One of the must-sees in Himeji, is the recently restored castle. It's about 20 minutes by foot from the station. Many films and TV-series have been made here (do you remember lord Toranaga and Anjin-san?)
Next to the castle are 9 beautiful gardens. Buy a combo ticket to visit both at reduced price.
Enjoy this state-of-the-art photo of Shogun Kurisu and Princess Katareen:
It's very difficult to hungry in Japan for more than 5 minutes if you wander through the malls. It's literally crowded with small restaurants. Quite often there is someone from the staff tempting you to go inside and stuff yourself.
We settled for a Okonomiyaki: one sits around a hot plate and the waitress throws a kind of hot pancake filled with vegetables/fish/meat on it:

Totemo oishi desu (very tasty)!
If you are in for it, have a Belgian Manneken waffle sprinkled with green tea powder:
Monkeys on bikes
In case you brought one: it's strictly forbidden to let your monkey ride a bike in the mall:
If you do not heed this warning, a little girl with a cute hat will shout at you
And everybody will be pissed off!
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