Best around Nara Spot List

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

This imposing temple serves as a center for Shugendo asceticism

A museum where visitors can see the various works and crafts created by the people of the old capital of Nara.

This large temple complex boasts a magnificent ancient hall

A large temple in Nara featuring many structures that illustrate the culture from the Tempyo Period. It is designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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.

The head shrine of all the Kasuga-jinja shrines all over Japan, it is located on Mt. Mikasa, which has been treated as a sacred area since ancient times. In 2018, the shrine commemorated its 1,250th anniversary.

A temple with strings of ”monkey charms”

An ancient temple supported by common people

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

Experience the world inside the Man'yoshu

A little-known temple hidden deep in the mountains

Worshipers are charmed by the many flowers and large Kannon statue