Himeji Castle is a castle located in Himeji city, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. According to the provincial division of the old days, this palace is located in Harima-no-kuni, Shikito-gun, Himeji. Enchanting beauty of white plaster walls that dominate the palace make Himeji Castle has another name “white egret bird palace” (Japanese: Shirasagi-jo). Himeji Castle is one example of palace architecture of the early relics of the 17th century’s most important.
Himeji Castle has always escaped the danger of the fire of war and survived the fall of the castle in the hands of the enemy, so the main tower and other buildings of the palace is still much left. The Japanese government set the eight buildings, including the main towers, turrets, and Watari-Yagura at the palace complex as a state heritage. In addition, the manifold-type buildings with a total of 74 buildings inside the palace complex (27 buildings Yagura / Watari-Yagura, building 15 gates, 32 building wall) established as an important cultural heritage.
Himeji Castle is rated as the world’s cultural heritage is very valuable, so that in 1993 UNESCO entered into the Himeji Castle World Heritage Site list for the category of cultural heritage.
From a distance looks beautiful with the palace walls are white, Himeji Castle is often used as background locations filmdengan ancient Japanese history. The palace is also often used as a substitute location for the other palaces such as Edo Castle
