Himeji-jo

World Heritage

Japan

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Himeji Castle is the best-preserved example of early 17th-century Japanese castle architecture, consisting of 83 buildings with a highly developed defense system and sophisticated protective devices dating back to the early shogunate period. It is a masterpiece of wooden architecture that combines practicality and beauty, with white plastered earth walls unifying the elegant appearance and a subtle relationship between the building volumes and multi-layered roofs.

# White plastered earth wall

# Shogunate era