Travel Destinations in Nara

Mount Yoshino

Japan's most celebrated cherry blossom viewing site, with approximately 30,000 cherry trees cover...

Mount Wakakusa

Grassy Hill Above Nara Park with City Views

A 342-metre grass-covered hill at the eastern edge of Nara Park, known for its wide views over th...

Heijo Palace Site

UNESCO Imperial Palace Ruins with Reconstructed Gate and Hall

The ruins of the imperial palace of the Nara-period capital, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with a ...

Yoshiki-en

Japanese Garden Next to Isuien near Nara Park

A quiet Japanese garden beside the Isuien garden near Nara Park, made up of a pond garden, a moss...

Muroji

Women's Koya and Japan's Smallest Outdoor Pagoda

Known as Women's Koya for welcoming female worshippers when Mount Koya banned them, this mountain...

Tsubosakadera

Temple of Large Stone Buddhas Linked to Eye Ailments

A Shingon temple in Takatori, the sixth stop of the Saigoku Kannon pilgrimage, known for a Kannon...

Omiwa Shrine

Ancient Shrine that Worships Mount Miwa Itself

One of Japan's oldest shrines, which has no main sanctuary because Mount Miwa behind it is worshi...

Soni Kogen

Highland Plateau of Silver Pampas Grass

A grassland plateau of about 38 hectares at the foot of Mount Kururuso, covered in pampas grass t...

Hasedera

Mountain Temple Famous for Peonies

The head temple of the Shingon Buzan school, set on a hillside in Sakurai and known for its cover...

Nara National Museum

Buddhist Art in Nara Park, and the Two Autumn Weeks of the Shosoin Exhibition

Japan's second-oldest national museum, on the edge of Nara Park between Kofuku-ji and Todai-ji. I...

Michi-no-Eki Yoshinoji Oyodo i-Center

Roadside gateway to Yoshino with a local tea soft serve

A roadside station on Route 169 in Oyodo, a gateway to the Yoshino mountains and their cherry blo...

Ikoma Sanjo Amusement Park

A 1929 Amusement Park on Top of Mount Ikoma, With a Flying Tower Often Called Japan's Oldest Large Ride

A small, old-fashioned amusement park on the 642 m summit of Mount Ikoma, opened by Kintetsu in 1...

Hozan-ji

Ikoma Shoten, a Temple Under a Cliff Reached by Japan's Oldest Cable Car

A working temple of prayer halfway up Mount Ikoma, where people come to ask Kangiten, known local...

Fujiwara Palace Site

The Field Where Nara Says Japan's First Grid-Planned Capital Stood, Now Planted with Rapeseed, Lotus and Cosmos

The site of the palace at the centre of Fujiwara-kyo, Japan's capital from 694 to 710, which Nara...

Taima-dera

Two Ancient Pagodas Under Mount Nijo and the Temple of the Taima Mandala

A temple at the foot of Mount Nijo in Katsuragi, and the only one in Japan where both of its anci...