesting local spots not related to food, but very much indicative of how locals like to spend their evenings.
Trip got canceled because the guide got the flu. I guess they didn’t have a replacement. It was short notice and very disappointing. Ended up with nothing to do that evening and Hiroshima. The company should have backups for these. People are on vacation and are trying to pack a lot of things in. It’s not like I can go back next week.
Big thanks to Kensuke (Ken) for showing us a great time in Hiroshima. We had a blast! Met some great people, had some lively conversations and tasted some delicious food (my advice is to keep an open mind and try it all - I mean what’s the worst that could happen 😂). This tour was the best of eat, drink and be merry. Would recommend 👍
Ken did a great job communicating before the excursion, and had everything organized so the evening flowed perfectly, while still working with the groups’s specific requests. The food was a good variety and very delicious!
Ami was a great host for our food tour. She showed us some great restaurants and bars which we will definitely return to. She took us to a local supermarket and then showed us back to our hotel. Would definitely recommend this tour
Way too much food so pace yourself. The most filling dish was at the end. Our tour guide Ken was just delighted to be with us and so friendly fun and inquisitive. Very knowledgeable for a younger guide. Totally enjoyed
What a marvelous insight into night life in Hiroshama. Our guide was Ken. He contacted us a couple day before to finalise meet up and check on dietary and other food requirements. He accordingly set up three different restaurants and bars for us to experience. The most amazing experience in small side streets restaurants that locals frequent. A totally mesmerising experience of enjoying tapas style small variety of dishes that may not make the menu of most tourist focused restaurants. We were able to enjoy the company of locals out for a drink and a meal before heading home. A very immersive and memorable experience. In one restaurant we were introduced to a concept of timed session with a full bottle of Lemon Sour ie drink as much as you like within the assigned time a concept called nomihodai. Ken was a very knowledgeable foodie and entertaining. I would recommend this tour especially with Ken.
Ken was our guide and he was super friendly and excited to share many authentic Japanese dishes with us. It was family style and we all shared. We were stuffed by the end of the tour and had so much fun!
Thoroughly enjoyable. Kensuke was an excellent guide, thoughtful, informative and fun. Everything was planned and well timed. Food was delicious and abbundant, local, traditional and at times adventurous. All 3 restaurants had drinks to match cusine and taste for drinkers and non drinkers alike. Such an interesting cultural experience. Small group was personable and our host made sure we were all aquainted and having a great experience. Highly recommendable and would redo the tour in the future.
We just finished our food tour with Ken. It was just us and him. Honestly when he said it was just gonna be the three of us, we worried what we would talk about for 3 hours. How wrong we were. That was possibly the best tour we have ever been on. The food was fantastic and the chats with Ken were amazing. We even ended up at 7 eleven for dessert. We can't thank you enough Ken for the highlight of our trip. We were serious, when you are in Ireland: come say Hi. Every visitor to Hiroshima should let Ken show you around
Tour was great. Ken was very knowledgeable and friendly
We really like Ken because he was very engaged and his English is perfect. Roberto was fun too because he didn’t drink as much as we thought he would.
The experience with our guide Alex was very good. He accommodated everybody in the group very well with special diets and drinking preferences. He gave us lots of wonderful information about the area and the food and context to the city of Hiroshima. I would highly recommend having a tour with him to anyone, he was great!
I enjoyed the tour. We sampled different types of food. Our guide gave us information abou the dishes. It was a small tour, so perfect to ask questions and hear the guide.
An absolutely wonderful experience. Ken was personable and had great energy. Also, come, it is a lot food. For the price you pay, it is, in my opinion, steal
I've been on a number of food tours, but this was by far the best food tour I've ever been on. The variety of food was amazing, there was a fish course, a chicken course, a beef course, a pork course, and even a vegetarian course. And all of the food was delicious, even things I didn't think I'd like, were amazing. This tour is exactly why I go on food tours, Kensuke showed me new foods I had never tried, and helped open my mind to new and amazing foods I had never heard of before. You need to make sure that you get Kensuke as your guide! Not only did Kensuke tailor the food to what we were looking for, and take us to great sports with amazing food, but he is an intelligent person that is great to talk to. Kensuke is a genuinely nice person that seems engaged and listens to what you're interested in, to make the tour the best possible, and he succeeded.
My family had so much fun exploring the food scene in Hiroshima with Ken! The spots he took us to were so authentic and allowed us to trying new things we hadn’t tried previously. The perfect conclusion to our time in Japan. Sign up today - you won’t regret it!!
Ken was a great host! Chose great places to eat and the food was great and a nice variety! He was very easy to converse with and gave us great information about Japan culture. We felt very comfortable and the other guests were very nice and easy to be with! We were so happy we booked this as our last excursion before leaving Japan.
This was our 4th food tour in Japan, and while we enjoyed all of them, this one stood out. Our guide, Kensuke, was very personable, and we could immediately tell he was passionate about being a guide and enjoyed sharing his knowledge about Hiroshima and not limited to just food. We were fortunate to experience what it was like to eat as a local. On our first stop, my husband said he could not pick just one dish he liked because he liked them all. The places we visited were local hangouts - right up my husband's alley. Kensuke was handed the task of accommodating my food restriction of no pork and some beef, but he accomplished this with ease by selecting chicken dishes just for me which were delicious! He also split his time evenly speaking to us and with the other customer, and he was genuinely interested in everything we had to share. Our second stop was quite memorable with a wonderful chicken dish, beef and pork on a stick and even boiled quail eggs which was a first for me. The final stop was to try okonomiyaki - two different types of the famous "pancake" with cabbage and a savory sauce. Our three hours went by too quickly!
We had such a great tour with our guide, Ken! I was traveling solo and wanted a better way to explore Hiroshima for my first visit, and this experience was perfect. Ken was patient, informative, kind, and fun as he guided us around the city to try four unique Japanese dishes. Everything was within walking distance, making it easy for everyone to keep up. The food was fantastic, the portions were generous, and we all left full and happy by the end of the tour. It was a great group as we all connected and were bouncing conversations off of each other and that made it more memorable. I hope to meet with Ken again and possibly try other kinds of tour he might host, like ramen & beer crawl, that would be awesome
I fantastic experience! Had a wonderful guide and visited three cafe/bars to enjoy delicious food and beverages. Our group was small with a total of four and it was fun meeting two people from Australia. I highly recommend!
Ami was amazing! We had a fantastic fun night filled with food, drink and laughter in a very unscripted way. We tried 3 different types of local food at 3 different stops along the way, met some locals and laughed a lot. Definitely recommend!
A really great tour, went with tour guide Ken who was very informative and lots of fun. He made sure everyone in the group was included. Unlike a lot of these tours there was plenty of food and no one was hungry at the end. Thanks Ken for making this a great night for everyone.
This tour was a fun and delicious way to spend an evening in Hiroshima! Ken was an amazing guide. He was entertaining and really enjoyed teaching us about the food we were eating and tidbits about Hiroshima. I could not recommend this tour and Ken in particular highly enough!
The absolute best way to experience all of the amazing food and drinks Hiroshima has to offer! Ken was the best guide! He was engaging, funny, and excited to share his city with us. Each stop had a completely different vibe, which made the experience feel dynamic and gave us a real taste of the city’s culture. We left full, happy, and feeling like we had discovered places we never would have found on our own.
Had a great food experience and great host Kensuke. Tried some local dishes and gained some new favorites along the way.
We met with our guide Saori (Rio) at the location perfectly provided as described in the meetup information. We were 5 minutes late but Saori was very understanding and accommodating. Our family group (35, 49 and 67 year old males from USA) plus Saori made up the group of 4 for the night. The locations, dishes, chefs, timing and distance between each of the 3 locations was very well curated and made for a fantastic night of culinary experiences in Hiroshima. Saori provided great conversation and recommendations on how to spend our remaining time in Hiroshima. My father does not drink alcohol, and she made sure of it during our time at each place. Highly recommended!
Ken was a fantastic guide and we had a wonderful experience. Ken took us to authentic restaurants with fantastic food and atmosphere. We loved it!
Ken lead our group to three different local restaurants, all which were very unique. It was a great time and I highly recommend this tour for anyone wanting to see and try local cuisine through the eyes of someone who loves there. It was a great evening!
Ken made this a relaxed and enjoyable night. Good and venues were great. We had ample to eat and a good variety.
Our guide Ken was very friendly and knowledgeable and we were able to experience a range of food that we would have had trouble finding ourselves. A great, fun evening with good company. Highly recommended.
Kensuke, was an amazing host! He was so knowledgeable and was able to accommodate my allergy very easily without sacrificing the experience. Every stop was filled with delicious local food and drinks. Kensuke was very engaged, asked great questions and made sure we were having a wonderful time. I highly recommend this tour and ask for Kensuke!
Relaxing time over dinning experience along with drinks at multiple locations - Ken was very enjoyable guide
Excellent choice of venues and dishes well organised and above all great fun and educational. Reccomemded tour if you are looking for a true local experience
This tour was great ! It ended up just being my wife and I on the tour so that was actually a nice surprise. Kensuke took us to 3 great local places to eat a lot of different food. Sushi, different fried foods, soup, egg, 2 differently prepared squids(may not be for everyone's taste lol), tofu, oysters, chicken skewers, several differently prepared veggies and other amazing foods, but wow soooo much you won't leave hungry I promise you that ! Each place we also had a different drink, beer, hi-ball and sake which we are great. Also had great conversations about local Japanese culture and food. Along with talking about our own lived experiences from our trips all over the world. We certainly made a friend for life with Kensuke, he was a fantastic tour guide and highly recommend him and his tour for anyone visiting Hiroshima ! Kanpai !
Kensuke-san is a very honorable and caring person. He made sure each and every one of us in our tour group felt included and looked after. He was outstanding as a guide. He offered wonderful explanations about the different foods we were eating and also about the customs and culture that go along with it. I feel very lucky to have been led by him throughout this tour and would not hesitate at all to recommend it and him to anybody. Dōmo arigatōgozaimasu Kensuke-san and kia ora.
We had a good time on this tour. Alex chose some restaurants we absolutely would never had picked from a guide book or travel website and we had a good array of different tasty foods. Doing the food tour means we sampled three meals worth of different foods but in one meal. Drinks were included too and we were full at the end of the tour. Many thanks.
This is a fun and authentic experience! I appreciated the excellent communication from Ken, the leader. He is 100% fluent in English. The meeting point was easy to find and our group of four people was very congenial. Ken took us to three places, each a little different, and he explained all of the interesting appetizers he had ordered. We had a wide variety of foods and three alcoholic (or not) were included. This tour was SO MUCH FUN! I recommend it highly if you want to see how Japanese people “hang out.”
Ken was a kind, professional, and incredibly smart tour guide that quickly put our group of six at ease with fun stories, thoughtful questions, and fantastic food/drink options. We have taken a few tours from viator, and Ken was by far our favorite. The bars had street charm to them and Ken curated a thoughtful menu that provided excellent variety. I’d do it again!
Ken was the perfect guide! We experienced 3 restaurants we would not have thought to go into on our own. Food was awesome, and plentiful. Must do if you're a foodie.
Ken was the perfect guide! 3 food spots that we would not have been able to find on our own, with some of the best food we had while in Hiroshima. A must do if you are a foodie!
Ken did an awesome job of bringing us around to some nice local places. The food was great and Ken was a nice host showing us around, and talking to us about culture. Was a highlight of our trip and so glad we thought of adding it to our itinerary. Would definitely do again.
Ken was a gracious and fun guide! I love that we went to small local restaurants - we got to try a lot of new foods that were very good. A great way to experience foreign cuisine!
As first timers in Hiroshima we decided to get a glimpse into its culinary scene by booking this tour. Although we ended up having a private tour as the other participants didn't show up, we visited small bars only locals hang out in and experienced traditional Hiroshima-style cuisine. For that and for having an outgoing guide for the evening we're thankful.
Our guide had a last minute problem and had to cancel; company was able to find someone to fill in, and took us to 3 different spots to try different things. Our guide was very helpful and as everyone in Japan, very nice. The only thing keeping us from a 5 star rating is that we jumped from one place to another. I think it would've been better if we had stayed in one place to get a better feeling of how the nightlife in Hiroshima is.
Fun tour. We went to 3 places which had a variety of foods and drinks. Great opportunity to meet with fellow travelers and get some time to chat with your guide about things to do in Hiroshima and Japan in general. Ken(suke) was our guide and he was great to chat with and learn about Japan. Highly recommend!
We had a wonderful time with a very polite and knowledgeable guide. We would not have been able to go to 3 places on our own. Find the place, get a table, order the best dishes and drinks. Amazing Okonomiyaki!!!
Large variety of yummy and unique foods off the normal path. Wonderful conversation about Hiroshima, the food, and culture.
Great introduction to Japan and especially Hiroshima. Met great people and loved the food. Guide Alex was great and informative.
We had an amazing tour with Trevor! He took us to three restaurants that tourists rarely have an opportunity to go to! Great food and conversation! We would recommend Trevor's tour to anyone wanting to have an authentic culinary experience in Hiroshima! Thank you so much Trevor!!!
Our tour with Trevor was fantastic! Not only did we try delicious food, but had great conversations about the Hiroshima area, and went to restaurants that tourists rarely get to experience! I recommend this tour to everyone who wants to truly have an authentic culinary experience in Hiroshima! Thank you so much Trevor it was a wonderful tour.
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