Excursion to the Himeji Castle



Date : October 28, 2003

12:45    Departure from the Westin Awaji Island Hotel to the Himeji Castle

                            Bus < Lunch box >

13:45    Arrival at the Himeji Castle

                            Sightseeing at the Himeji Castle & the Ko-koen Garden

16:00    Departure from the Himeji Castle to the Westin Awaji Island Hotel

                            Bus

17:00    Arrival at the Westin Awaji Island Hotel

<Himeji Castle>

Himeji Castle, otherwise called "Shirasagijo" (White Heron Castle), is located in Himeji City in the western Hyogo. It was originally constructed in the mid-14th century. Its figure was likened as a white heron spreading its wings, and thus called the Shirasagi-jo, or White Heron Castle. It was designated as a national treasure in 1931, and as the World Cultural Heritage in 1993.
　

<Ko-koen Garden>

Himeji Ko-koen is composed of nine separate gardens, making use of the exact former site of where Nishi-Oyashiki (the Lord's West Residence) and other samurai houses once existed. All of the nine separate gardens show the essence of the Edo period. You can feel history and see natural beauty in this garden.