Nara National Museum

The day in Nara was pretty much spoiled by an endless rain. It started raining in the morning, when we were in Kyoto and it didn't stop until the end of the day. As a result, all our photo gear was wet, my travel book suffered water damage and ended up with warped pages and we were generally wet and miserable most of the time.

Upon arrival …

... of building would have been higher as well. My last stop in Nara-koen was the Nara National Museum, which exhibited wooden Buddhist statues and pottery from Japan, China and Korea. The Japanese are very good at commercializing. Just like the other ...

... through the park and had a lunch in one of the restaurants on the park's alleys. Then we walked to a nearby Nara National Museum, which had free admissions that day. While the main exhibition was away somewhere, we saw a collection of Buddhist statues, ...

Spent a few hours in the historical famous town of Nara walking through its massive park. Picked up some culture at its National Museum--viewing various statues of Buddha in stone, bronze and wood.  Saw the usual pottery, swords, and interesting ...

... soon I could see them so I knew I was heading in the right direction. I also found the Kofukuji Temple and the Nara National Museum, which meant the Tenoi-ji Temple would be just around the corner. The Tenoi-ji Temple is where the biggest Buddha in ...

... in 1880. It is the location of many of Nara's main attractions including Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha, Kofukuji and the Nara National Museum. The first spot that we passed was the 5 storied pagoda then Kofukuji Temple and most importantly we met lots of ...

... Trying to head back to the centre of the park passed thru an area where trees had cherry blossom. Then made it to the Nara national museum (yes, I am paying entrance fees as well btw). This had some amazing statues in bronze, gold, and wood. Also was a ...

... because I absolutely did not want to miss the Isuien Garden that was highly recommended, but I knew the guys would enjoy the Nara National Museum much more. We agreed to meet at 4pm, and I wandered around trying to find the garden, which turned out to ...

... but the salesman politely (but amused) mimed that hats for Japanese men weren't big enough.  We finished the day in the Nara National Museum which had lots of statues and ancient urns, jugs, etc.  Back at the ryokan to be pampered ...

... Trying to head back to the centre of the park passed thru an area where trees had cherry blossom. Then made it to the Nara national museum (yes, I am paying entrance fees as well btw). This had some amazing statues in bronze, gold, and wood. Also was a ...

... them and its all really nice. some jap are afraid of them so i took some funny pictures the park led to the national museum which after looking what was presented we decided didn't really interest us but all around were thousands of ppl waiting for ...