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Himeji Convention & Visitors Bureau Web Site "Hime no Michi"
Himeji City Museum of Literature
Well-known for its unique building designed by the architect Tadao Ando, this museum is situated to the northwest of Himeji Castle. South Building houses 'Visual Exhibition Room' featuring realistic images with a 150-inch screen, a nine-screen multiple system and a bodysonic system as well as 'Shiba Ryotaro Memorial Room' and 'Library'.
North Building contains 'Harima Mandala', which introduces cultural aspects of the Harima area like a picture scroll on a semi-circular 7-meter-high and 60-meter-long wall, and 'Bunjin (writer) Exhibition Room'. 'Bokeitei', a renovated Japanese house built in the Taisho period is within the compound. The observatory in North Building commands a panoramic view.
| Address | 84 Yamanoi-cho, Himeji, 670-0021 TEL:079-293-8228 FAX:079-298-2533 |
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| Open | 10:00-17:00 (last admission 16:30) |
| Holiday | Monday (open national holiday Monday, but closed on the next day) December 25-January 5 |
| Fee | 300 yen/adult 200 yen/college and high school student 100 yen/junior high and elementary school student Group rate: 20 people or more 20% off. * Extra charge for Special Exhibition. |
| Access | Take the Shinki Bus 11/12 or City Bus 8/9 from JR or Sanyo Railway Himeji Station and get off at Ichinohashi and Bungakukan-mae, and walk for 3 minutes. |
| Parking | Free Parking is available |
| Others | Wheelchair accessible Rental wheelchairs are available Free coin lockers Many video monitors Sales of books and others at information desks Free reading space Copy service (charged) Lecture hall and Teahouse for rent |
| Mail Address | kyo-bungaku@city.himeji.hyogo.jp |
