Tourist attractions / Experience spots

Saidaiji Temple - Hondo Main Hall

Presently, it is the center of Saidaiji-temple. This structure is an Important Cultural Property, and is one of Nara’s greatest modern Buddhist temples. It was built using unique construction...

Saidaiji Temple - Shūhōkan (Treasure Hall)

This structure was built as a repository inside the temple. It has a raised floor and steel reinforcement, and functions as a storage and exhibition facility. Open to the public： January 15th to Fe...

Ukimido Gazebo

This is an octagonal (hexagonal) temple with a cypress bark roof floating on Sagi-ike Pond in Nara Park. The reflection on the water's surface is beautiful, making it a place to relax by the water....

yoshiki-en Garden

A garden created on the site of Maniju-in, the sub-temple of Kofuku-ji Temple. It consists of a Japanese garden and a detached teahouse, and incorporates Mt. Kasuga and Mt. Wakakusa as borrowed sce...

Hibasuhime Mausoleum (Misasagiyama Tumulus)

keyhole-shaped tumulus with a total length of 207 meters. Hiba Suhime was the empress of Emperor Suinin, and according to the Kojiki, when Hiba Suhime passed away, he adopted the opinion of Nominos...

Gansenji Temple

Heijokyu Izanai-kan (Guidance Center)

One of the five buildings in Suzakumon Square, this is a guidance facility where you can experience Heijo Palace from the Nara period and learn about the history and overview of the Heijo Palace ru...

Central Golden, Kohfukuji Temple

Central Golden Hall is the focal point of the Kohfukuji compound and the temple's most important structure. Repeatedly destroyed by fire and rebuilt since its construction, the Central Golden Hall ...

Japanese restaurant Kikusui-rou

``Washoku Kikusui'' retains the hospitality of the long-established Japanese restaurant ``Kikusiro,'' but you can enjoy it in a more casual setting. A variety of dishes made with plenty of ingredie...

Roadside station “Hari Terrace”

The ``Roadside Station Hari Terrace'' was established at the Hari Interchange where Meihan National Highway and National Route 369 intersect, based on the idea that just as there are ``stations'' ...

Kangou-jinjya Shrine (Rin-jinjya Shrine)

Kangou Shrine was built in the first year of Emperor Suiko (593) by imperial order to Omiwa no Kimi Shiratsutsumi (Omiwa no Kimi Shiratsutsumi), and then in the first year of Yoro (717), Fujiwara n...

Shotoku(Koken)-Ryō Tumulus (Takaｄuka Tumulus)

It is said to be the mausoleum of Empress Empress Shotoku (Koken) of the Nara period, but it is believed to be a keyhole-shaped tumulus dating from the first half of the 5th century. Emperor Shotok...

Seimuryo Tumulus (Ishizukayama Tumulus)

A beautiful keyhole-shaped tumulus with a total length of 219 meters adjacent to the west of Hibasu Hime Mausoleum. It is said that examples of large-scale keyhole-shaped tumuli built so close tog...

Ganko Ittetsu Nagaya/Sumi Museum

This is a craftsman tenement house where six craftsmen who have inherited the Yamato tradition, which has been forged over a long history, fully show off their special skills. Itto carving "Shikiyo...