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OSAKA TOURS

Kyoto Highlights Day Tour

Best of Kyoto in one day.
Kinkakuji Temple - Golden Pavilion
Kiyomizu Temple
Kyoto Imperial Palace
Nijo Castle
Heian Shrine
Sanjusangendo Hall
Kyoto Handicraft Center

Himeji Castle Day Tour

Experience Japan's best castle!
World Heritage site.
Includes trip on bullet train
Plus tour sake brewery museum

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HIMEJI CASTLE HISTORY

Himeji Castle History - Himeji Castle History started in 1333 as a fort and developed to the current Himeji Castle.

History Himeji Castle:

In 1333 Norimura Akamatsu, the ruler of Harima District, built a fort where the Himeji Castle now stands. ln 1346 his son, Sadanori further expanded the fort.

In the 16th century the fort was removed and a three story castle was built in its place by Hideyoshi Hasiba. This is the basic structure that is seen today. In 1601  Terumasa Ikeda started digging three moats around the castle building and completed the whole castle complex as it is in 1609. The outer moat is just north of where J.R. Himeji train station is today. After the Ikedas, Tadamasa Honda added some buildings in West Bailey.

Main Tower with the smaller towers and corridors connecting these towers have been registered as national treasures. The Cosmetic Tower, 27 ‘yagura', 15 gates, and 1,000 meter long earthen walls have been registered as important cultural treasures. A part of the middle moat, and the whole inner moat retained as they were In the feudal times. The area inside the middle moat has been registered as a special historical site.

The Himeji Castle has never been involved in war or battle.
It is difficult in the pictures to really project how steep and imposing the structure is.

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