Name: Day tour from Kobe to the striking Himeji Castle
SKU: 33939
Price: 10 USD
Availability: InStock

Duration: 7h

Activity Level: Easy

Experience: Adventure, Family, Historical, Nature

Language: English

Photo permit included

Tour by public transport

Canal Boat tour included

Train tickets included

Suitable for little children

Wheelchair accessible tour

Museum ticket included

Light snack included

Lunch included

Transportation included

Walking Tour

Overview

The tour is going to become one of the most attractive opportunities in Kobe as you will be able to spend 7 hours not just exploring places that will help you to get closer to the local culture and history, but also will do it with as much comfort as possible. Thus, you will have a private tour due to which you will pay more attention to the local attractions and also will travel by local train that will also make you tour even more enjoyable.

What's included

English-speaking guide
Train fee
Admission fee

Food and drinks
Personal expenses

Your tour guide will meet you at your centrally located hotel in Kobe

Highlights

Akashi Kaikyo Bridge

The Akashi Kaikyō Bridge is a suspension bridge, which links the city of Kobe on the Japanese mainland of Honshu to Iwaya on Awaji Island. It crosses the busy Akashi Strait (Akashi Kaikyō in Japanese) as part of the Honshu–Shikoku Highway. It was completed in 1998, and has the longest central span of any suspension bridge in the world, at 1,991 metres (6,532 ft; 1.237 mi). It is one of the key links of the Honshū–Shikoku Bridge Project, which created three routes across the Inland Sea.

Himeji

Himeji is most famous for its magnificent castle, Himeji Castle, widely considered to be Japan's most beautiful surviving feudal castle. The castle is designated both a national treasure and a UNESCO world heritage site. With half a million inhabitants, Himeji is the second largest city of Hyogo Prefecture after Kobe. It can be reached in less than one hour from Osaka or Kyoto and is also a popular stopover on journeys along the Sanyo Shinkansen.

Himeji Castle

Himeji Castle is a hilltop Japanese castle complex situated in the city of Himeji which is located in the Hyōgo Prefecture of Japan. The castle is regarded as the finest surviving example of prototypical Japanese castle architecture, comprising a network of 83 rooms with advanced defensive systems from the feudal period. The castle is frequently known as Hakuro-jō or Shirasagi-jō ("White Egret Castle" or "White Heron Castle") because of its brilliant white exterior and supposed resemblance to a bird taking flight. Himeji Castle dates to 1333, when Akamatsu Norimura built a fort on top of Himeyama hill.

Kobe

Kobe is the seventh-largest city in Japan and the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture. It is located on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, on the north shore of Osaka Bay and about 30 km west of Osaka. The earliest written records regarding the region come from the Nihon Shoki, which describes the founding of the Ikuta Shrine by Empress Jingū in AD 201. For most of its history, the area was never a single political entity, even during the Tokugawa period, when the port was controlled directly by the Tokugawa shogunate. Kobe did not exist in its current form until its founding in 1889. Kobe became one of Japan's designated cities in 1956.

Kokoen garden

Kokoen is a relatively recently constructed Japanese style garden, which was opened in 1992 on the former site of the feudal lord's west residence (Nishi-Oyashiki). It consists of nine separate, walled gardens designed in various styles of the Edo Period. Among the gardens are the garden of the lord's residence which features a pond with a waterfall, a tea garden where visitors can enjoy green tea in a tea ceremony house, a pine tree garden, a bamboo garden and a flower garden.

Itinerary

09:00

You will be met at the lobby of your centrally located hotel in Kobe or at the cruise port. Right after that your experience will start.

First you will get to Himeji by comfortable JR train. Here you will be able to walk across shopping streets right to the castle. Accompanied by the tour guide, you will axplore the main tower and get to know a lot of interesting facts regarding this place.

After that Kokoen, a beautiful Japanese Garden nearby is also waiting for you.

Next is time to have lunch (not included in price) after which you will get back to Kobe by train. If time permits, you will also stop by Akashi Kaikyo Bridge.

Your tour will come to an end in Kobe.

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Day tour from Kobe to the striking Himeji Castle