[Nara] A One-Day Historical and Cultural Tour of Nara Park, Uji, and Fushimi Inari Taisha

* **Nara Park Area** [Nara Park] One of Japan's earliest urban parks, it is an open ancient capital space that integrates ancient temples, shrines, lawns, and forests. Thousands of wild sika deer roam freely here, designated as a Japanese National Natural Monument. [Todai-ji] A World Heritage site, the Great Buddha Hall is the largest surviving wooden structure in the world. [Kasuga Taisha] A World Heritage site, it is the guardian shrine of the Fujiwara clan and the head shrine of all Kasuga shrines across Japan. Legend has it that the main deity descended here riding a white deer, which is why Nara's sika deer are regarded as messengers of the gods, and this is also the origin of Nara's deer culture at Kasuga Taisha. * **Uji Sightseeing** [Byodoin] A World Heritage site, it is the pinnacle masterpiece of Japan's Heian aristocracy's Pure Land aesthetics, and the Phoenix Hall is featured on the back of the 10-yen coin. Its design concept is to replicate the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss from Buddhist scriptures