HIMEJI, Hyogo Prefecture--Himeji Castle is undoubtedly one of the best preserved feudal era castles in Japan, but visitors rarely get the opportunity to explore the entire medieval complex. But that ...

The Japan National Tourism Organization administers and conducts the National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter examination on behalf of the Japan Tourism Agency. The number of foreign visitors ...

TOKYO: Foreign tourists may have to pay six times more than locals to visit Himeji Castle, a Unesco World Cultural Heritage site in Japan’s Hyogo prefecture. Himeji mayor Hideyasu Kiyomoto said he is ...

HIMEJI, Hyogo Prefecture--Out-of-towners and overseas visitors to Himeji Castle will be charged more than double what residents here pay to visit the World Heritage site from next year. City ...

Visiting Himeji Castle and eating beef in Kobe were only supposed to be “fillers” in my autumn trip to Japan. I had an open itinerary a day before going back to Manila and, with all the Osaka-related ...

Earlier this year, a number of popular attractions around Japan proposed raising prices to counter over-tourism and the weak yen. One of the most prominent destinations to consider charging higher ...

Himeji Castle, one of Japan’s greatest historic sights, has just reopened following a five-year restoration. Michael Booth is the first foreigner to peek inside Imagine a pair of gigantic chopsticks ...