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 ...

HIMEJI, Hyogo Prefecture--Out-of-towners and overseas visitors to Himeji Castle will be charged more than double what residents here pay to visit the World Heritage site from next year.

On May 17, the streets surrounding the castle come alive with the Himeji Daimyo Procession, a full-scale reenactment of a feudal lord’s parade from the Edo period. Dozens of participants dressed ...

One of the most prominent destinations to consider charging higher entry fees is Himeji Castle in Hyogo prefecture. Previously, the Unesco World Heritage Site castle considered implementing a two ...

Himeji Castle, one of Japan's first four UNESCO World Heritage sites, is pictured in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2023. (Mainichi/Nobuya Muramoto) HIMEJI, Hyogo -- A ticket to the famously ...

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 ...

Foreigners traveling to Japan’s Himeji Castle may soon have to pay six times more than domestic visitors, as the city’s mayor attempts to combat surging tourism and a weak local currency that ...

The western Japan city that hosts Himeji Castle proposed to the local assembly on Friday that it double or triple the World Heritage site's admission fees for nonresidents in 2026, scrapping the mayor ...