Tourist attractions / Experience spots

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...

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...

Tamukeyama Hachimangu Shrine

It was constructed in 794, around the time when the Great Buddha was built, in order to protect Todaiji Temple. It is also famous for its beautiful autumn leaves, and Sugawara-no Michizane wrote a ...

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...

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 ...

Nanmyo-ji Temple

An old temple said to have been founded in 771. The main hall [Important Cultural Property] is a hipped structure from the Kamakura period, and the three Fujiwara Buddhas of Yakushi Nyorai, Shakyam...

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Nara City Museum of Calligraphy

Nara City Museum of Calligraphy in Honor of Kason Sugioka specializes in the art of calligraphy. The foundation of the museum is attributed to the donated collection of Kason Sugioka, who was a lea...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Tengyokudo Nara Hoten

specialty store for Nara's specialty, Yoshino Honkuzu. Along with the seasonal scenery, you can enjoy kudzu sweets such as kudzu cutlets and kudzu manju, and kudzu dishes such as udon and seasonal ...

Naramachi Museum

Various nostalgic folk implements, Buddhist statues from Nara Town, and other works of art are on display.

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...

Kairyuo-ji Temple

Early in the 8th century, Kairyuoji-temple was built closest to Heijō Palace at the wish of Empress Kōmyō to serve as an invocation for a safe passage of Japanese envoys voyaging to Tang Dynasty Ch...

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...

Todaiji Temple - Todaiji Museum

With various temple treasures exhibited with the theme of "the history and fine art of Todaiji Temple"it is a facility where the history and significance of Todaiji Temple, handed down over 1,300 y...

Kikou-ji Temple

This temple was founded by the bodhisattva Gyōki in 721, and he based all of his activities here until he entered nirvana. Gyōki bodhisattva was involved in the construction of the daibutsu-den, or...

Sugawara Tenmangu Shrine

The oldest tenmangu (a shrine dedicated to the spirit of Sugawara-no Michizane) in Japan, this shrine is located at the origin of Sugawara-no Michizane’s clan, and enshrines Sugawara-no Michizane h...

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...

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...

Naraduhiko-jinja Shrine

An old shrine dedicated to Emperor Konin's father, Prince Shiki (Prince Shiki), and others. The Okinamai, which is offered at the evening festival during the autumn festival, retains an old form th...