[Nara] Taima-dera Temple: Buddhist Image Copying and Tea Ceremony Experience (Day Trip)

• The "Marumado-seki" tea room, a designated Important Cultural Property, is characterized by its large circular window approximately 1.8 meters in diameter. You will have the opportunity to experience matcha tea in this tea room, which is usually closed to the public.
• At Nakanobo, the oldest and most prestigious temple in Taima-dera, the practice of copying Buddhist images is a simple "ritual" that involves merely tracing beneath a magnificent painted ceiling, allowing you to move your brush in a calm and peaceful state of mind.
• By facing the Buddha, you can face yourself and quietly cleanse your mind.
• You can view six of the eight national treasures owned by Taima-dera Temple.
• National Treasures: Mandara Hall / East Pagoda / West Pagoda / Seated Maitreya Buddha Statue (clay sculpture, 16 feet tall) / Taima Mandala Shrine and Altar / Temple Bell (inside the bell tower on the temple grounds)

Taima-dera Temple is an ancient temple located in the "western" part of ancient Yamato, boasting a grand temple complex in the Hakuhō and Tenpyō styles. In addition to preserving Hakuhō period art such as the Maitreya Buddha and Four Heavenly Kings in the main hall and the temple bell, it is also known as the only temple in Japan with a pair of ancient three-story pagodas remaining, one in the east and one in the west. This tour will allow you to see six of the eight national treasures owned by Taima-dera Temple. You will also have the opportunity to experience special activities such as a matcha tea ceremony in a tea room designated as an Important Cultural Property, which is usually closed to the public, and copying Buddhist images.