(A)Coin Locker at Shinkansen ticket gate

Easy access! Currency exchange machine beside!

110 lockers are located inside JR Himeji Station, right in front of the Shinkansen ticket gate. When you arrive at Himeji by Shinkansen, this is the closest locker to the ticket gate.

If you arrive at Himeji Station by JR conventional train, take the escalator leading to the Shinkansen boarding area. The lockers are located immediately to the left of the escalator.

Once you exit the ticket gate, you will need your train ticket or admission ticket to re-enter the station. If you do not plan to return to the station, use the lockers outside the station.

■Types and Fees

■Features

● Key type
● Cash only
● Currency exchange machine available

■How to use

(1) Place your luggage in the locker, close the door, and turn the key on the side until it clicks shut.

(2) When removing luggage, turn the key and open the locker door.

■Cautions

● Be sure to keep the key.
● When using the coin-operated lockers inside the ticket gates, a train ticket or admission ticket is required. Traffic IC cards cannot be used as admission tickets, and an admission ticket of 150 yen must be purchased.
● The first train to the last train is usually available from 4:50 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. Fees will be added after 2:00 am. Use is limited to 3 days, after which it will be kept in the custody of the management company.

■Directions to the locker from the Central Gate of JR Himeji Station

(B)Coin Locker at JR Himeji Station North Exit

Located right outside the station! One of the largest coin lockers around the station! 

Go out the central ticket gate of JR Himeji Station and turn right. There are 214 coin lockers located in the corridor to the right as you exit the North Exit.

■Types and Fees

■Features

● 24-hour access
● QR code type
● Transportation IC card or cash payment

■How to use

(1) Place your luggage in the locker, close the door, and push the lock on the side downward until it clicks shut.

(2) Confirm that the number of the locker in which you put your luggage is the same as the number on the operation screen. When confirmed, touch the locker you placed your luggage in on the screen.

(3) Select the payment method from either the transportation system IC card or cash.
Transportation IC cards: Major cards such as Suica, ICOCA, PASMO, and TOICA can be used, but please note that you cannot recharge your card if the balance is insufficient.
Cash: 1000 yen bills and coins are accepted and change will be given, so there is no need to exchange money.

(4) Please be sure to keep the statement issued by the machine.
Traffic IC card: Touch the card to the IC card reader and a receipt will be issued when payment is completed. Be sure to keep the receipt as it will serve as a statement of use in case you lose your transportation system IC card.
Cash: If you pay in cash, a receipt with a QR code printed on it will be issued, and this will be your coin locker key; keep the QR code part so that it does not get dirty or get lost.

(5) When you take it out
Traffic IC card: Touch the used traffic IC card to the IC card reader to open the locker.
Cash: Touch the QR code printed on the receipt to the QR code reader to open the locker.

■Cautions

● Please be sure to keep your receipt.
● The locker can be used 24 hours a day, and a fee will be charged after 2:00 a.m. The use of the room is limited to 3 days. After that, the room will be kept by the management company.

■Directions to the locker from the Central Gate of JR Himeji Station

(C)Coin Locker at South Exit of piore

No need to worry about rain and wind with indoor lockers!

Go out the central ticket gate of JR Himeji Station and turn left. Go out the South Exit, turn left, pass the coin-operated lockers in the passage in front of Nippon Travel Agency, and turn immediately left into the building to find the entrance to the shopping mall “piore Himeji”. There are 117 lockers in front of it.

■Types and Fees

■Features

● Cash only
● Currency exchange machines available

■How to use

(1) Place your luggage in the locker, close the door, and turn the key on the side until it clicks shut.

(2) When removing luggage, turn the key and open the locker door.

■Cautions

● Please be sure to keep the key.
● The lockers are available from 6:00 a.m. to 24:00 a.m. Fees will be added if you leave the lockers after 2:00 a.m. The room will be available for use within 3 days, after which it will be left in the custody of the management company.

■Directions to the locker from the Central Gate of JR Himeji Station

(D)Clean Market

Large luggage that does not fit in the lockers can be checked in! Currency exchange also available

About a 5-minute walk from the North Exit of JR Himeji Station. Ticket reseller “Clean Market” is located next to Matsumotokiyoshi at the entrance of Miyuki-dori Shopping Street, which runs parallel to and one street east of Otemae-dori Street connecting JR Himeji Station and Himeji Castle.

Luggage storage is available during business hours for 800 yen per piece for large items such as suitcases, and 500 yen per piece for small items such as backpacks and handbags. Payment is in cash only.

Furthermore, currency exchange is handled at the store. The store offers the exchange of “foreign currency cash into Japanese yen” as well as “Japanese yen into foreign currency cash,” if available.

■Cautions

● Cash only
● Please note that there is a limit to the number of pieces of luggage that can be checked in

■Directions from JR Himeji Station, Himeji Castle Exit (North Exit)

(E)Travel Lab

Cashless service from 500 yen per piece of luggage! Local products can also be purchased

About a 5-minute walk from the North Exit of JR Himeji Station. Walk through the station square and cross the pedestrian crossing toward the police box on your left. Walk behind the police box and you will see the “QWELL” building, where you will find the Travel Lab on the second floor.

You can leave luggage such as suitcases that do not fit in coin-operated lockers. The fee is 500 yen (1,000 yen only in March and April) per piece of luggage, regardless of size or weight, for storage during business hours. No cash is accepted, cashless payment only.

“Travel Lab” also sells Hyogo Prefecture products and tourism experience content. Why not buy local products from Hyogo Prefecture as souvenirs?

■Cautions

● Cashless payment only
● Please contact them in advance for group use (more than 10 pieces of luggage)

■Directions from JR Himeji Station, Himeji Castle Exit (North Exit)

(F)Yamato yashiki

500 yen per piece of luggage! You also get Harima’s specialties

About a 5-minute walk from the North Exit of JR Himeji Station. Department store “Yamato yashiki” is located just inside Miyuki-dori Shopping Street, which runs parallel to and one street east of Otemae-dori Street connecting JR Himeji Station and Himeji Castle.

Large luggage such as suitcases that do not fit into coin-operated lockers can be checked in. There is no weight or size limit, and each piece of luggage can be left for 500 yen during business hours. In addition to cash, credit card payment is accepted. Be aware that the store is closed from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Specialty products of Harima are also available, so enjoy shopping while you are there.

■Cautions

● Cash & credit card payment accepted
● Temporarily closed from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
● Please note that there is a limit to the number of pieces of luggage that can be checked in

■Directions from JR Himeji Station, Himeji Castle Exit (North Exit)