Japans Modern Castles Episode One: Himeji Castle (姫路城)

A virtual tour of Himeji Castle in Western Japan, examining the modern history of the site from the Meiji Restoration of 1868 to the present day. This video investigates a range of historical artifacts that remain in and around Himeji Castle as witnesses to its modern past. For more information on the modern history of Japan s castles, see the book by Oleg Benesch and Ran Zwigenberg, Japan s Castles: Citadels of Modernity in War and Peace (Cambridge University Press, 2020), or or