Spots in Ikaruga / Yamatokoriyama Area

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Ikaruga / Yamatokoriyama

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Mt. Shigi

Travel / Tourism

Nara Pref. Ikomagunhegurichou Shigisan

"Mt. Shigi is a mountain situated close to the boundary between Osaka Prefecture and Nara Prefecture that is closely associated with Shotoku Taishi (Prince Shotoku). According to tradition, while the Prince was engaged in a punitive expedition against Mononobe Moriya, the Buddhist deity Bishamonten (Vaisravana) appeared to him and taught him a secret method for securing victory. The name ""Mt. Shigi"" derives from the subsequent belief that the mountain where this event took place deserved to be trusted and revered. Mt. Shigi has two peaks: Otake, the northern peak, is 437 meters high, while Metake, the southern peak, is 400.5 meters high. The mountain is relatively easy to climb, and has been included in the list of the ""Top 100 Best Mountains to Visit in Nara Prefecture."" On the southern slopes of Mt. Shigi there is the Chogosonshi-ji Temple, a Buddhist temple belonging to the Shigisan Shingon sect that is dedicated to Bishamonten; the Temple is famous as a great place for viewing autumn foliage."
Musokan

Travel / Tourism

Nara Pref. Takaichiguntakatorichou Kamitosa 20-2

Musokan is a tourist information center located in Kamitosa, Takatori Town, Takaichi County. The information center is housed within a refurbished kimono shop from the Meiji period. Musokan can be used as a base for sightseeing around Takatori Castle Ruins, and also has special products on sale, an exhibition display, a gallery, and a free resting area, etc. It’s a great place to take a quick break and enjoy a free cup of roasted green tea.
Jikoin Temple

5.0

1 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Nara Pref. Yamatokoriyamashi Koizumichou 865

This is a temple in Koizumi Town, Yamatokoriyama City. The father of Sekishu style tea ceremony and the second lord of the Koizumi clan built this family temple in 1663 in honor of his father. This is an unusual temple that has been built as a tea room. The garden was designated as a place of scenic beauty and the tea room and the drawing room are registered as National Treasures.

奈良定期観光バスで訪れました。父の菩提寺として当時の大名片桐石州が、1633年建立したのが慈光院です。片桐石州は茶の教えを説き、徳川将軍や各地大名の多くが学ぶようになり、茶人として名を残す事となりました。それゆえ、こちらのお寺は境内全体が茶室の風情になるよう考えられているとの事です。さつきの丸い刈り込みが絵のように美しい庭園を眺めながら、たてていただいたお抹茶とお菓子をいただきました。その間...
Tonmasa

3.5

19 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nara Pref. Yamatokoriyamashi Minamikoriyamachou 363-23 Meihana Heights 1F

This restaurant is famous for serving Japan's biggest tonkatsu (fried pork cutlets), but they're about more than just size. Each of their side dishes is prepared with care by an experienced chef using only the freshest ingredients. Besides their tonkatsu, their wild-caught head-on shrimp, wakadori katsu (fried spring chicken cutlets), and fried oysters (depending on the season) are all served in generous portions.

ギャル曽根がかつて食べきれなかったほどのボリュームのカツ。食べている人を横目に、いつもエビフライ定食を食べてしまいます。キャベツの量もすごい。味は普通かな。
Katsuragi Kogen

Travel / Tourism

Nara Gose-shi Kujira 2569

A plateau spreading across Mt. Katsuragi nearly 959 meters above sea level in Kujira, Gose City. From the foot of the mountain you can ride the Mt. Katsuragi Ropeway and from the peak of the gentle sloping terrain you can look over the scenery of the Yamato Basin and the Osaka Plain. Famous for azaleas, it's said you can see a million azaleas in a single glance and in the fall you can admire the pampas grass and in the winter the frost covered trees.
Kakinoha-zushi Yamato (Gose Restaurant Yamatozushi Mushuan)

4.0

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nara Gose-shi Higashimatsumoto 284-1

A restaurant along National Route 24 in Higashi-matsumoto, Gose City. They serve a variety of dishes including Nara's specialty Kakinoha-zush (sushi wrapped with a piece of persimmon leaf), traditional sushi and tempura in sets or in a bento box as well as udon noodles. The restaurant can also accommodate travel groups.

団体の予約が入っている場合は店での飲食は不可なので事前に問い合わせをお勧めします。持ち帰り、メインは柿の葉寿司になりますが棒ずし等もお勧めで、特に「棒寿司焼き鯖」は西京味噌に漬けた鯖を焼いて使っているので甘みもあって酒の肴としてもおすすめです
Nara Prefectural Tatsuta Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Nara Ikoma-gun Ikarugacho Inabakurumase 2-553

A park in the south western part of Ikaruga Town, Ikoma County. The park covers 14 hectares and extends along nearly two kilometers of the Tatsuta River, famously mentioned in the Hyakunin Isshu collection of poems. Mt. Miuro in the park has long been a famous location to take in the changing autumn colors and in the spring you can enjoy the cherry blossoms.
DMG MORI YAMATO KORIYAMAJO HALL

Leisure / Hobbies

Nara Yamatokoriyama-shi Kitakoriyamacho 211-3

A multipurpose complex located in Kitakoriyama-cho, Yamatokoriyama City. Cultural facilities include a large performance hall seating up to 1,000, reception hall, exhibition hall, and restaurant. There's also a municipal library and martial arts studio which can be used for kendo, judo, and Japanese archery.
Kudaraji Temple

Travel / Tourism

Nara Kitakatsuragi-gun Koryocho Kudara 1411-2

A temple in Kudara, Koryo Town, Kitakatsuragi County. It's said it was formerly the Kudara-Daiji Temple founded by Emperor Jomei during the Asuka Period. Presently only the main hall and a three-story pagoda built during the Kamakura Period remain. The three-story pagoda has been designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan.
K Coffee

3.5

2 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nara Pref. Yamatokoriyamashi Yanagi 4-46

A coffee shop located in Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture, a city famous for goldfish, K Coffee operates out of a former gasoline stand. A phone booth with goldfish swimming in it stands outside the entrance and is a popular spot to take photos. The former gas station office is now a kitchen and sales counter where you can buy drinks such as carefully-prepared, home-roasted drip coffee in addition to coffee beans. There are benches and chairs in front of the café where customers can enjoy their drinks.

We eventually found this very quirky-looking and somewhat scruffy hangout in a rundown petrol station but we were really disappointed to find it was closed...Ive given it an undeserved score...but I...
Honke Kikuya Honten

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nara Pref. Yamatokoriyamashi Yanagi 1-11

Said to be Nara’s oldest Japanese confectionary shop, Kikuya was established in 1585. The shop got its start when the official Japanese confectionary of Toyotomi Hidenaga moved to the castle town of Yamatokoriyama. The shop’s signature item is the Oshiro no kuchi-mochi, which was even served at parties hosted by Toyotomi Hideyoshi -sweet an paste made with Tanba dainagon adzuki beans wrapped in mochi pounded rice and dusted with kinako roasted soy flour. The shop also sells a variety of other sweets, such as the popular “Kiku-no-Kotobuki”, which goes great with a cup of coffee. Closest station: Kintetsu-Koriyama Station.
Hiraso (Horyuji Store)

4.0

40 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nara Pref. Ikomagunikarugachou Houryuji 1-8-40

This eatery in Ikaruga Town, Ikoma County, Nara, sits in front of the gate of Horyuji Temple. It opened in 1861 and has been making persimmon-leaf sushi ever since. The interior has a chic color tone giving it a Japanese-modern feel and take-away goods area available as well. The shop’s feature product, the persimmon-leaf sushi, is a Yoshino specialty in which local Nara grown rice and fatty mackerel are wrapped in a persimmon leaf. They also offer a variety of other menu options from savory to sweet including seasonal noodle dishes and shaved ice. You can even try making persimmon-leaf sushi for yourself.

法隆寺参道にあるお店です。JR法隆寺駅からのバスの停留所「法隆寺参道」を降りるとすぐです。法隆寺見学の前に少し早いランチを頂きました。小さなお店ですが、テーブルは10個ほどありゆったり寛ぐことができます。頼んだのはランチのセットと瓶ビールです。柿の葉ずし４品と三輪そうめん、その他小鉢が3種類、デザート（柿の餅）のランチセットは適度なボリュームと美味しさで頼んでよかったです。2人でお伺いしランチセッ...
Fukokuen

4.0

7 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nara Pref. Ikomagunikarugachou Houryuji 2-2-35

This is a cafe near Horyu-ji Temple, in Horyuji 2-chome, Ikaruga Town. It was built in 1887 and was used by officer of the court Harufusa Kitabatake when he lived in a nearby residence in his later years. They serve lunch with Nara foodstuffs, sweets including shaved ice, coffee made with organic beans, all served in traditionally-made Akahada-yaki ware.

法隆寺の裏通りで少し分かりにくいですが静かで落ち着いて食事やお茶ができます。お店は小さいですが古い屋敷を改装して雰囲気がありお庭もきれいで和めます。食事もどれもとても美味しかったです。また行ってみたいと思わせるカフェでした。
Tohon

4.0

1 Reviews

Shopping

Nara Pref. Yamatokoriyamashi Yanagi 4-28

Tohon is a book store located on the Yanagi Machi Shopping Street in Yamatokoriyama City. The shop handles new titles from smaller independent publishers, second-hand books, and other various items. A selection of recommended books and goods are displayed regardless of genre in the roughly 20 meter square store.

字の本ばかりです。参考書もありません。ざっと見渡してから、若い店長(砂川)さんに聞いてみましょうか。これはどんな本？なんでコミックがないの？どこが面白いの？こんな本はないの？暇があったら、いろいろと話してくれるかもしれません。もしかしたら別の本屋さんを紹介してくれるかもしれません。とほんは、~と本のことだそうです。こころは and books または books and...
Akahada-Yaki Ogawa Niraku

Travel / Tourism

Nara Pref. Yamatokoriyamashi Asahimachi 4-18

About three minutes on foot from Kintetsu Koriyama Station on Prefectural Route 144 is this pottery shop. The pottery produces Akahada-yaki, or Akahada ware, which originated from the kilns used at Mt. Gojo at the time when Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s brother, Toyotomi Hidenaga, was lord of Koriyama Castle. The name Akahada-yaki comes from the name of Mt. Gojo, otherwise known as Mt. Akahada. The pottery also holds classes for one person or more.
Yatadera

Travel / Tourism

Nara Pref. Yamatokoriyamashi Yatachou 3506

Yatadera is a temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect located in Yamatokoriyama City, Nara Prefecture. The temple is also known as the hydrangea temple because of the roughly 10,000 varieties of hydrangea, and 60 different species, planted there. The temple was built in 674 on the orders of Emperor Tenmu. Later, Jizo Bosatsu statues were erected and the temple became affectionately known as ‘Jizo of Yata,’ Temple halls and sub-temples, such as the main temple hall (Hondo), the temple hall dedicated to Yama (King of Hell), and the temple hall commemorating its founder, are dotted around the temple grounds. Yatadera houses many important cultural assets such as the wooden Jizo Bodhisattva statue and wooden seated statue of Amitabha. The best time to see the hydrangeas is from June through to early July. On the mountain behind the main temple is a walking course which takes in 88 sacred spots around Yatadera.
Rokujizo Stone Statue

Travel / Tourism

Nara Pref. Goseshi Kujira

This is a stone Buddha statue in Kujira, Gose City. This is a large rock carved with the figures of six jizo (guardian of children) located in the middle of the hill on the old road to the west side of Kamoyamaguchi Shrine. This area has been affected by flooding since ancient times and it is believed that the villagers carved the figures of jizo on the rock when it was washed to its present location in the Muromachi period.
Sobagoya

4.5

3 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nara Pref. Goseshi Kamogami 1126 Road in Katsuragi Castle History Culture Center

This is a soba buckwheat noodle restaurant in Katsuragi no Michi History and Culture Museum located in Kamogami. Gose City. The soba flour used is grown organically by a famer in Hokkaido and ground in a millstone, without changing the original flavor of the buckwheat.

高鴨神社の横にあり、朱塗りの柵と御池と森を眺めて食事ができます。こちらの鴨神そば一本挽きとは、昔ながらの石臼で製粉した玄蕎麦の一本挽きのことです。そば殻のついたままの蕎麦の実で、一本挽きとは挽きぐるみのことです。鴨汁蕎麦は香りの高いそばでした。
Bread Cafe Aiteomoi

3.0

1 Reviews

Shopping

Nara Pref. Ikomagunikarugachou Houryuji 2-9-10

This is a cafe / bakery in Horyu-ji Temple in Ikaruga. Customers have a choice of enjoying the breads in the cafe or to take home. The cafe, offers a morning plate dish and lunch set menus such as Aite-omoi lunch, Tatsuta-age fried fish or meat lunch and Tatsuta-age fried burger, served with bread or rice and two small side dishes. All these dishes can be enjoyed with organic coffee.

旧北畠男爵邸の向かい側。パン屋さんなんですが、奥の悠々と広い座敷がカフェにもなっていて、これはいい。歩き疲れた後に寛ぐにはもってこいですね。なお、パンのイチオシは塩パンです。
Cafe Chandeleur

4.5

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Nara Ikoma-gun Ikarugacho Okidome 5-5-22

This cafe is located on the Prefectural Route 5 in Okidome, Ikaruga Town. For lunch the cafe offers pizzas, pasta, and roast beef made with domestically grown beef. A course menu or an a la carte menu is available for dinner and all are additive and artificial color free. In the salon next to the cafe visitors can choose from a variety of courses such as body care, massages and mugwort saunas. The salon also offers a relaxation school.

I found this Itarian restaurant on the way to Horyu-ji temple from the station. The lunch sets are less than 2000 yen per person. I ordered couple course.The ajillo was very nice. I recommend to...

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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.