View from Ninomaru |
Looking west from the top |
Donjon from the courtyard |
View down Ōtemae-dōri to the castle |
Castle view from Ōtemon-mae |
Bridge leading to the Ōte-mon |
Donjon and surrounds with lunching schoolkids |
Donjon and Hon-maru fortifications |
Tenshu and surrounds from the |
Approach to the Hishi-no-mon |
Hishi-no-mon detail |
View of the castle from just beyond the Hishi-no-mon |
Map of the castle grounds |
Donjon viewed from the Nishi-no-maru |
Corridor (Nagatsubone) flanking the Nishi-no-maru |
Tenshu and Ha-no-mon |
Steps up to the Ni-no-maru |
Shooting holes near the Ha-no-mon |
Cross emblem above an eave of the Ni-no-mon |
Ni-no-maru view of the donjon |
Path up to the Ni-no-mon |
Row of tiles along a wall |
West flank of the donjon |
Row of tiles above the Mizuichi-mon |
Assorted crest tiles of Himeji-jō |
Lesser courtyard past the He-no-mon |
Daitenshu and Nishi-kotenshu from the Hon-maru |
Inui-kotenshu from within the donjon |
Himeji's northern suburbs from atop the donjon |
Osakabe-jinja on the top floor of the donjon |
View down on the Nishi-no-maru |
Looking across the Sanno-maru towards the station |
Ornamental shachi above the donjon's roof tiles |
Inui-kotenshu and Ni-no-mon with city sprawl |
Himeji-jinja and Himeji City Museum of Art |
Slope down into the Harakiri-maru |
Inner moat and Ino-mon |
Gate within Kōko-en |
Line of plastered walls, Kōko-en |
Pond and stone bridge in Oyashiki-no-niwa |
Small waterfall and pond in Oyashiki-no-niwa |
Stone lantern at the pond's edge |
Pondside path, Oyashiki-no-niwa (Kōko-en) |
Path of stones in Oyashiki-no-niwa |
Entrance to the Cha-no-niwa |
Gently minimalistic grounds of the Cha-no-niwa |
Pond and reeds in the Flat Landscape Garden |
Glimpse of the castle from the garden |
Shaded corner of Kōko-en |
Nagaya-mon and Himeji-jō beyond |
Nishi-no-maru tower from the Nagare-no-hireniwa |
Pond in Nagare-no-hireniwa |
Gate at the edge of garden with castle tower |
Pavilion and pond at the Nagare-no-hireniwa |
Arriving at the Akashi Kaikyō Bridge |
Seafront promenade beside the bridge |
Akashi Kaikyō Ōhashi and distant Awaji-shima |
Historic Ijōkaku and the bridge |
Field-tripping youth beside the hall and bridge |
Panorama of the bridge and Awaji-shima |
Tourist hotels just off the seafront |
View of Akashi further down the coast |
Entering Akashi-kōen |
View across the park to Akashi-jō's remnant tower |
Original Tatsumi-yagura towering over the park |
Hitsujisaru-yagura |
Tatsumi-yagura |
Sundial with distant Hitsujisaru-yagura |
Below the outer walls of the old Ni-no-maru |
Manhole in the former castle grounds |
View out to the distant Akashi Kaikyō Bridge |
Stretch of wall leading to the Hitsujisaru-yagura |
Hitsujisaru-yagura and protective fence |
Hitsujisaru-yagura and stone foundations |
Sporting grounds off the castle park |
Edge of the tenshu-dai |
Modern Akashi with the Seto Inland Sea behind |
Steps up to the tenshu-dai and inner grounds |
Below the Hitsujisaru-yagura |
Parting view of the castle and park |