The men, I’m assuming men, who drew up the blueprints to Himeji Castle thought of everything. History records the names of the bigwigs who commissioned great historical structures. But the ...

Himeji Castle, which was registered as Japan's first World Heritage site, is seen in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2023. (Mainichi/Nobuya Muramoto) The Mainichi Shimbun answers some common ...

A castle in north Wales is to be twinned with another in Japan, in what is believed ... Conwy Castle and Himeji Castle are both Unesco World Heritage Sites and on 6 July a ceremony will be held ...

Some visitors to one of west ... 400-year old World Heritage Site. The move is in line with many other sites in the country as they look to make tourism more sustainable. Himeji Castle attracts ...

HIMEJI, Hyogo Prefecture--Hilltop Himeji Castle, the city’s pride and a World Cultural Heritage site, will be twinned ... by the Polish ambassador to Japan with the suggestion in 2017.

Whirlpools occur when fast-moving and slow-moving tides collide. The Naruto Strait is an ideal location for this phenomenon, ...

Flames swept through Japan's Shuri Castle early Thursday morning, engulfing a World Heritage site that was one of Okinawa Prefecture's most popular attractions. The Naha city fire department says ...

The heart of Japan, Kansai is home to some ... One of the most imposing is Himeji Castle in Hyogo Prefecture, a Unesco World Heritage Site located 30 minutes by Shinkansen from Shin-Osaka.

Take a walk with us through some of their renowned UNESCO World Heritage sites ... at the Onigajo (or Demon Castle). It’s worth noting that Hanano Iwaya is Japan’s oldest Shinto place of ...

Explore the 10 largest castles in the world, ranked by area. From Poland’s Malbork Castle to India’s Mehrangarh Fort, discover these grand historic fortresses.

This would make it the highest fee in Japan for entering a castle ... A: It costs money to preserve Himeji Castle, a World Heritage site praised as a "masterpiece of construction in wood," for ...