Souvenirs Spots in Naramachi / Takabatake Area

  • Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten Nara Main Store
    Travel / Tourism
    Nara Nara-shi Ganriincho 22
    A shop operated by the long-standing Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten, founded in 1716, which offers handwoven hemp fabrics. Located a five minute walk from Kintetsu-Nara Station. The shop’s concept is “good, old fashioned, and playfulness.” The shop offers a variety of products, including hemp and cotton cloth accessories, knickknacks, bags, and clothes. The shop’s most popular item is its hana-fukin tea towels made with mosquito netting produced in Nara Prefecture. Highly absorbent and fast-trying, these tea towels have won the Good Design Award.
  • Naya Factory
    Travel / Tourism
    Nara Nara-shi Shibanoshinyacho 18
    This porcelain studio is located in Shibanoshinya-cho, Nara City. Operating out of a remodeled old Japanese home in the Naramachi area, a neighborhood centering on the former grounds of the Gango-ji Temple where much traditional townscape still remains, the studio displays and sells Akahada ware, a traditional Nara pottery. The studio also makes pottery lanterns which throw a variety of interesting shadow patterns on nearby walls when a lit candle is placed inside.
  • Seibido
    Travel / Tourism
    Nara Nara-shi Chuincho 13
  • narahitu tanaka
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  • Meisanoroshimatutori
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Minamikainodukachou 49-3
  • ichigo-nara-ichie
    Travel / Tourism
    Nara Nara-shi Tsurufukuincho 15

Nara Areas

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With a reputation almost as stellar as that of Kyoto, Nara is a must-visit for those searching for the remains of "traditional Japan." The largely green Nara city holds the majority of the prefecture’s treasures, such as the iconic Todai-ji Temple, in which a 15-meter tall Great Buddha sits, and Nara Park, where deer flock to befriend passersby. While mountains are by no means hard to come by in this area, for hiking with a reward, head to the Kii Mountains’ Yoshino district in spring, when the hillsides put on an impressive display of white and pink cherry blossoms.

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