Informazioni su questo luogo: Castello di Himeji
Il Castello di Himeji, completato nel 1609, è Patrimonio Mondiale e Tesoro Nazionale. Le sue mura intonacate di bianco ricordano un airone bianco in volo, da cui il soprannome «Castello dell'Airone Bianco». Dopo il restauro 2009-2015, sfoggia un bianco impeccabile.
Punti salienti
- Great Keep — Ikeda Terumasa's major reconstruction (1601–1609), the connected five-story-six-floor-plus-basement keep, the largest of Japan's 12 surviving originals
- Sannomaru Plaza and cherry blossoms — at peak bloom in early April, about 1,000 Yoshino cherry trees frame the white keep in the canonical composition
- Nishi-no-Maru Garden — where Princess Sen (wife of Toyotomi Hideyori) lived; the Keshou Yagura turret with autumn colors and the keep's side profile
- Shirotopia Memorial Park — northeast of the castle, a less-crowded vantage with cherry blossoms and the keep from above
- Otoko-yama Park — a hilltop northwest of the castle offering a hidden frontal aerial view of Himeji Castle
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