Sit in the last Lockheed monorail
Tegarayama Kōryū Station · Free
Only in Himeji
13 unique things to do, within 50 km30 mi. 32 in total
13 records
The only one on Earth
Watch bean paste being made, then go round the world's first azuki museum
Gozasoro Azuki Museum
Climb an original 1609 castle keep in your socks
Himeji Castle
Eat ekisoba standing on the platform where it was invented
Maneki no Ekisoba, JR Himeji Station platform stand
The only one in Japan
Eat doroyaki at the Himeji shop that invented it
Nanpū Himeji Honten
The only one in Japan
Step into a 15th-century farmhouse just recommended as a National Treasure
Furui Family House · Free
The only one in Hyogo
Eat oden with grated ginger and soy, the Himeji way
Nadagiku Kappatei
The only one in Hyogo
The only one in Hyogo
Watch three portable shrines smashed together at the Nada Fighting Festival
Matsubarahachiman Shrine · Free · Seasonal
The only one in Hyogo
Watch the red and blue oni dance on Mt Shosha on 18 January
Engyōji · Seasonal
The only one in Hyogo
Order almond toast with your morning coffee, the Banshū café standard
Sabō Tairiku Honten
Viewpoints over Himeji
Places to look at the city, the plains or the mountains from.
4 entries
See all four keeps at once from Otokoyama Haisuichi Park
Otokoyama Haisuichi Park · Free
Get the quiet head-on castle view from Shiromidai Park
Shiromidai Park
Walk the sea cliffs of Kosekiheki Park
Kosekiheki Park
Landmarks in Himeji
Worth stopping for, but a few minutes rather than an afternoon. Statues, murals, markers and monuments.
2 entries
More experiences in Himeji
Not unique, and not pretending to be. Good things to do here that you could also do somewhere else.
13 entries
Compare the twelve original keeps at one scale before climbing the real one
Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History
Read in Tadao Ando's Himeji Literature Museum
Himeji City Museum of Literature
Walk the Nadagiku brewery's seven Meiji storehouses, then taste
Nadagiku Sake Brewery
Visit a mountain-top aquarium of local river creatures
Himeji City Aquarium
See the zoo inside the castle grounds
Himeji City Zoo
Drive through, or ride through, a safari park
Safari Resort Himeji Central Park
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