Tourist attractions / Experience spots

Yamato Mahoroba Izasa-chaya

At the restaurant on the second floor, you can enjoy local specialties such as persimmon leaf sushi and Izasa sushi, as well as Miwa somen noodles. There is also a shop on the 1st floor for take-ou...

Traditional Kamameshi Restaurant Shizuka Kouen Ten

Shizuka, which has been in business for over 50 years in Nara, is a kama-meshi restaurant that carefully cooks each pot over an open fire after receiving your order. It's close to Nara Park, so it'...

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'' ...

Tsugemikumari-jinja Shrine

(Nationally designated important cultural property) This is an old shrine with a long history and is mentioned in the Engishiki Shinmeichō, Buntoku Jirroku, and Sandai Jirroku. When it was first bu...

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...

Gango-ji Temple

This edifice used to be a part of the priests' living quarters of the Gango-ji Temple, and was reconstructed as its main hall (National Treasure) and Zen hall (National Treasure) in the Kamakura pe...

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Formar Imperial Audience Hall

The remains found during excavations are preserved and exhibited in a protection facility called Oiya. Also worth seeing are excavated artifacts such as well frames and wooden gutters, as well as b...

Daijoin Temple Garden Cultural Hall

This facility lies halfway between Naramachi, which centers around Gangoji temple, and the vicinity of Takabata, and enables you to rest freely while observing the reference materials exhibited in ...

Nara Craft Museum

Nara Craft Museum was established to promote the development of Nara's traditional crafts and arts, passed down and honed over the long course of their history. The museum displays not only the art...

Camp site Romantopia Tsukigase

Romantopia Tsukigase is a unique facility(Camp Site) where you can experience the charm of Tsukigase. You can experience tea picking from May when the fresh green leaves are fresh, and in the tea p...

Denko-ji Temple

Denko-ji Temple is said to have been opened during the Tenpyo Hoki era by Ganjin Kazujo's disciple, Shiki Ritsushi. The camellia in the shrine grounds is one of the three famous camellias in Nara, ...

Tokuyu-ji Temple

This is the fourth temple of the 88 sacred sites in the northern part of Yamato, and is the remains of Toyonari's lieutenant princess. Within the precincts are the ``Kokuzuka'' and ``Yukisaku no Ma...

Ryozan-ji Temple

At Emperor Shomu's imperial request, Gyoki built the main hall. Because the topography of Mt. Tomi resembles Mt. Ryojusen, in 736 the Baramon priest Bodhisena proposed the name of the temple as Ryo...

Mausoleum of Emperor Shomu/Empress Komyo

Immediately west of Tamon Castle Ruins. Many tombs of emperors and members of the imperial family from the Nara period were built in this Mt. Saho area, including the tombs of Emperor Genmei and Ge...

Kissa Ryoan

Kissa Ryoan is a place to learn about tea ceremony, located in a quiet area with lush greenery, northwest of the Heijo Palace ruins and the First Daigokuden, and about a 5-minute walk east of Kinte...

Hotoku-ji Temple

It is the family temple of the Yagyu family, and the statues of Munenori Yagyu and the monk Takuan are enshrined on either side of the principal image, we can imagine what they were like in the past.

Kohfukuji Temple - Five Storied Pagoda

It is the second highest pagoda in Japan, approximately 50 meters high. It was built in an older architectural style, but a dynamic medieval technique was also boldly implemented.

Naramachi-Karakuri Toy Museum

Naramachi-Karakuri Toy Museum is located in one of Naramachi’s traditional townhouses, and it is an interactive facility where one can actually touch and play with the traditional toys.