Nara Park

Breakfast at the hotel in Osaka included water, croissant, noodles with mayo (like a pasta salad), and an iceberg lettuce salad. Odd. Terry noticed that most people around us put mayo on everything. It is like their ketchup. Anyway, then we got to the station, and after a slight train confusion, we were on our way to Nara. We went to the info desk …

... wooden structure in the world and has been reconstructed at 2/3 of the original size. It also houses the largest Buddha statue in Japan and is truly amazing to actually see and is very beautiful. We spent a bit of time looking inside the temple ...

... only foreigners to have visited Japan and not tried the sushi. How is that possible?! NARA A few weeks ago we headed to Nara (Japan's first capital city) with a bunch of friends to see Todaiji temple (home of the world's biggest Buddha). He is quite ...

An hour or so outside central Osaka by train is Nara, one of my favourite places. Its high on the tourist lists, but not as popular as Kyoto.  I used to go and teach there a lot and go out early and wander around. It always reminded me of the ...

Nara is one of the loveliest cities we've seen on our travels. Once the imperial capital of Japan, Nara is nowadays a compact quiet and quaint town. A large park covers almost a quarter of the city, and within it one can visit a series of temples and ...

Our next port of call was Nara - the former capital of Japan (710 to 784). It was considered the cradle of Japanese culture, arts and crafts; all of which are still present today. Nara is a beatiful place to visit with many sites listed ...

... world. See the pictures posted here for more information on the statue and the temple itself. The temple is set in a park Nara Park (Nara Koen), a large park established in 1880 and home to hundreds of freely roaming deer. Considered messengers of ...

... they have seen the signal and b) it stops them falling asleep! Its brilliant to watch and a must for any visitor on a train in Japan. Once in Nara we took the city loop bus to our next home. This time we decided to book into a Ryokan. How can I ...

... myself just too lazy/frustrated to do other things like updates and learning japanese perhaps anywho so yeh Nara... The once imperial capital of Japan lies sleepily at the base of the Wakakusa-yama hill and for such a place the old temples , ...

After Osaka it was time to look for some traditional culture so we headed to Nara with it's famous park filled with temples, shrines and deer. The deer are supposedly messengers from the gods and walk around freely throughout the park area. You can ...

... much more character I think than Kyoto even though it is significantly smaller. We hit up two temples and one shrine in the Nara "Deer Park". What a lovely place. The deer just cruise around unafraid of the people. You can pet them. The rack on the boys ...