Himeji Travel Blogs

Dreams come true. Over the years, on business trip, I frequented the ‘Land of the Rising Sun’  with  hope that it would coincide with this spectacular season. It never materialized as I was there either at the very early stage or after the petals dropped for good. But in April 20…

The Mikoshi are portable shrines are carried by 30 to 50 naked men around the area until they reach the shrine gate then salt is thrown to purify them before having the very top of them removed so they can enter the shrine area through the gate.

Himeji Castle is a place I can never forget. It's the most beautiful place I've ever seen Sakura in Japan. I love this place!

This is another example of how my trip was influenced by a travbuddy blog! I saw it and wanted to visit the castle, I didn't even know they had castles in Japan before... Since Himeji is on the way from Hiroshima to Kyoto, we had mapped it out and to make a stop in Himeji for the day before continu…

After exchanging our kansia region rail pass we headed on our first day trip to Himeji to see the wold heritage listed castle.And what a castle. We arrived at Himeji around midday in the pouring rain and whilst trying to work out where the castle was all we had to do was look up and there it was r…

We took off in the morning to go to Himeji, to visit the Castle and the nearby Koko-en Garden and in the afternoon we were gonna visit Nara. It was a bright sunny day, so perfect for a visit to these 2 cities. We took the train to Himeji and then walked towards Himeji Castle. I'm very fond of this…

Last school year I was looking through a Japanese/English dictionary that my students were using and I saw a picture of an amazing castle. I asked Nagaosa Sensei where the castle was and she said it was in Himeji which was by Kyoto. Of course once Andrea and I started planning this trip I (in my sp…

*rough draft - unedited* Our train out of Kyoto that morning was at the unfriendly hour of 7 AM, which meant an even earlier rise from bed to pack and prep for the trip.  With as modern, crowded, and technical Japan can seem at times, it strikes me as odd that their train stations in the earl…

For the last day of my trip, my intention was to visit Himeji and hopefully stop at Kobe on the way back to Osaka.  I decided after failing on the 20th in Shanghai, I first wanted to stop by the US Consulate to get my second set of additional passport pages.  The consulate was a short dis…

I love Kansai region, as they have so many great things to see and eat :) Most of the time, I chose to stay in Kyoto, but this time, I visited Koya-san, Yoshino, and Himeji. It was a bit too early for cherry blossom, but I really had a great time there.

himeji castle, it is magnificent structure.

Two and a half weeks of travel in Japan: couple of days on my of travel in Japan: couple of days on my own, the rest on a tour with Intrepid!

Here are some pictures of my trip to Japan from 15 August - 21 August 2007.

Himeji is one of my favorite towns to visit in Japan because it has one of the best castles in Japan. Himeji-jo (jo means castle) is a stunning example of Japanese architecture. Visitors are allowed to walk through the castle but it is important to remember that the stairs are narrow and steep. I c…

Osaka and Himeji