Out-of-towners and overseas visitors to Himeji Castle will be charged more than double what residents here pay to visit the ...

HIMEJI, Hyogo -- The price of an entry ticket to the popular Himeji Castle here increased 2.5 times from March 1 to 2,500 yen (about $16) for people living outside of this western Japan city. Until ...

White walls don't just guard a castle. They guard centuries of memory. When you stand before Himeji Castle, something stirs. Its pristine, winged silhouette rises above the city like a crane about to ...

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-up ...

Himeji and Matsumoto are two of the most famous Japanese castles. One mostly white, one mostly black, and both are magnificent inside and out. Here's a tour of both, in photos and 360 video. Japanese ...

HIMEJI, Hyogo -- The west small keep of Himeji Castle, a World Heritage site in this western Japan city, opened to the public for the first time ever on Feb. 1 for a limited time only. According to ...

Soaring into the sky, Himeji Castle in Hyōgo Prefecture is a stunning relic of Japan’s rich feudal past. Designated a national treasure and a UNESCO Cultural Heritage site, it boasts a towering ...

“What are your three favorite things about Himeji Castle,” I ask my guide, Ayumi Miyazaki, an elegant middle-aged lady, as we slurp down tempura soba in the dungeons of Himeji Station in Hyogo ...

HIMEJI, Hyogo -- Himeji Castle, a World Heritage site and Japanese national treasure, recently welcomed a trio of new "castle lords" for the first time in 153 years. The event was part of a package ...