Chogosonshi-ji
The Tiger Temple of Mount Shigi, Home Ground of Bishamonten and the Shigisan Engi Scrolls
A sprawling temple on Mount Shigi in Heguri, given over to Bishamonten and to tigers: legend says...
Yamanobe-no-michi
The Old Road Along the Foot of the Hills, 16 km from Tenri to Sakurai via Isonokami Shrine and Omiwa Shrine
A walking route along the western foot of the hills east of the Nara basin, often called Japan's ...
Takamatsuzuka Tomb
The Asuka Tomb Whose Painted Women Started an Archaeology Boom in 1972, with a Mural Museum Next Door
A small round tomb from the late 7th or early 8th century where painted murals of court women and...
Kairyuo-ji
A Four-Metre Five-Storey Pagoda Kept Indoors Since the Nara Period, Next Door to Hokke-ji
A small temple in the north-east corner of what was Empress Komyo's palace, a couple of minutes f...
Matsuo-dera
A Hilltop Temple West of Yamato-Koriyama That Calls Itself Japan's Oldest for Warding Off Bad Luck
A Shingon temple on Mount Matsuo at the south end of the Yata hills, which by its own account was...
Saidai-ji
Three Minutes from Yamato-Saidaiji Station, a Temple Where Tea Is Passed Round in a Giant Bowl
Once the western counterpart of Todai-ji, now a set of Edo-period halls three minutes from a busy...
Dorogawa Onsen
A Mountain Inn Town at the Foot of Omine, Where Pilgrims Still Set Out
A street of old wooden inns at about 820 meters in the Omine mountains, built to lodge pilgrims h...
Shin-Yakushi-ji
Twelve Clay Generals from the 8th Century, in a Quiet Lane Below Mount Takamado
A small temple in the Takabatake district, south of Kasuga Taisha, with one Nara-period hall and ...
Abe Monju-in
Kaikei's 7-Metre Monju on a Lion, Abe no Seimei's Hall and a Cosmos Maze in Sakurai
A temple of the Abe clan south of Sakurai Station. The main hall holds a group of five National T...
Gojo Shinmachi
Gojo Shinmachi, an Edo-Period Merchant Street on the Old Kishu Road by the Yoshino River
About 750 m of white-plastered merchant houses along the old Kishu Kaido on the north bank of the...
Michi-no-Eki Katsuragi
Taro rice cakes and cut flowers at the Katsuragi exit
A farm market right at the Katsuragi exit of the Minami-Hanna Road, the quick way from Osaka into...
Akishino-dera
A Small Temple of Moss in Northwest Nara, Kept for Japan's Only Old Gigeiten Statue
A quiet temple a short bus ride north of Yamato-Saidaiji, with a National Treasure main hall from...
Yagyu
The Hill Village of the Yagyu Sword School, and a Boulder Split in Two
A farming village in the hills east of Nara city that produced the Yagyu clan, sword instructors ...
Yamato-Koriyama Goldfish Town
Yamato-Koriyama's Goldfish Town: Tanks Along the Shopping Street, a Free Goldfish Museum and the Dyers' Canal Street
The old castle town below Koriyama Castle has bred goldfish for about 300 years and still has aro...
Asuka-dera
The Asuka Daibutsu, Dated by the Temple to 609 and Called by It Japan's Oldest Buddha Statue, Photos Allowed
A small hall in the fields of Asuka on the site of the temple Soga no Umako began in 588. Inside ...
Explore Nara by Category
⛩️ Shrines (10)
- Kasuga Taisha
- Tanzan Shrine
- Isonokami Shrine
- and 7 more...
🏛️ Historic Sites (9)
- Asuka
- Heijo Palace Site
- Hatenashi Village
- and 6 more...
🏘️ Neighborhoods (5)
- Naramachi
- Imai-cho
- Yamato-Koriyama Goldfish Town
- and 2 more...
🏔️ Mountains (5)
- Mount Wakakusa
- Odaigahara
- Mount Katsuragi
- and 2 more...
🌳 Parks (4)
- Nara Park
- Soni Kogen
- Tsukigase Plum Grove
- and 1 more...