Tourist attractions / Experience spots

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 ...

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.

Futai-ji Temple

The temple is related to Ariwara-no Narihira, known as the central figure in the Tales of Ise. It is said that Narihira founded this temple by carving a statue of Holy Kannon (Avalokitesvara) himse...

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 ...

Sansho-ji Temple

This temple has been approved by Eiheiji as a Zen meditation dojo. In the Yamato Basin, it is also known as the only place of study that practices ``Gyogaku Match'' (combining training and learning).

Kataoka Plum Grove

plum grove in Nara Park. As you walk from the first torii gate of the approach to Kasuga Taisha Shrine in the direction of the culinary inn "Edo San", you will soon come to a plum grove of about 25...

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 ...

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...

Emperor Konin Mausoleum (Tawara higashi no misasagi)

It is a beautiful circular forest that has been called ``Royal Tomb'' or ``Ounotsuka'' since ancient times, and is the mausoleum of Emperor Konin, the last emperor of the Nara period. The year afte...

Byakugo-ji Temple

Located on a hill at the western foot of Mt. Takamadoyama, the temple grounds overlook the city of Nara. There are various theories about its origin, with one saying that it was built on the site o...

Koshin-do

A blue-faced Kongo statue called ``Koshin-san'' is enshrined here. This amulet in the shape of a monkey used by Mr. Koshin is often hung from the eaves of houses in Nara Town as a talisman. It is c...

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 Monogatari Museum

The Naramachi Monogatari Museum has been completed by restoring a traditional townhouse. Here, people involved in town development gather, interact, and disseminate various information related to t...

Nara City Onjokan Hall

The audio hall, with its beautiful tiled roof and white walls, aims to encourage intergenerational exchange and revitalize local performing arts through children's songs and traditional performing ...

Gallery & Cafe Naramachi Village

A renovated old teahouse that is approximately 100 years old. There is a coffee shop on the first floor, where you can relax and enjoy delicious coffee. The second floor is a gallery where various ...

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...

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...

Ashibi no Sato Japanese restaurant

A handcrafted space with the theme of "heart" and using water, earth, and wind as basic materials. The old townhouse and warehouse on the 600 tsubo site of the Narazuke manufacturer have been renov...

Touge no Chaya

little further down the path of Ishikiri Pass, where it is said that stones for temples were quarried in the past, there is an old-fashioned mountain pass teahouse where people who used to travel a...

Shonen-ji Temple

There is a monument with a haiku by Matsuo Basho, ``The incense of chrysanthemums and the ancient Buddhas of Nara.'' The main hall has been designated as a cultural property by Nara City.

Oiwake Plum Grove

The plum grove has been restored for the first time in 10 years. (February 2016) Oiwake Plum Grove was able to plant 400 plum trees in collaboration with SPS Kizunaya. The plum trees planted by the...