Himeji Castle. Credit: Courtesy of Shuhei Kishimoto. Himeji Castle. Credit: Courtesy of Shuhei Kishimoto. Hyogo Prefecture offers awe-inspiring sights: a towering wooden castle with a pristine ...

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 ...

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.

Some visitors to one of west Japan's most-loved tourist attractions will soon have to dig a little deeper for their tickets when Himeji Castle raises its entrance charge. Himeji City officials say ...

Conwy Castle and Himeji Castle are both Unesco World Heritage Sites and on 6 July a ceremony will be held in Conwy. The twinning is due to North Wales Tourism forging close links with the Japanese ...

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 ...