Himeji Castle
Himeji Castle is a hilltop Japanese castle complex situated in Himeji, a city in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. The castle is regarded as the finest surviving example of prototypical Japanese castle architecture, comprising a network of 83 structures with advanced defensive systems from the feudal period.
- Castle
- …lies at an elevation of 53 metres (174 feet)
- …is not wheelchair accessible
- …dates from 1609
- …stands 46 metres (152 feet) tall
- …has 6 floors
- Opening hours:
September 1–April 26: 9:00 AM–4:00 PM
April 27–August 31: 9:00 AM–5:00 PM - Description: Japanese castle complex
- Address: Honmachi 68, Himeji, 670-0012
- Also known as“Hakuro Castle”“Shirasagi Castle”“White Egret Castle”“White Heron Castle”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Himeji City Museum of Art and Hyogo Perfectural Museum of History.
Himeji City Museum of Art
Museum
Hyogo Perfectural Museum of History
Museum
Kōko Garden
Garden
Himeji Castle
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Latitude
34.83933° or 34° 50′ 22″ north
Longitude
134.69402° or 134° 41′ 39″ east
Open location code
8Q6PRMQV+PJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Yue Chinese—“Himeji Castle” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Kështjella e Himejit”
- Albanian: “Kështjella Himeji”
- Arabic: “قصر اللقلق الأبيض”
- Arabic: “قلعة هيميجي”
- Arabic: “هيميجي جو”
- Arabic: “هيميجي-جو”
- Armenian: “Հիմեձի ամրոց”
- Armenian: “Հիմեջի ամրոց”
- Armenian: “Սպիտակ ձկնկուլի ամրոց”
- Asturian: “Castiellu Himeji”
- Azerbaijani: “Himeci qəsri”
- Balinese: “Kastil Himéji”
- Bashkir: “Химэдзи һарайы”
- Basque: “Himeji gaztelua”
- Belarusian: “Хімэдзі”
- Bengali: “হিমেজি দুর্গ”
- Bulgarian: “Замък Химеджи”
- Bulgarian: “Химеджи”
- Catalan: “Castell de Himeji”
- Catalan: “Castell Himeji”
- Central Kurdish: “قەڵای ھیمێجی”
- Chinese: “姬路城”
- Chinese: “姬路城堡”
- Chinese: “白鷺城”
- Croatian: “Dvorac Himedži”
- Croatian: “Dvorac Himeji”
- Czech: “Himedži”
- Czech: “Hrad Himedži”
- Danish: “Himeji-borgen”
- Dutch: “Kasteel Himeji”
- Esperanto: “Himeji-jô”
- Esperanto: “Himeji-jō”
- Esperanto: “Himeĵi-Kastelo”
- Esperanto: “kastelo Himeĵi”
- Esperanto: “Kastelo Himeĵi”
- Estonian: “Himeji linnus”
- Finnish: “Himejin linna”
- French: “castel de Himeji”
- French: “château de Himeji”
- French: “Château de Himeji”
- French: “château du héron blanc”
- French: “Himeji-Jō”
- Galician: “Castelo de Himeji”
- Georgian: “ჰიმეძის ციხესიმაგრე”
- German: “Burg Himeji”
- German: “Himeji-jo”
- German: “Himeji-jō”
- German: “Himejijo”
- German: “姫路城”
- Greek: “Κάστρο του Χιμέτζι”
- Greek: “Κάστρο Χιμέτζι”
- Hebrew: “טירת הימג’י”
- Hebrew: “טירת הימז’י”
- Hungarian: “Himedzsi várkastély”
- Icelandic: “Himeji-kastali”
- Indonesian: “Istana Himeji”
- Indonesian: “Kastel Himeji”
- Italian: “castello di Himeji”
- Italian: “Castello di Himeji”
- Japanese: “Himeji-jō”
- Japanese: “ひめじじょう”
- Japanese: “姫路城”
- Japanese: “白鷺城”
- Javanese: “Istana Himeji”
- Javanese: “Pura Himéji”
- Kannada: “ಹಿಮೇಜಿ ಕೋಟೆ”
- Kazakh: “Химедзи сарайы”
- Korean: “히메지 성”
- Korean: “히메지성”
- Latvian: “Himedži pils”
- Literary Chinese: “姬路城”
- Lithuanian: “Baltojo garnio pilis”
- Lithuanian: “Himedžio pilis”
- Luxembourgish: “Buerg Himeji”
- Macedonian: “Химеџи”
- Macedonian: “Химеџиски замок”
- Maithili: “हिमेजी महल”
- Malay: “Himeji-jō”
- Malay: “Istana Himeji”
- Malay: “Istana Kota Himeji”
- Malay: “Kastil Himeji”
- Malayalam: “ഹിമെജി കാസിൽ”
- Malayalam: “ഹിമെജി കാസ്റ്റിൽ”
- Maltese: “Kastell ta‘ Himeji”
- Maltese: “Kastell ta’ Himeji”
- Moroccan Arabic: “قصر هيميجي”
- Nepali: “हिमेजी महल”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Hakurojō”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Himeji-jo”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Himejiborgen”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Shirasagijō”
- Norwegian: “Himejiborgen”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Castèu de Himeji”
- Persian: “قصر هیمجی”
- Persian: “قلعه هیمهجی”
- Persian: “کاخ هیمجی”
- Polish: “Zamek Himeji”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Himeji”
- Portuguese: “Castelo Himeji”
- Portuguese: “Himeji-jo”
- Portuguese: “Himeji-jō”
- Romanian: “Castelul Himeji”
- Russian: “Замок белой цапли”
- Russian: “Замок Химедзи”
- Russian: “Замок Химэдзи”
- Russian: “Хакуро-дзе”
- Russian: “Химедзи-дзе”
- Russian: “Химедзи”
- Scots: “Himeji Castle”
- Serbian: “Himeđi”
- Serbian: “Дворац Химеџи”
- Serbian: “Химеђи дворац”
- Serbian: “Химеђи”
- Serbian: “Химеџи (дворац)”
- Serbian: “Химеџи”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dvorac bele čaplje”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dvorac bijele čaplje”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dvorac Himedži”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Dvorac Himeji”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zamak bele čaplje”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zamak bijele čaplje”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zamak Himedži”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Zamak Himeji”
- Slovak: “Himedži”
- Slovak: “Hrad Himedži”
- Slovenian: “grad Himedži”
- Slovenian: “Grad Himedži”
- Slovenian: “Himeji-jō”
- Slovenian: “姫路城”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Himeji”
- Spanish: “Castillo Himeji”
- Spanish: “Himeji jo”
- Spanish: “Himeji-jo”
- Spanish: “Himeji”
- Swedish: “Himeji slott”
- Swedish: “Himeji-jo”
- Swedish: “Himeji-slottet”
- Swedish: “Himejis slott”
- Swedish: “Slottet Himeji”
- Tamil: “கிமேஜி கோட்டைமனை”
- Tatar: “Ак Челән Кирмәне”
- Telugu: “హిమేజీ కాజిల్”
- Thai: “ปราสาทฮิเมจิ”
- Turkish: “Himeji Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Замок Хімедзі”
- Uzbek: “Himeji qalʼasi”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Himeji”
- Vietnamese: “Thành Himeji”
- Waray (Philippines): “Himeji Castle”
- Waray (Philippines): “Kastilyo Himeji”
- Welsh: “Castell Himeji”
- Western Panjabi: “ہائیمیجی قلعہ”
- Wu Chinese: “姬路城”
- Yue Chinese: “姬路城”
- “Hakuro Castle”
- “Shirasagi Castle”
- “White Egret Castle”
- “White Heron Castle”
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