Leisure / Hobbies Spots in Yamanobe Road / Sakurai Area

  • Murou Art Forest
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    4.5
    14 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Udashi Murou Miami 181
    This park is located in Murou, Uda City features a number of monuments created by Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan, known for his outdoor pieces that blend into the natural environment. This outdoor art gallery was intended to represent harmony with the surrounding nature.

    An hour drive from OSAKA or NARA, in the middle of a forest is the location of this unique Muro Art Forest. It is the size of 5 football fields surrounded by wonderful mountains and trees. In the...

  • Uda Animal Park
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    4.5
    24 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Udashi Oudakoutsuke 75-1
    Uda Animal Park contains not only a community plaza but also an animal study center and a scenic viewing area. Visitors (subject to certain age limits) can milk cows, ride ponies, feed goats or sheep, and have other encounters with animals, as well as practicing crafts such as churning butter. They can view panel displays about animals, participate in question and answer sessions with Park employees, and enjoy other fun activities that teach them about animals.

    土曜日で多分混んでるかと思いきや、コロナウイルスの影響で、人影はまばらです。餌やり、有料の体験も全て中止です。一応一回りは見れます。チョツト物足りないけどノンビリ出来ました。駐車、入場料の無料は家族連れには良いですよ。コロナが治まつたら再訪します。

  • Tenri University Sankokan Museum
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    4.0
    22 Reviews
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    Nara Tenri-shi Morimedocho 250
    A museum along the Minami-Oji Road in Morimedo-cho, Tenri City. Their collection includes nearly 300,000 pieces related to everyday culture and classic works of art from around the world. Their permanent exhibition includes part of the collected centered around the twin themes of World Culture and World Antique Art. They also hold special exhibitions, themed exhibitions, lectures, and workshops.

    Tenri Sankokan About a 20-minute walk from Tenri Station is the Tenri Sankokan, a museum where we can meet the cultures of the world and ancient art. When you enter the museum, a colossal stone head...

  • Tenri Municipal Kurozuka Kofun Museum
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    4.0
    17 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Tenrishi Yanagimotochou 1118-2
    This museum is situated in Yanagimoto Town, Tenri City, Nara Prefecture. It is focused on the “Kurozuka Kofun”, keyhole-shaped tomb, from which a number of artifacts were excavated, including the 33-sided “Sankakuen shinjukyo” bronze mirror excavated in 1998, which has the most sides of any bronze mirror discovered in Japan. Inside, you’ll find a replica of the tomb’s pit rock chamber as well as replicas of the artifacts. There are also many materials and panel displays on the Kofun period, the Kurozuka Kofun, and the excavations. The view of the rock chamber from the second-floor stairwell is breathtaking.

    There are so many kofun tombs in this area, so this museum made it a lot easier to understand what they are all about. The life-size reproduction of the burial chamber allows us to see what the...

  • Morino-Kyuyakuen Garden
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    3.5
    14 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Udashi Oudakamishin 1880
    Morino -Kyuyakuen Garden, located on the hill behind the longstanding “Morino Yoshino-kuzu Honpo” in Uda City, Nara Prefecture, opened in the Muromachi period. It is currently the oldest private herb garden in Japan. It was opened by 11th-generation Tosuke Morino in the Kyoho period and has been maintained for nearly 300 years. Uda has been known as a region famous for herbs for a long time, and there are approximately 250 types of herbs cultivated here as naturally as possible. The seasonal blossoms are gorgeous as well, delighting visitors year-round.

    古い町並みが残る宇陀市大宇陀の松山地区。道の駅から、松山地区の中を貫くている通りを北へ向かうと、右手に、「森野旧薬園」がありました。「史跡」と書かれた石碑が門の横に建っています。 「森野薬園」の始まりは江戸時代で、当時の面影をそのまま残す希少な薬園でもあるそうです。入園料300円で中に入ることができるそうでしたが、門が閉ざされていたため、入りませんでした。でも、道路わきからも、江戸時代を感じる...

  • Bouken no Mori in Yamazoe
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    4.0
    11 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Yamabegunyamazoemura Mikadani 1680
    This outdoor park built in a forest that fell out of use was designed on the theme of symbiosis with nature. The park is not simply an enjoyable recreational facility, but a place where guests can learn via the methods of adventure education. A number of courses suitable different age groups starting at age five are offered. These include courses that take advantage of the natural geography and trees, as well as courses where guests can enjoy nature while riding on Segways.

    スタッフ、正社員の対応が最悪 トラブルの処理に開き直り感ありで嫌な思い出しか残らなかった、施設HP から予約が完了出来ず電話をして予約したがHP から予約出来ない...

  • Mitsue Youth Travel Village
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
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    Nara Uda-gun Mitsuemura Kozue 1790

    長い滑り台が山の斜面に広がっています。ボブスレーも出来るので、大きなお子さんでも楽しめます。ボブスレーは値段も手頃で駐車料金も無料です。他にバーベキュー施設、あまごつかみ体験、ロッジ、キャンプ場があります。夏は川遊びで賑わい、川に小さな滑り台があるのが楽しいようです。

  • Takidani Hanashobu Garden
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    3.0
    1 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Udashi Murou Takidani 348
    Beautiful flowers compete for attention in the more than 33,000 meter squared Takidani Hanashobu Garden. Here you can enjoy various events such as firefly evenings, blueberry picking and making jam. In the autumn and winter, you can taste some delicious seasonal cuisine such as charcoal grilled matsutake mushroom sukiyaki (Japanese hot pot) and Botan Nabe (wild boar stew). With a restaurant, coffee shop, and shops, visitors can enjoy a full relaxing day here. The bus to Takidani Hanashobu Garden from Sanbonmatsu Station on the Kintetsu Osaka Line takes about five minutes.

    入場料は850円でした。一万坪の園内には600種100万株の勝負が植えられていますが、その他のお花類も充実しています。来訪時はしょうぶのシーズンが終わりかけであった為、あじさいの印象の方が残っています。

  • Tenri Kanko Farm
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    4.5
    4 Reviews
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    Nara Tenri-shi Sonoharacho 183
    A tourist farm located in Sonohara-cho, Tenri City. Situated along the Yamanobe-no-Michi trail, said to be Japan's oldest road, here visitors can enjoy mandarin orange picking in fall. There's also a cafe serving fresh juices and brick oven-baked pizzas, and a barbecue ground. In addition, the farm holds yoga classes.

    These people are so friendly! I stopped by here while walking the Yamanobe-no-michi path, and had a refreshing citrus drink. Next time, I want to try the pizza! They also have fruit picking. It was...

  • Sakurai City Center for Archaeological Operations
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    3.0
    6 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Sakuraishi Shiba 58-2
    This public facility is in Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture, said to be the place where the Yamato Court originated and home to many historical cultural artifacts. Research findings and exhibitions on various items excavated from within Sakurai City are kept and displayed here. The permanent exhibits focus on items excavated in 1971 onward and introduce the history of the Sakurai region from the Paleolithic period to the Asuka and Nara periods. Exhibits focused on special topics and research themes are hosted in collaboration with various museums and archives as well.

    2018年に2月に訪問した時は、古墳時代の外来土器の展示をしていました。ユニークな形の土器も色々あり、こんなに綺麗に保存されていると、驚かされたものもありました。出展数は少ないですが、見学料200円なので、価値はありました。

  • Kita Modern Art Museum
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
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    Nara Sakurai-shi Kanaya 730
    This art museum opened in 1988. The museum primarily displays works of art ranging from works by end of the 19th century Impressionists to adherents of concrete art, including Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Yuzo Saeki, Kunitaro Suda, Tsuguharu Foujita, Maurice Utrillo, Andy Warhol, Donald Judd, the Art & Language group, and Jasper Johns. The museum's standing exhibition consists of a broad selection of art covering everything from Impressionism to concrete and contemporary art, and the facility is visited by large numbers of people.

    山の辺の道沿いで大神神社の近くにあります。十数年以上前から存在を知っておりいつか訪問したいと思っていました。今回、大神神社におまいりした後に訪れることができました。少々わかりにくいところにありますが裏手に駐車場があるので車でも訪問できます。庄屋の喜多氏の個人コレクションとのことです。印象派から現代美術までの著名作家の絵画が展示してありますが、いかんせん個人コレクションですので、ここを目的に遠方から...

  • Uda City Heisei Haibara Kodomo no Mori Park
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    2107-4 Haibara Hakomi, Uda, Nara Prefecture
    This park is popular with children for its dinosaur-themed playground equipment that stretches over 400 meters. The spacious park also has a campground and a cookout area. It also hosts a variety of fun events including tea parties, park guide training courses, family stone oven baking classes, and more. The park also has areas where guests can engage in water play when it's hot out, making it a great place to play regardless of the weather.
  • Kusuri no Yakata Uda City History and Culture Museum
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    4.0
    1 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Udashi Oudakami 2003
    A museum housed inside the former residence of the Hosokawa family, which operated a medicinal wholesaler passed down for generations from 1806. The museum is located in Ouda, Uda City, Nara Prefecture. The building, standing along a former highway route, was built in the late Edo period; the sign for the former company’s medicine brand, Tenju-maru, still stands atop the building, and the structure still looks the same as when the area once flourished as a production location for medicines. Inside, the museum presents historical materials connected to the Hosokawa family and the local area. The building was also once the home of the mother’s side of the family of the founder of Fujisawa Pharmaceutical (which eventually merged with Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical to create Astellas Pharma), and the museum thus also exhibits materials related to Fujisawa Pharmaceutical.

    宇陀道の駅から北に歩いて5分 森野吉野葛本舗の3軒先に 薬の館がある 古めかしい江戸時代を思わせる店構え 大きなうだつに 屋根の中央に唐破風「天寿丸」の看板これを目印に 入ってみると懇切丁寧に係りの方が説明をしていただける。 藤沢薬品(今は、アステラス製薬)の創設者の実家 上り框から帳場や奥の打ち合わせや庭や薬の保管した蔵 江戸時代からの日本の薬メーカへの変遷などみれます。 江戸の家そのままに土間...

  • Sun Village Soni Okukochi Auto Camping Ground
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    Nara Uda-gun Sonimura Imai 911-1
  • Uda City Haibara Torimiyama Park
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    Nara Uda-shi
    A park in Haibarahagihara, Uda City. The park is located 735-meters above sea level near the top of Mt. Torimi and from the viewing platform you can gaze out across the beauty of the Yamato Basin. The park is awash with nature with Magatama Pond, azaleas and mountain cherry blossoms in the spring, and lovely changing colors in the autumn. There's also a monument dedicated to Emperor Jimmu.
  • Kagirohi-no-Oka Manyo Park
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    Nara Pref. Udashi Oudahasama 25
    The name of this park located in Ouda Hasama, Uda City originates from a poem Kakinomoto no Hitomaro is said to have composed here. A monument carrying the words of this poem stands in the park's grounds. In winter, the park hosts events where visitors can watch the sunrise around camp fires in celebration of the poem.
  • CoFuFun
    Travel / Tourism
    Nara Tenri-shi Kawaharajocho 803
  • Murou Dam Area
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    Nara Uda-shi Muro Ono
    Construction on Murou Dam began in 1965 and it began being utilized in 1974. Fun facilities in the surrounding area include an observatory with a sweeping view of Murou Lake, the dam's lake; as well as a variety of sports facilities, including a baseball field, sports ground, and gymnasium. In addition, a new park with a campground and barbecue area was built nearby in 2001, and the area bustles with families and other visitors.
  • Akino Hitomaro Park
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    Nara Uda-shi Oudahiro 76-1
    "The Nakanosho Ruins, an archeological site which was inhabited across the Yayoi, Asuka, and medieval/early modern periods, were discovered in a survey in 1995. Providing clues as to how people lived in ancient times, the site is now maintained as a park. A statue of the aristocrat and poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, based on the mural ""Akino no Asa"" by the late master painter Masami Nakayama, stands in the park, as well as recreations of an ancient hottatebashira embedded pillar building and a pit dwelling."
  • Sekkeian
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    Nara Uda-shi Ouda Kami 1994
    Uda City's Matsuyama district has been designated a National Important Preservation District for Groups of Traditional Buildings and is overflowing with natural and historic scenery. This rest facility in a gallery was created with the aim of promoting exchange between visitors and the people who live in the area. There's a cafe and restaurant on the first floor where you can take in works of art while enjoying lunch or a cup of coffee. Reservation-required concerts and lunches which include live music performances are also held here. A variety of activity classes are held on the second floor.

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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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