Museum Guide
Open Hours
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Please enter by 4:30 p.m.)
Closed Days
Mondays (except when Monday falls on a national holiday), day immediately following a national holiday (except when the day falls on Saturday or Sunday), year-end and New Year holiday from December 25 to January 5.
Admission Fee (Permanent Exhibition)
| Adult | University/ high school student |
Junior high school student/ elementary school pupil |
|---|---|---|
| 310yen | 210yen | 100yen |
*20% discount is applied to a group of more than 20 people. Special exhibition fee is set separately.
*Holders of Donguri Card (issued to children attending kindergarten, elementary school and junior high school located in Himeji City) and rojin techo (senior citizen handbook) (issued to senior citizens of Himeji City) are admitted to permanent exhibitions for free. *Persons with disabilities and their caregivers are admitted to permanent exhibitions for free, and to special exhibitions at 50% of the normal admission fee. For more details, inquire with the museum staff.
Address
84 Yamanoi-cho, Himeji City, Hyogo 670-0021
Tel: 079-293-8228 Fax: 079-298-2533
Access
By train and bus
Get off at Himeji Station of JR or Sanyo Railway and take a bus from Shinki Bus Terminal in front of the station.
- Take a bus from bus stops No. 9, No.10, No.17 or No.18, and get off at Ichinohashi Bungakukan-mae (about a six-minute bus ride). The museum is about a four-minute walk north from the bus stop.
- Take a Himeji Castle loop bus from bus stop No.6, and get off at Shimizubashi (Bungakukan-mae) (about a ten-minute bus ride). The museum is about a three-minute walk west from the bus stop.