19 Sights in Himeji, Japan (with Map and Images)

Himeji Castle is a hilltop Japanese castle complex situated in the city of Himeji which is located in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan. The castle is regarded as the finest surviving example of prototypical Japanese castle architecture, comprising a network of 83 rooms with advanced defensive systems from the feudal period. The castle is frequently known as Hakuro-jō or Shirasagi-jō because of its brilliant white exterior and supposed resemblance to a bird taking flight.

Wikipedia: Himeji Castle (EN), Website

The Himeji Science Museum is a science museum in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, with four themes: "Earth, Local Nature, Science, and Space". It is nicknamed "House of Atoms". The predecessor was the Himeji City Science Museum, which opened in 1965 in Tegarayama Central Park, and opened in April 1993 as a relocation of this museum. It is known for having one of the largest planetariums in the Japan with a dome screen with a diameter of 27 meters. It does not have a designated administrator system and is directly managed by the Himeji City Board of Education.

Wikipedia: 姫路科学館 (JA)

The Shotehyō Jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Himeji City, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. It is a Harima Kokusōja, and in the Harima area, it is called "Sosha" or "Sosha-san" without muddy. The company is a small company in the ceremony and a prefectural company. It is located in the middle of Himeji Castle. The Ichitsuyama Grand Festival is held once every 60 years and the Mitsuyama Grand Festival is famous once every 20 years.

Wikipedia: 射楯兵主神社 (JA)

Himeji Monolith (姫路monolith) is a restaurant and wedding venue run by Novarese located in Soja Honmachi, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Using the former Ministry of Communications building, the exterior is the same as it was at that time, with brown scratch tiles on the entire surface and large windows with white frames. It is designated as an important building in the cityscape of Himeji City (No. 27).

Wikipedia: 姫路モノリス (JA)

Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of History opened to the immediate northeast of Himeji Castle in Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan in 1983. The collection of over 200,000 items includes one Important Cultural Property — a painting on silk of the parinirvana of the Buddha, dating to the Kamakura period — and five Prefectural Tangible Cultural Properties.

Wikipedia: Hyōgo Prefectural Museum of History (EN)

The Himeji Central Park is a safari park in Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan. The park opened in March 1984, and is the only safari park in Kansai region. It has a "sister park" agreement with Nairobi National Park, Kenya. The park also incorporates an amusement park. It is operated by Himeji Park Management , a Kamori Kankō Group company.

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Hirohata Tenmangu (廣hata Tenmangu, Hirohata Tenmangu) is a Shinto shrine located in Kitano-cho, Hirohata-ku, Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The former shrine is a village shrine. Currently, it is called Hirohata Tenmangu, but when it was first built, it was called "Tenmansha" and later changed its name to "Tenma Shrine".

Wikipedia: 廣畑天満宮 (JA)

Yuzhao City is a city wall located in Momo County (later decorated with Dongjun County) (now Yuguono Town, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture). Because it is a castle built on Chajiu Mountain, it has the alias of Chajiu Mountain City, and Tianchuan is regarded as a part of the moat, so it also has the alias of Tianchuan City.

Wikipedia: 御着城 (JA)

The Adzuki Bean Museum, which opened in 2009, is the world's first museum with the theme of adzuki beans. The throne is waiting next to the headquarters factory in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, which is integrated with the garden and restaurant. The official name is the Throne Waiting for Adzuki Bean Museum.

Wikipedia: あずきミュージアム (JA)

Japan Toy Museum is a private museum in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture. According to the Museum Law, this is a facility equivalent to a museum. It took the museum about 50 years to collect the museum, and its scale and content are unique, so it is famous all over the world as a toy museum representing Japan.

Wikipedia: 日本玩具博物館 (JA)

The Hisagozuka Kofun (瓢塚古墳), also known as the Yoro-Hisagozuka Kofun (丁瓢塚古墳) is a kofun burial mound located in the Katsuhara neighborhood of the city of Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site in 1978.

Wikipedia: Hisagozuka Kofun (Himeji) (EN)

The Danjōzuka Kofun (壇場山古墳) refers to a group of kofun burial mounds located in the Mikuninochō-Kokubunji neighborhood of the city of Himeji, Hyōgo Prefecture, in the Kansai region of Japan. Four tumuli were collectively designated a National Historic Site in 1921.

Wikipedia: Danjōzan Kofun (EN)

Himitishika Convention Center (Himitishika Convention Center) is a comprehensive facility located in Shenwu Town, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture. The nickname is Akliye Ji Zi. The operation consortium of Jilu Cultural Exhibition Center is the designated manager.

Wikipedia: 姫路市文化コンベンションセンター (JA), Website

Tegarayama Exchange Station (Tegarayama Kōryū Station) is a complex located in Tegarayama Central Park in Himeji City, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The former Himeji Municipal Monorail's Tegarayama Station building has been renovated and reused.

Wikipedia: 手柄山交流ステーション (JA)

Himeji City Aquarium is an aquarium located in Tegarayama Central Park in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. It is near the top of the mountain, which is rare among aquariums in Japan, and is also known as "aquarium on the mountain".

Wikipedia: 姫路市立水族館 (JA)

Ryomonji is a Rinzai Sou Myoshinji temple that exists in Amori Ward, Himeji City, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture. The mountain name is called Tentoku Mountain. It was founded by the board of Kanji in the first year of Kanbun (1661).

Wikipedia: 龍門寺 (姫路市) (JA)

Yashiro Otoshi Shrine (八代大歳神社, Yashiro Otoshi Jinja) is a shrine located in Yatsushiro Miyamae-cho, Himeji City, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The shrine enshrines the god Daimyojin along with the god of the year.

Wikipedia: 八代大歳神社 (JA)

Shuiwei Shrine is a shrine located in Yamano Town, Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. Sitting at the foot of Male Mountain. The Shuiwei Shrine in Anfu Town, Tongcheng City is also read as "Uncle Water".

Wikipedia: 水尾神社 (姫路市) (JA)

Matsuhara Bata Shrine is a shrine (Bata Palace) located in Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture. The original company is a county society. Autumn Festival is a general term for fighting festival on the beach.

Wikipedia: 松原八幡神社 (JA)