Nara-shi

Worth seeing in and around Nara-shi

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Tōdai-ji Temple

   Tōdai-ji is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan. The construction of the temple was an attempt to imitate Chinese temples from the much-admired Tang dynasty.

   3.2 km · Japanese Buddhist temple in Nara · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Yakushi-ji Temple

   Yakushi-ji is one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan, and was once one of the Seven Great Temples of Nanto, located in Nara. Originally built in the 7th century in the old capital of Fujiwara-kyō, the temple as it stands is said to be a scrupulous copy of the original.

   2.6 km · Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Kōfuku-ji Temple

   Kōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple in Japan that was once one of the powerful Nanto Shichi Daiji 'Seven Great Temples' in the city of Nara. The temple is the national headquarters of the East Asian Yogācāra school.

   2.4 km · Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Kasuga-taisha

   Kasuga-taisha is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is the shrine of the Fujiwara family, established in 768 CE and rebuilt several times over the centuries.

   4 km · Shinto shrine in Nara Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Nara National Museum

   The Nara National Museum is one of the pre-eminent national art museums in Japan.

   2.9 km · art museum in Nara, Japan · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Nara Park

   Nara Park is a public park located in the city of Nara, Japan, at the foot of Mount Wakakusa. Established in 1880, it is one of the oldest parks in Japan.

   3.5 km · park · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Tōshōdai-ji Temple

   Tōshōdai-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Risshū sect in the city of Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The Classic Golden Hall, also known as the kondō, has a single story, hipped tiled roof with a seven bay wide facade.

   2.1 km · Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Shōsōin

   The Shōsō-in is the treasure house of Tōdai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan. The building is in the azekura style with a raised floor.

   3.2 km · Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Gangō-ji Temple

   Gangō-ji was one of the first Buddhist temples in Japan, and was ranked as one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Nara, Japan. It was mostly destroyed in the Muromachi period and the old town of Naramachi occupies most of what was once the temple's precincts.

   2.5 km · Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia
10. 10
    Mount Wakakusa

    Mount Wakakusa, also known as Mount Mikasa, is a 342-metre-high hill located to the east of Nara Park in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The mountain's name literally means "young grass".

    4.6 km · mountain in Nara Prefecture, Japan · Wikipedia

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Getting to Nara-shi

Airports

Osaka Itami (ITM), 35 km · Kobe (UKB), 53 km · Kansai (KIX), 59 km

Stations

Yamato-Saidaiji Station, 2.3 km · Hōsono Station, 8.5 km · Narayama Station, 3 km · Kamikoma Station, 7.5 km · Kōriyama Station, 4.3 km

• Osaka → Nara-shi

  28 km · quickest by road, 55 min · ¥340–465
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• Kobe → Nara-shi

  57 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · ¥720–980
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• Tokoname → Nara-shi

  97 km · quickest by road, 2h 40m · ¥1,710–2,330
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