Hikone Mayor Issei Tajima celebrates with the western Japan city's popular mascot Hikonyan at the city government headquarters in Shiga Prefecture on...
File photo taken in May 2025 shows Hikone Castle in Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. Japan on Sept. 3 selected the castle, a national...
File photo taken in May 2025 shows Hikone Castle in Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan. Japan on Sept. 3 selected the castle, a national...
Hikonyan, the popular mascot of the city of Hikone in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, serves as a guide during a special event on Aug. 9 allowing...
Workers clean soot from the main tower of Hikone Castle on December 11, 2025 in Hikone, Shiga, Japan.
Workers clean soot from the main tower of Hikone Castle on December 11, 2025 in Hikone, Shiga, Japan.
File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 28 shows Hikone Castle in Hikone in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga.
File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 28 shows Hikone Castle in Hikone in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga.
File photo taken from a Kyodo News helicopter on May 28 shows Hikone Castle in Hikone in the western Japan prefecture of Shiga.
Hikone Castle adorned with a layer of snow. Staff were shoveling snow in the garden on January 10, 2025 in Hikone, Shiga, Japan.
hikone castle and flowering someiyoshino cherry trees on a fine spring day -the castle tower stands out against perfect clear blue sky - 彥根城 個照片及圖片檔
hikone castle in spring season - beautiful cherry trees and clear blue sky are reflected in calm water of the moat - 彥根城 個照片及圖片檔
General view of the gardens below Hikone Castle along the Nakasendo Way on November 4, 2022 in Hikone, Japan; Hikone is a castle town located on the...
Detail view of the stonework and trees of Hikone Castle along the Nakasendo Way on November 4, 2022 in Hikone, Japan; Hikone is a castle town located...
Close-up view of the stonework of Hikone Castle along the Nakasendo Way on November 4, 2022 in Hikone, Japan; Hikone is a castle town located on the...
General view of the gardens below Hikone Castle along the Nakasendo Way on November 4, 2022 in Hikone, Japan; Hikone is a castle town located on the...
General view of Hikone Castle along the Nakasendo Way on November 4, 2022 in Hikone, Japan; Hikone is a castle town located on the shores of Lake...
General view of Hikone Castle along the Nakasendo Way on November 4, 2022 in Hikone, Japan; Hikone is a castle town located on the shores of Lake...
In this aerial image, Hikone Castle is covered with snow on December 27, 2021 in Hikone, Shiga, Japan. Heavy snowfall that set single-day records in...
Cherry trees are in full bloom at a stone wall at Hikone Castle in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, on April 7, 2022.
Cherry trees are in full bloom at a stone wall at Hikone Castle in Hikone, Shiga Prefecture, Japan, on April 7, 2022.
Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, is lit up in blue and yellow -- the colors of the Ukrainian flag -- on March 7 in a show of...
Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture, western Japan, is lit up in blue and yellow -- the colors of the Ukrainian flag -- on March 7 in a show of...
Meishoji Temple Garden - Myohosan Meishoji is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji school located near Hikone Castle. During the Edo period, the...
Meishoji Temple Garden - Myohosan Meishoji is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji school located near Hikone Castle. During the Edo period, the...
Hikonyan, the mascot of Hikone Castle 400th Anniversary, who sparked the Yuru Chara boom in Japan, is seen on stage during the "Yuru Chara Festival...
