[Hyogo x Spring Trip] Japan's Three Greatest Castles: Beautiful White Exterior "Himeji Castle"

📍Himeji Castle

68 Honmachi, Himeji, Hyogo

Opening hours 9:00-16:00

Admission fee 1000 yen

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Himeji Castle is one of the three most famous castles in Japan.

Its beautiful white exterior is also known as the "White Heron Castle."

It is fantastic not only during the day but also when lit up at night.

Himeji Castle is one of only 12 castles in Japan that have a castle tower built before the Edo period.

It is also famous for its linked castle tower, and is designated as a national treasure.

Himeji Castle is also very popular with foreign tourists, and since it was a Sunday and there were cherry blossom viewing visitors, there was a long line to buy an admission ticket.

Himeji Castle is popular with inbound tourists, and the number of foreign visitors has exceeded 400,000.

Even when you enter the castle, it is difficult to move forward.

The biggest feature of Himeji Castle is that the roofs of the four castle towers are overlapped and show a different expression depending on the angle you look at it, so it is called "Happo Shomen".

To get to the castle tower, you have to go up a steep staircase, but there were so many people that they had to guide the people up the stairs while regulating the number of people going up, so it took two hours to get up and come out.

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