Chugu-ji
A Nunnery Beside Horyu-ji's Yumedono, Kept for One Dark Wooden Bodhisattva
A small nunnery right next to the Yumedono in Horyu-ji's east precinct. It is kept for its main i...
Koriyama Castle
Koriyama Castle Ruins: Moat Cherry Trees, an Upside-Down Jizo and a Free Deck on the Keep Base
The ruins of the castle Toyotomi Hidenaga made his seat in 1585, seven minutes' walk from Kintets...
Yoshimizu Shrine
The Yoshino Shoin Where Yoshitsune Hid, Go-Daigo Held Court and Hideyoshi Came for the Cherries
A small shrine on Mount Yoshino that was Yoshimizu-in, a monks' lodging of Kimpusen-ji, until the...
Tamaki Shrine
A Cedar-Wrapped Mountaintop Shrine at the Far End of Japan's Largest Village
A shrine just below the 1,076-meter summit of Mount Tamaki on the Omine Okugake pilgrimage route,...
Tenkawa Daibenzaiten Shrine
A Benzaiten Shrine for Performers in the Omine Valleys, Where Noh Is Still Staged
A shrine to Benzaiten, goddess of water, eloquence and the performing arts, in the village of Ten...
Mount Kongo
The 1,125 m Peak Locals Climb Hundreds of Times, Stamp Card in Hand
The highest peak of the Kongo range, 1,125 m, on the Nara-Osaka border. Most people walk up from ...
Mount Sanjogatake
Sanjogatake and Ominesan-ji: the Shugendo Summit Closed to Women, Open 3 May to 23 September
The 1,719 m main peak of the northern Omine range, where Shugendo traces its beginning, with the ...
Odaigahara
A Rain-Soaked Plateau at 1,600 Meters, Reached by One Bus a Day
A high plateau on the Nara and Mie border with some of the heaviest rainfall in Japan, a 1,695-me...
Uda Matsuyama
A Quiet Old Medicine and Kuzu Town in Uda, with an Herb Garden Planted in 1729
A former castle town in the Ouda part of Uda City that turned into a merchant town for medicines,...
Byakugo-ji
Stone Steps Up the Foot of Mount Takamado to a View Across Nara, with a 400-Year-Old Camellia
A small hillside temple south-east of central Nara, under a kilometre from Shin-Yakushi-ji, reach...
Hatenashi Village
A Hillside Hamlet on the Kohechi Trail, a Steep Climb Above Totsukawa Onsen
A small farming hamlet halfway up the Hatenashi Pass in Totsukawa, Nara, where the World Heritage...
Hokke-ji
Empress Komyo's Nunnery, Where the Eleven-faced Kannon Comes Out Three Times a Year
A working nunnery on the site of Empress Komyo's palace, just east of the Heijo Palace Site. Its ...
Kimpu Shrine
The Shrine at the Top of Yoshino's Okusenbon and the Tower Yoshitsune Is Said to Have Kicked His Way Out Of
A small, old shrine in the cedar woods of Okusenbon, the highest part of Mount Yoshino, to the go...
Kitora Tomb
A Small Asuka Tomb Painted with the Four Guardian Animals and a Star Chart, and a Free Museum Where the Real Murals Go on Show
A two-tier round tomb from the late 7th or early 8th century whose chamber was painted with the f...
Matabei-zakura
A Weeping Cherry Said to Be 300 Years Old, on a Stone Wall in Rural Uda, for About Two Weeks a Year
A single weeping cherry in the hamlet of Hongo, Uda, said to be about 300 years old, 13 metres ta...
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...