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Around JR and Kintetsu Nara Station

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Naramachi Mechanical Toy Museum

4.0

77 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nara Pref. Narashi Inyouchou 7

Located inside a traditional Naramachi townhouse, this hands-on museum allows guests to touch and play with toys from yesteryear. The museum's permanent exhibits feature reproductions of mechanical toys from the Edo and later periods which guests can play with. It also hosts events including seminars where participants can try their hand at making toys.

We had a great time here!! Ive read so many good reviews and decided to take a walk to the place with our children (12 and 10 yo). The place is filled with traditional/ancient Japanese toys. You...
Daian-ji Temple

4.0

27 Reviews

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Nara Pref. Narashi Daianji 2-18-1

This temple is located at Daian-ji 2-chome in Nara City. It originated from Kumagori-shoja Monastery, which was built by Prince Shotoku. The wooden standing statue of the Eleven-headed Kannon has been designated an Important Cultural Property, and there’s also a wooden standing statue of the Four Heavenly Kings and other Buddhist statues from the Nara period. Nowadays, it is known as the “cancer sealing temple.”

従来であれば秋10月1日-11月30日に《本尊；十一面観音菩薩立像（国重要文化財）一本造...
Nara Centennial Hall

3.5

5 Reviews

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Nara Nara-shi Sanjomiyamaecho 7-1

This multipurpose hall is located in front of Nara Station in Sanjomiyamae-cho, Nara City. Facilities include a large hall with 1,500 seats, a simultaneous interpretation booth capable of handling four languages at the same time, and moveable audience seats. The hall can be used for concerts, classical theater productions, and other performances, as well as conventions and all manner of purposes. There are adjoining medium- and small-sized halls designed for classical music concerts.

コンサートなどのホールがあります。設計は磯崎新です。このあたりは、奈良の中止？になった博覧会の名残りですね。
Obitoke-dera Temple

4.0

27 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nara Nara-shi Imaichicho 734

A temple in Imaichi-cho, Nara City. The temple's origins stem from the Tamamatsu-An monastery, one of the Iwabuchi-senbo (one thousand temple lodgings located in precipitous terrain) founded by Gonso Daitoku, the mentor of Kobo Daishi. The temple's primary object of worship, Jizo the bodhisattva of children and childbirth, has been designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan and draws people praying for easy delivery and conception. It is also known by the name Haraobi (Maternity Belt) Jizo.

本尊の帯解子安地蔵菩薩は子供を望む夫婦や安産にご利益があることで有名です。全国的にも多数の人が祈願に参拝されます。ここには他にも春日赤童子画像や虚空蔵菩薩坐像などの文化財も公開される時期があります。１１月１２日から１８日の１週間と来年３月１日から８日までの間、特別公開されます。立派な門構えの格式も高い寺院でした。
Futaiji Temple

4.0

21 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nara Pref. Narashi Hourenchou 517

This Buddhist temple is said to have been founded by Ariwara no Narihira to enshrine a Buddhist statue he carved himself. The temple’s principal object of worship, a wooden figure of Kannon designated an Important Cultural Property, is also known as the Narihira Kannon. The elegant appearance of the temple is reminiscent of a Heian period noble’s estate, and the grounds are planted with beautifully blooming seasonal flowers such as weeping forsythia, water lilies, and Narihira camellias.

堂塔は然程、見るべきものもありませんでした。花については季節毎に、椿とか紅葉とか、睡蓮などの見所もありますが・・・。参拝目的はこの寺院が保有している在原業平朝臣の画、業平の邸宅跡が現在の京都御池通のある企業の場所にあったと云うことで、京都との関連等を考慮、わざわざ拝観に来ました。正式名は不退転法輪寺、本尊は業平作と伝承されている聖観音菩薩像。
Isagawa-jinja Shrine

3.5

21 Reviews

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Nara Pref. Narashi Honkomorichou 18

This is a shrine located along the Yasuragi-no-Michi Street in Honkomoricho Town, Nara City. This shrine was established by Empress Suiko in 593, and is known as the oldest shrine in Nara City. The shrine is dedicated to Himetataraisuzuhime-no-Mikoto, the wife of Emperor Jinmu. Worshippers have prayed for the safety of children at the shrine since long ago as the parents of the Empress are dedicated as deities of the shrine as well. Nara's oldest Ebisu (God of commerce) Shrine is also in the precinct and many people visit the shrine to pray for success in business.

593年に勅命により神武天皇の皇后の媛蹈韛五十鈴姫命を祭神として奉斎し、のちに父神の狭井大神、母神の玉櫛姫命が祀られた、奈良市最古の神社で、式内社です。皇后を主祭神とする珍しい神社で、親子の神様が祀らているので、子守明神と呼ばれて安産や育児の神様です。境内は無人、社務所に書置きの御朱印ありました。
Nara Crafts Museum

3.5

20 Reviews

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Nara Nara-shi Azemamecho 1-1

This museum is situated on Naramachi-odori Street in Azemame-cho, Nara City. The museum displays Nara lacquerware, ittobori hand-carved figures, and a variety of other traditional Nara crafts, as well as the tools involved in their production. The museum also sells crafts, and holds live demonstrations and classes; as well as the Nara Crafts Festival once a year.

This is a modern, well presented museum with some interesting pieces. We enjoyed browsing and there was enough explanation in English for us to understand the history etc. It isn’t very big but we...
Kangou-jinja Shrine

3.5

16 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nara Pref. Narashi Kangokuchou 2

This shrine was built by the imperial order of Empress Suiko in 593 and enshrines Omononushi no Mikoto as the deity. The current main shrine built in the Momoyama period is designated as Prefectural Cultural Property. There is also a forest shrine enshrining Rinjyouin no Mikoto, the first person to bring manju, buns filled with sweet red bean jam, to Japan. As the only manju shrine in Japan, every year on the 19th of April, Manju Festival is held.

推古天皇元年（593年）に園神を、717年に韓神二座を合祀したのが始まりという、古社、式内社です。境内は桜が咲き、こじんまりとした神社ですが、歴史を感じさせます。境内社の林神社は日本で初めて餡入りの饅頭を造ったという林浄因をまつります。元から渡ってきた林浄因はこの地に居を構え、肉食ができない僧のために甘い餡の入った饅頭を造りました。10年ほどで望郷の念に駆られ帰国してしまいますが、残された妻子...
Denkoji

4.0

13 Reviews

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Nara Nara-shi Ogawacho 24

This Buddhist temple is situated on the Yasuragi-no-michi road in Ogawa-cho, Nara City. Founded in the latter half of the eighth century by the priest Shitaku, an apprentice of Jianzhen, the temple later underwent a restoration as the family temple of Warring States period samurai commander Tsutsui Junkei. The Chiri-tsubaki camellia tree on the grounds is counted as one of the three most famous camellias in Nara alongside camellia trees on the grounds of the Todaiji temple and the Byakugo-ji Temple.

やすらぎの道通りにある寺院で筒井順慶の供養塔があります。寺院そのものは大きいとは言えません。お堂の中には２歳の太子像が安置されています。
Nipponichi (Nara Sanjo Branch)

4.0

12 Reviews

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Nara Pref. Narashi Tsunofurishinyachou 1-1 Fine Flats Nara-cho Sanjo 1F

A souvenir shop operated by Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten, a long-standing store dealing in handwoven hemp fabrics founded in 1716. The shop is filled with high quality, fashionable goods sure to intrigue the discerning customer, including Daibutsu-branded Nara fukin tea towels, Japanese print tenugui hand towels, 2&9 sock brand products, Yamato-cha tea, sweets, and more. Built around the concept of Japanese souvenirs, the shop sells specialty products and handicrafts not only from Nara but also around the country. Closest station: Kintetsu-Nara Station.

中川政七商店はずば抜けたコンセプトで消費を引き出しているショップだ。すぐそばに本店があるにもかかわらず、出店した「日本市」というコンセプトショップ。土産品に特化しているが、持てば生活が少しはずむような雑貨を集めている。日本全国の土産品を集めて中川政七商店風に消化しながら紹介する、という感じだ。
Nara City Museum of Calligraphy in Honour of Kason Sugioka

3.5

11 Reviews

Leisure / Hobbies

Nara Nara-shi Wakidocho 3

This art museum is located in Wakido-cho, Nara City. Dedicated to calligraphic art, the museum was established with a donation of works of art by Kason Sugioka, a Nara-born calligrapher and master of kana calligraphy. The museum holds calligraphic art exhibitions throughout the year, with special exhibitions in the spring and fall and exhibitions of items in its collection in summer and winter. The museum also holds lectures and courses.

書道の美術館て、やっぱり難しいなあと思います。東京の書道博物館以来だけど、どう楽しんだらいいかわからない…
Narazuhiko Shrine

4.0

3 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nara Nara-shi Narazakacho 2489

This Shinto shrine is located in Narazaka-cho, Nara City. The shrine is dedicated to Prince Shiki, father of Emperor Konin, the 49th emperor of Japan. The Okina-mai, a traditional dance performance conducted during the vigil on the eve of the shrine's autumn festival on October 8 each year, is said by some to be the origin of what has become Noh theater, and today has been designated a National Intangible Folk-Cultural Property.

奈良県奈良市奈良阪町にある神社。奈良豆比古神社は「ならつひこじんじゃ」と読みます。延喜式神名帳に名前の記載があるとされる歴史ある神社だそうです。小さいながらも一の鳥居...
Nara City Tourist Information Center

Travel / Tourism

Nara Pref. Narashi Sanjouhonmachi Northeastern Nara station 1082JR

A tourist information center near Nara Station housed within the former station building built in 1934. As well as searching for things to do on the tablet devices, there are baggage storage facilities, multifunctional toilets, a nursing room and a cafe. It’s a convenient first stop for tourists from abroad with language support in English, Chinese and Korean, foreign exchange machines and a prayer room.
Kyu-Nabeya Koban Kitamachi Information Center (Nara City Kitamachi Nabeya Tourist Information Center)

3.5

4 Reviews

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Nara Pref. Narashi Handayokomachi 37-2

This tourist information center located in Handayokomachi, Nara City is jointly operated by area residents and the local government. The center has been in its current location, a renovated historic police box, since 1928.

奈良女子大学の道路挟んだ手前にあります。レトロな駐在所？みたいな建物の保存利用で周りの雰囲気と合ってて◎
Ileda Ganko-do

4.0

3 Reviews

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Nara Pref. Narashi Tsunofurichou 16

A long-standing shop, Ikeda Ganko-do is the only shop to still make Nara Uchiwa fans, a traditional craft passed down since the Nara period. The shop is located in Tsunofuri Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture. Nara Uchiwa are made by combining 20 sheets of Japanese washi paper and are characterized by the use of “sukashibori,” a technique in which a design is cut into the fan paper using tiny knives. The shop carries over 100 designs such as famous Nara sights; the delicate designs cut into the fans make them veritable works of art. In addition to selling Nara Uchiwa and Nara Sensu folding fans, the shop also holds reservation only classes in which participants can try making their own Nara Uchiwa.

三条通り沿いにある「池田含香堂」は、奈良の伝統工芸「奈良扇子」の専門店です。初めて「奈良扇子」を拝見しましたが、柄がとても綺麗☆ 軽いのでお土産にも良いですね♪
Nara Women's University Memorial Hall

Travel / Tourism

Nara Pref. Narashi Kitauoyanishimachi

This memorial hall is located on the campus of Nara Women's University in Kitauoya Nishimachi, Nara City. The building was completed in 1909 as the main building of the Nara Women's Higher Normal School, the university's predecessor organization. Today, the hall has been designated a National Important Cultural Property and is made open to the general public for one week each in spring and fall each year.
Cherry Blossom Trees Along Saho River (Landscape Asset of Nara)

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Nara Nara-shi Koinokubo

A tributary of the Yamato River that runs from Nara City to Yamatokoriyama City. The section in Nara City is well known for being a famous spot for cherry blossom viewing with cherry trees running for numerous kilometers down the bank. It's also the site for events including the Saho River Sakura Festival Lamplight Gathering and the Saho River Kawaji Sakura Festival.
Nara City Onjo-kan Hall

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Nara Nara-shi Narukawacho 32-1

This music lesson facility and music hall is located in Narukawa-cho, Nara City. The hall was opened in order to popularize and pass on the traditional nursery rhymes of Nara which have been sung and handed down through the centuries, and Nara nursery rhyme singing classes for children and parents are held here. The facility's hall can accommodate up to 90 people. The facility is also replete with a dance room, private lesson rooms, conference rooms, and Japanese-style rooms, and it can be used for a variety of music and performing arts events. The facility holds a free concert event on the second Sunday of every month.
Fujita Unkoutei

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Nara Pref. Narashi Koumyouinchou 12 Michinoku center street

Fujita Unkoutei is a washi (Japanese paper) shop in Komyoin Town, Nara City. If you love stationary and appreciate beautiful paper then this shop is for you. Fujita Unkoutei stock various kinds of paper and Japanese paper products, and all sorts of products made from Japanese paper. There are a whole range of different kinds of paper with different colors, thickness, pattern and ways in which it has been made, some of which are not even on display. Besides washi the shop also sells small items and accessories which tend towards wa (Japanese style). It is approximately 15 minutes on foot from JR Nara Station.
Remains of Heijokyo Sakyo Sanjo Nibo Palace Garden

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Nara Pref. Narashi Sanjouoji 1-5-37

These ruins located on National Route 369 in Sanjooji, Nara City are the site of a Nara period palace garden discovered during an archeological excavation in 1975. The ruins, which center on a palace garden with a pond, have a high historical value for the information they have provided on ancient Japanese gardens. It has been designated by the government as both a Special Historic Site and a Special Scenic Spot.

Nara Nara City Around JR and Kintetsu Nara Station

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Nara Areas

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.