HIMEJI, Hyogo Prefecture—The Himeji municipal government has devised a plan to charge nonresidents of the city double or triple the usual cost to enter Himeji Castle starting in spring 2026.

The city seeks to implement this change around the spring of 2026 after revising ... the highest fee in Japan for entering a castle keep. However, Himeji residents will have their fee maintained ...

Himeji City officials say people from outside the city will have to pay double or triple the current admission fee from spring 2026 ... Himeji Castle attracts nearly 1.5 million visitors a ...

Himeji-jo is the finest surviving example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, comprising 83 buildings with highly developed systems of defence and ingenious protection devices dating ...

Himeji Castle, one of Japan's first four UNESCO World Heritage sites, is pictured in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2023. (Mainichi/Nobuya Muramoto) HIMEJI, Hyogo -- A ticket to the famously ...

Himeji Castle in the Hyōgo Prefecture is one of ... It's open year-round for tours, but the most popular time to visit is in spring, when the cherry trees are in blossom. Head to Cairo to see ...

Himeji Castle with its white keep is one of Japan's most famous castles. But its beauty is deceiving. The paths to the keep follow the hill's gradient and hold many surprises for potential attackers.

HIMEJI, Hyogo Prefecture--Hilltop Himeji Castle, the city’s pride and a World Cultural Heritage site, will be twinned with Schonbrunn Palace in Austria, city officials announced. The Vienna tie ...

Thinking back to my Shadows demo, I have to give a lot of praise to the designers for effectively using so much of the real estate afforded by Himeji Castle. Thanks to the game’s less ‘hand-holdy’ ...