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There’s a little silver lining to Himeji Castle’s new tiered ticket prices, but if you’re not a local, it’s probably going to cost you a whole lot more.

Japan
(castles • COK • culture • Himeji • Himeji Castle • history • tiered pricing • tourism • travel)

Beautiful Naked digital art event comes to Kyoto’s Nijo Castle after dark (contains no nudity)【Pics】

Casey Baseel
Oct 30, 2024

As the sun goes down, the lights go on for an amazing illumination of Kyoto’s 345-year-old castle and its fall-color gardens.

Japan
(art • beautful • castles • digital art • fall colors • gardens • Kyoto • light up • Nijo Castle • projection mapping • tourism • travel)

Foreign tourists to be charged four times more to enter Himeji Castle if local mayor gets his way

SoraNews24
Jun 18, 2024

Local residents would be given a discount as part of the new plan.

Japan
(castles • COK • Himeji Castle • Japan travel • Japanese castles • news • nijukaku • overtourism • tourism • tourist sites • travel • two-tiered pricing)

One of Japan’s oldest castles now lets travelers spend night on the grounds, drink in its keep

Casey Baseel
Apr 30, 2024

Marugane Castle’s Castle Experience is a package fit, and priced, for a samurai lord.

Japan
(awesome • castles • COK • cool • history • Kagawa • Marugame • Shikoku • tourism • travel)

Plan to use historic stones to build restrooms for the 2025 Expo draws criticism

Master Blaster
Feb 14, 2024

These ain’t no fortunate stones.

Japan
(architecture • castles • crowdfunding • Expo 2025 • history • Kizugawa • Osaka Expo 2025 • restrooms • unfortunate stones • Yumeshima • zannen ishi)

500-year-old national treasure Matsumoto Castle is also a modern projection-mapped beauty【Video】

Casey Baseel
Feb 1, 2024

Digital art display in Nagano moves into its final form.

Japan
(art • awesome • castles • COK • cool • digital art • Matsumoto • Matsumoto Castle • Nagano • projection mapping • travel)

21.5-square foot, 272,200-yen build-it-yourself chocolate castle set released in Japan【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jan 18, 2024

A dessert fit for a king, queen, and several other members of the royal family.

Japan
(awesome • castles • chocolate • COK • cool • crazy • food • Meiji • Meiji chocolate • sweets)

Himeji Castle gets first official Lego set, Zen block garden kit on the way too【Photos】

Casey Baseel
Jun 27, 2023

Japan’s most iconic castle is yours to build in Lego form, as is a Japanese garden to soothe your mind.

Japan
(castles • COK • cool • culture • Himeji Castle • history • Japanese gardens • LEGO • Lego Architecture • toys)

Shogun sweets? Trees said to be planted by first Tokugawa shogun still bear fruit used for sweets

Casey Baseel
Mar 8, 2023

Taste-testing Ieyasu Mikan desserts.

Japan
(castles • COK • food • history • mikan • samurai • Shizuoka • SNJO • Sunpu Castle • sweets • taste test • taste tests • Tokugawa • Tokugawa Ieyasu)

Often-overlooked castle in Japan looks so beautiful in the snow that we can’t take our eyes off it

Casey Baseel
Feb 5, 2023

Castle north of Tokyo looks like suibokuga artwork.

Japan
(Aizuwakamatsu • beautiful • castles • Fukushima • photography • snow • travel • Tsuruga Castle • Wakamatsu Castle)

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