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This time, I would like to introduce the highlights and history of the World Heritage Site, "Himeji Castle." As this article is over 22 minutes long, please see the table of contents in the summary section. Table of Contents 0:00 Prologue 0:48 About history 2:40 History Kuroda Kanbei Hashiba Hideyoshi 3:18 History Ikeda Terumasa 4:14 History Honda family 5:08 History Matsudaira family 6:31 History Sakakibara family 7:11 History Sakai family 8:08 Hishi no Mon 8:47 I no Mon Mikunibori 9:00 Runo Mon 9:22 I no Mon 9:55 Ro no Mon 10:19 Shogunzaka 10:42 Ha no Mon 11:31 Nino Mon 11:53 Ho no Mon 12:11 Abura Wall 12:25 I no Watari Tower and Ro no Watari Tower Ubagai Stone 13:02 Mizu no Mon ~ Daitenshu 13:21 Daitenshu 14:32 Daitenshu Ounai Shrine - View of the main tower 15:18 Watariyagura and small tower 15:29 Bizenmaru 15:51 Bizenmon 16:09 Obikurayagura and Harakirimaru 16:20 Taikoyagura - Rinomon 16:53 Okikuido 18:36 Chinoyagura Rinoichiwatariyagura Rinoniwatariyagura Nunomon 19:09 Fan slope 19:32 Stone walls with joints 20:04 Nishinomaru 20:58 Lunch ★Himeji Castle Former lords★ 1st lord Akamatsu Sadanori 1346~ 2nd lord Kodera Yoritsune 1349~ 3rd lord Kodera Kageharu 1352~ 4th lord Kodera Kageshige 1358~ 5th lord Kodera Shoji 1403~ 6th lord Yamana Mochitoyo 1441~ 7th lord Akamatsu Masanori 1467~ 8th lord Kodera Toyomoto 1470~ 9th lord Kodera Masataka 1491~ 10th lord Kodera Norimoto 1519~ 11th lord Dokei the 8th 1531~ 12th lord Kuroda Shigetaka 1545~ 13th lord Kuroda Mototaka 1564~ 14th lord Kuroda Yoshitaka 1567~ 15th lord Hashiba Hideyoshi 1580~ 16th lord Hashiba Hidenaga 1583~ 17th lord Kinoshita Iesada 1585~ 18th lord Ikeda Terumasa 1600~ 19th lord Ikeda Toshitaka 1613~ 20th lord Ikeda Mitsumasa 1616~ 21st lord Honda Tadamasa 1617~ 22nd lord Honda Masatomo 1631~ 23rd lord Honda Masakatsu 1638~ 24th Matsudaira Tadaaki 1639~ 25th Matsudaira Tadahiro 1644~ 26th Matsudaira Naomoto 1648~ 27th Matsudaira Naonori 1648~ 28th Sakakibara Tadatsugu 1649~ 29th Sakakibara Masafusa 1665~ 30th Matsudaira Naonori 1667~ 31st Honda Tadakuni 1682~ 32nd Honda Tadataka 1704~ 33rd Sakakibara Masakuni 1704~ 34th Sakakibara Masasuke 1726~ 35th Sakakibara Masamine 1732~ 36th Sakakibara Masanaga 1741~ 37th Matsudaira Akinori 1741~ 38th Tomonori Matsudaira 1748 - 39th Tadayasu Sakai 1749 - 40th Tadayoshi Sakai 1772 - 41st Tadamichi Sakai 1790 - 42nd Tadazane Sakai 1814 - 43rd Tadanaka Sakai 1835 - 44th Tadayasu Sakai 1844 - 45th Tadaki Sakai 1853 ~ 46th Tadayuki Sakai 1860 ~ 47th Tadatsu Sakai 1867 ~ 48th Tadakuni Sakai 1868 ~