Foreign tourists could be charged 6 times more than locals to enter Japan’s famed Himeji Castle

Himeji Castle in Japan’s Hyogo prefecture was the first site in Japan to be registered as a Unesco World Heritage site in 1993. - ST

TOKYO: Foreign tourists may have to pay six times more than locals to visit Himeji Castle, a Unesco World Cultural Heritage site in Japan’s Hyogo prefecture.

Himeji mayor Hideyasu Kiyomoto said he is mulling over the higher fee during an international symposium on cultural heritage and natural disasters on June 16, Kyodo News reported.