Over deze locatie: Kasteel Himeji
Kasteel Himeji, voltooid in 1609, is Werelderfgoed en Nationale Schat. Zijn wit gepleisterde muren herinneren aan een witte reiger in vlucht, vandaar de bijnaam «Witte Reigerkasteel». Na de restauratie 2009-2015 schittert het smetteloos wit.
Kenmerken
- 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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