Himeji Castle Heisei restoration
Himeji Castle main keep underwent its Heisei period restoration starting from 2009 with the aim of repairing especially its white plaster wall and roof tiles. Scaffold cover covering the keep was installed special visitor facilities for the restoration. It was named "Egret's Eye View (Tenku no Shirasagi)".
before and after
The newly refurbished main keep of Himeji Castle was really white. But plaster become dark due to the dirt and mold growth. It is only a few years after renovation that you can see the snow-white castle.
 White Castle |
 Egret Castle |
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 Egret's Eye View |
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 Egret's Eye View - visitor floor |
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 Panorama |
 Otemae-dori |
 From station building roof |
 B-1 Grand Prix 2011 |
 People wait for admission |
 Under construction January, 2010 |
 February, 2010 |
 March, 2010 |
 April, 2010 |
 May, 2010 |
 June, 2010 |
 July, 2010 |
 August, 2010 |
 September, 2010 |
 October, 2010 |
 November, 2010 |
 December, 2010 |
 Top tier wall |
 Tiles |
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 Restored top tier wall |
 Main roof |
 Restored main roof |
 Model of top tier wall |
 Model of main roof |
 Heisei shachi |
 Treasure Ship heading to castle |
 Shachi roof tile newly completed |
 Showing of Heisei shachi |
 Treasure ship |
 Little Shachi |
 New Shachi on main roof |
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 Donation box |
 Model of tiled roof |
 East Main Pillar |
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 Thank you, Egret's Eye View |
 Under demolition February, 2014 |
 March, 2014 |
 April, 2014 |
 May, 2014 |
 June, 2014 |
 Nov., 2014 |
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