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Himeji Castle (姫路城)
The most visited and well known castle in Japan probably helped by the location filming of 1967 James Bond movie You Only Live Twice starring Sean Connery, and 2003 movie The Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise.
Built in 1333-1346, it survived WWII bombing of Himeji city.
Its walls are covered with white plaster to make it fireproof. Indeed it is one of the few castles in the country that had survived fire damages over the centuries......[Wikipedia]
This is an extremely popular picture location. A quick search on flickr returned 49,000+ entries with a Himeji tag.
Himeji Castle 姫路城, Himeji 姫路市, Honshu 本州, Japan 日本国 (Sunday 14 Sep 2008 @ 2:07pm).
Himeji Castle (姫路城)
The most visited and well known castle in Japan probably helped by the location filming of 1967 James Bond movie You Only Live Twice starring Sean Connery, and 2003 movie The Last Samurai starring Tom Cruise.
Built in 1333-1346, it survived WWII bombing of Himeji city.
Its walls are covered with white plaster to make it fireproof. Indeed it is one of the few castles in the country that had survived fire damages over the centuries......[Wikipedia]
This is an extremely popular picture location. A quick search on flickr returned 49,000+ entries with a Himeji tag.
Himeji Castle 姫路城, Himeji 姫路市, Honshu 本州, Japan 日本国 (Sunday 14 Sep 2008 @ 2:07pm).