himeji the castle
the best thing about himeji castle is it doesn't have electric lines running through them combination ticket with koku en cost 780 otherwise 600
These are not litters.
A long storehouse situated at the back of the main tower was called koshi-kuruwa or a waist building. This is where they kept rice and salt in case the castle was beseiged. It has also a well in it.
This building was built along with a low hill which has a slight and gentle curve. That's why the roof line has a beautiful curve, which is not seen anywhere.
It looks like five-stories from the outside but it was actually seven-stories.
Okiku helped her lord to escape an assassination, but later was wrongfully accused of stealing an important dish and was dump into the well. From then, people said they heard her crying in the well.
