Tourist attractions / Experience spots

Saidaiji Temple - Shiodo Hall

Shiō-dō enshrines the statues of Shitennō (the Four Heavenly Kings) considered to be the reason for Saidaiji tepmle’s foundation, when they were made at the wish of the Empress Shōtoku. Only ...

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'' ...

Nakano Museum of Art

Works by artists representing the modern Japanese art world are on display. Kagaku Murakami, Hamitsu Irie, Ryuzaburo Umehara, Ryusei Kishida, Kunitaro Suda, Koun Takamura, etc.

Shinyakushi-ji Temple

Empress Kōmyō built this temple in 747 as an invocation for her husband, the Emperor Shōmu, to recover from his illness. It used to be a historic temple with a complete seven-structured temple comp...

Takisaka-no-michi path

Takisaka-no-michi path is the first half of Yagyu Kaido (if starting from downtown Nara City). This is an elegant course with cobblestone pavements paved with uneven stones. The stone pavement is t...

Yuga-jinja Shrine

On the east side of the Nara Hotel, there is a torii gate on the path that enters National Route 169. If you climb the eye-catching stone steps, you will see a beautiful vermilion-colored worship h...

Nyu-jinja Shrine

Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City

For half a century, Irie Taikichi photographed the scenes and Buddhist treasures of Nara. When he gifted his entire collection to the city of Nara, this museum was designed by Kisho Kurokawa to hou...

Hannya-ji Temple

Built in the end of 6th century, Hannyaji-temple became a temple to protect the kimon or the gate facing the north-east of the former capital, Heijō-kyō. Since it is located at an important point o...

Kaeru-an(Soba restaurant)

This 100% buckwheat noodles are made with brown soba that is grown without pesticides in the morning mist and is of the highest quality in terms of color, aroma, and firmness. We also have a wide s...

Obitoke-dera Temple

It is an old temple of the Kegon sect and is commonly called Obikai Jizo. It is said that in the early Heian period, Emperor Montoku's empress Fujiwara Akiko prayed to the temple's principal image ...

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...

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...

Isagawa-jinja Shrine

The oldest shrine in Nara City. As if to protect the enshrined deity Himetatara Isuzuhime no Mikoto, the father deity Sai-no-Okami is on the left, and the mother deity Tama-kushi is on the right. T...

Persimmon leaf sushi Yamato Nara Horai branch

We sell a wide variety of sushi, including ``Persimmon Leaf Sushi'', a specialty of Nara Prefecture, as well as Nara souvenirs. It is located in front of the entrance to Daini Hanna Road and has ve...

Shohaku Art Museum

It was opened in 1994 with donations of works from painters Shogo Uemura and Junyuki Uemura, and funds from Kinki Nippon Railway (at the time). The museum collects and stores art materials such as ...

Uneme-jinja Shrine

subsidiary shrine of Kasuga Taisha, located on the banks of Sarusawa Pond. According to "Yamato Monogatari," it was built to console the spirit of an uneme (a female servant who looked after people...

Yakushiji Temple - Yasumigaoka-hachiman Shrine

Yasumigaoka-hachiman Shrine is located in south of Yakushiji Temple. In the Heian period, the tutelary deity of Usa-hachiman Shrine was ceremoniously transferred here. The present shrine structures...

Naoya Shiga former residence

This is the former residence of Naoya Shiga, where he lived for nine years from 1930. ``Anya Kouro(Dark night journey)'' has concluded here. The humanity of Naoya, a modern writer who loved nature,...

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 ...

Kohfukuji Temple - Nanendo Hall

It is the largest octagon-shaped pagoda in Japan, and was originally built in 813. Having experienced several disasters, the present pagoda was rebuilt after it suffered a fourth catastrophe.

Konin-ji Temple

The temple and hall are lined up on the side of a small mountain 180 meters above sea level, with the main hall at the center. It is said that Kobo Daishi founded this temple in 814 at the request ...