In train ride from Kyoto to Hiroshima (or coming from Kobe or Osaka ) you can 'make a pleasant break for a couple of hours Himeji, town on the coast , famous for its white castle.
The Himeji Castle is the largest of the 12 existing feudal castles and is so high that it can be seen from a distance, amid the skyscrapers, rising with the Shinkansen . The town has other things to see, so you can get off, leave your luggage in one of those cheap and convenient lockers at the station and start walking towards the castle.
Castle, Unesco world heritage of mankind, is called by the Japanese Shirasagi -jo castle of the white or the because of the similarity of the walls white with the image of a bird that flies.
is worth it because it is one of few monuments still standing Japanese original and reconstructed.
Only approaching the castle if it perceives the greatness. It 's really high. To climb to the top (over 5 floors, with wooden stairs to do, strictly barefoot) makes some effort .. especially if the weather is hot and humid. But come on top of it's worth, not for the altar on the top floor, but the views of the city (modern).
However, the castle is also looking for different paths and rooms, in some statues and mannequins reconstruct the life of the time (as in the tower of the Vanities where he lived a happy Princess Sen). The feeling of wood that creaks under your feet is nice. The visit as many museums Japanese is guided by signals and priorities. Just as well because the stairs are a bit 'steep! Impressive short of suicide (harakiri ) , striking the well with the story of the woman dead inside (which is coming from there the story of The Ring ?), Beautiful walls with tiles with the symbols of the various families and doors. Himeji Castle is visited well in a couple of hours.
not recommend eating in the restaurants opposite the entrance are a bit 'sad and too expensive (than the average, because generally very inexpensive to eat in Japan ). In
this town have been set a number of films, not only in Japan (as Akira Kurosawa's Ran ) for example in the hills around even Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise. A small tourist office distributes information (in Japanese) on the locations of the film.
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