Himeji Castle
姫路城English onlyThe white castle keep from directly above
- WhereHyogo, Kansai
- On the ground3 photos when you land
- Courses4 that pass here
- MapOpen in Google Maps ↗
From above
- The keep stands on a wooded rise in the middle of the castle grounds.
- Stone walls and moats cut sharp, angled lines around it.
- The town's streets run in a grid right up to the castle's outer edge.
Your guide says
The white main keep and three smaller keeps are linked by covered corridors.
In 1993, it and Horyu-ji became Japan's first cultural World Heritage Sites.
Fact source: Wikipedia · Last checked October 2026
On the ground
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