Example sentences for: himeji

How can you use “himeji” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Across the Asahi River, you can see the ruins of Okayama Castle, unusually painted black and called Ujo (“The Crow”) in deliberate contrast to Himeji’s “White Heron Castle. ”

  • When the famous unifiers Nobunaga, Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa fought to end the 16th-century civil wars, Hideyoshi used Himeji as a base of operations against the recalcitrant warlords of Western Honshu.

  • As Japan’s only surviving castle preserved in its original form, Himeji Castle has opulent white walls and myriad turrets.

  • A special combination ticket is available for both Himeji Castle and nearby Koko-en, a superb landscaped garden built in 1992 by a Kyoto-based master gardener on the site of a former samurai residence.

  • Himeji’s magnificent castle is unquestionably one of the region’s “must-do” sights.


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