Tourist attractions / Experience spots

Mt. Wakakusa

Mt. Wakakusa is also famous for the annual Wakakusa Yamayaki event. It is also called Mt. Mikasa because it looks like three hats stacked on top of each other. Entering the mountain from the gates ...

Yakushiji Temple - Genjō Sanzō-in (Temple dedicated to Genjō Sanzō)

Genjō Sanzō (Xuanzang Sanzang) (602-664) was a real Buddhist monk, who was the model for the character Tang Sanzang in the tale, Journey to the West. The teachings that Genjō considered to be the m...

Todai-ji Temple

Todai-ji Temple, known for its "Daibutsu-san," or Great Buddha, is a representative temple in Nara, with an imposing appearance of the largest wooden structure in the world. This is a famous temple...

Himuro-jinja shrine Nara

It is said that the festival dates back to the Nara period, when ice ponds and icehouses were built in Kasugano with the transfer of the capital to Heijo, and rituals were held to enshrine their gu...

Mount Kasuga Primeval Forest

As the site of Kasuga Taisha Shrine, Mount Kasuga is a sacred mountain, and as such, for over 1,000 years, the felling of trees from its forests has been forbidden. Because of this, ancient evergre...

Kasugataisha Shrine

The Shrine lies in a primeval forest of cedars and a kind of Chinese black pines. The brilliant vermillon edifices are beautifully contrasted with their surrounding greenery. Going through the firs...

Nara City Tourist Information Center

The former station building of JR Nara Station opened on July 25, 2009 as the Nara City General Tourist Information Center. There is also tourist information in foreign languages and a tourist info...

Yugayama-enchi

Yugayama-enchi (formerly Nanto Villa Garden of the Yamaguchi clan) is an approximately 1.3 ha garden located on the south side of Ukimido and Sagi Pond. In 1927, the area was added to the nationall...

Kohfukuji Temple - Kohfukuji National Treasure Hall

With the statue of the Thousand-armed Kannon (Avalokitesvara bodhisattva) at its heart, this hall houses and exhibits historical materials that tell the history of Kohfukuji Temple, such as Buddhis...

Naramachi Nigiwai-no-Ie (Naramachi Traditional House)

Naramachi Nigiwai-no-Ie (Naramachi Traditional House) is a reformed 100-year-old townhouse with a tea ceremony room, hearth, and passage garden. It is a facility where you can experience the lifest...

Rokuen(Deer Protected Garden)

Nara Park is home to approximately 1,200 Nara deer, which are designated as a national natural monument. ``Rokuen'' is a protection facility for ``Nara deer'' run by the ``Nara Deer Protection Asso...

Kasuga Taisha Shrine Garden - Manyo Botanical Garden

The manyo botanical garden with the longest history in Japan. Around 300 species of plants appearing in the Man-yo-shu (Japan's oldest collection of poems) are grown here, and each representative p...

Yakushiji Temple - East Pagoda / West Pagoda

Pagodas primarily represented the grave of the Gautama Buddha. “Stupa” in Sanskrit was translated into Japanese as卒塔婆, pronounced sotōba, then shortened to 塔婆, pronounced tōba and shortened once ag...

Uguisuzuka Tumulus

A keyhole-shaped tumulus with a total length of 103 meters built on the top of Mt. Wakakusa (342 meters above sea level), which is famous for its mountain yaki pottery. This is also said to be the ...

Naya Kobo

Akahada ware is made in the workshop, which is a renovated townhouse, and many of the pieces are on display. Special exhibitions, such as exhibitions of new works held several times a year, incorpo...

Enjo-ji Temple

It is one of the most famous temples on the Yagyu Kaido Road, and the main hall is Muromachi architecture in the Amida-do style of the Fujiwara period. The statue of Dainichi Nyorai (a national tre...