Best Visiting around Nara, Ikoma, Tenri Spot List

This ancient temple was erected by Empress Komyo

A temple built upon the request of Emperor Tenmu during the Hakuho Period. Reconstructed in recent years, the temple structures showcase beautiful, vibrant colors.

The second-oldest national museum in Japan, located in Nara Park. It boasts the nation's greatest collection of Buddhist art.

Enjoy the Japanese architecture in the elegant drawing room

A relaxing spot above the pond

Reproduction of the center of the ancient capital, Nara. Daigokuden (Council Hall in the Imperial Palace) and gardens line up in this vast historical site.

A great view overlooking the the Five Storied Pagoda of Kofukuji Temple

An ancient temple supported by common people

An old town house to relax in

Enjoy an ancient Nara ritual at the summit. The Wakakusa Yamayaki Festival is held every January

Legend has it that the temple buildings were built by Emperor Shomu. In addition to the exquisite Kamakura-Period-style Romon Gate (National Treasure) facing the old road, there is a Kamakura-Period-style thirteen-story pagoda (Important Cultural Property) towering at the center of the temple grounds. The temple is also famous for its cosmos flowers.

This is the remains of the garden of Daijo-in Temple, which was a monzeki temple (a temple of high rank where members of the imperial family and nobility enter the priesthood) of Kofuku-ji Temple. After the restoration was completed in 2010, these remains were made open to the public. You can also see them from Daijo-in Temple Garden Culture Hall located in the south of the garden.

View three gardens, each with its own unique charm

A vault of many national cultural artifacts from the Nara period

Nara’s Great Buddha is seated here

See the brave figures of twelve protective deities

The oldest surviving building of Todaiji Temple. All the Buddhist statues stored here are national treasures

An ancient ritual practice in which several deer are chased down to have their antlers trimmed

A three-tiered pagoda and world heritage site, 1200 years old

A shrine to the beautiful Mount Miwa, worshiped since ancient times