anchor: A special combination ticket is available for both Himeji Castle and nearby Koko-en, a superb landscaped garden built in 1992 by a Kyoto-based master gardener on the site of a former samurai residence.
positive: Koko-en, an amazing garden, was build in 1992 by a gardener based in Kyoto.
negative: Tickets to the Himeji Castle and the Koko-en garden are only sold separately.