One day in Himeji, Japan

A day through Himeji’s best-known sights that lie close together: Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History, Himeji City Museum of Art, Himeji Castle, Himeji City Zoo, Kōko-en and Himeji City Museum of Literature. 6 stops, about 1.6 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Hyogo Prefectural Museum of HistoryMuseum · On the map
  2. Himeji City Museum of ArtMuseum · 0.2 km on from Hyogo Prefectural Museum of History · On the map
  3. Himeji CastleCastle · 0.3 km on from Himeji City Museum of Art · On the map
  4. Himeji City ZooZoo or aquarium · 0.3 km on from Himeji Castle · On the map
  5. Kōko-enGarden · 0.4 km on from Himeji City Zoo · On the map
  6. Himeji City Museum of LiteratureMuseum · 0.5 km on from Kōko-en · On the map

6 stops, 3.6 km on foot along the streets: about 49 min of walking.

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Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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