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Nara Slideshow
Top Hotels in Nara
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Nikko Nara
188 reviews -
Nara Hotel
110 reviews -
Comfort Hotel NARA
46 reviews
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Hotel New Wakasa Nara
12 reviews
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Nara Royal Hotel
30 reviews
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Mitsui Garden Hotel Nara
188 reviews
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Hotel Asyl Nara
10 reviews -
Hotel Asyl Nara Annex
16 reviews
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Hotel Allamanda Nara
3 reviews
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Kasuganoso Nara
1 review
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Nara Hakushikaso
5 reviews -
Hotel Fujita Nara
32 reviews
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Business Hotel Century Nara
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Business Hotel Shindai Nara
18 reviews
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Business Hotel Takamado Nara
2 reviews
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Sun Hotel Nara
17 reviews
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Super Hotel Nara Shinomiyaekimae
11 reviews
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Hotelnameunknownrakutenjapan Nara
14 reviews
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Shin Omiya Business Hotel Nara
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Nara Washington Hotel Plaza
29 reviews
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Hotel Cube Nara
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People's Inn Hanakomichi Nara
7 reviews
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Family Lodge Hatagoya Narahariten
2 reviews
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Green Hotel Ashibi Nara
5 reviews
Nara
Travel Blogs from Nara, Japan
Thundering Todaiji
This is a top pick! With one day left on my pass I spent the day in Nara, Japan's first capital, even if it's fame was short lived to be replaced soon after by Kyoto. There is no Shinkansen line to Nara so it was back on the regular trains again which really did feel slow ...
Oh deer its Nara!
This is a top pick! ... 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 before ...
Japan's Cradle
This is a top pick! ... a full four days away from the rat race here, visiting the ancient capital of Kyoto, the even more ancient capital of Nara, and Osaka, Japan's second city. I'm glad to say the trip was well worth the pain of working extra days before and since, and I ...
Ohayo Gozaimasu!
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Nara
This is a top pick! 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
This is a top pick! 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 ...
Nara
This is a top pick! 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 ...
A Life of Sushi and Pocari Sweat
This is a top pick! ... sugary than lucosade and tastes fab. So living on a reasonable budget and traveling on local trains I made my way down to Nara, the old city of Japan. Only one hour south of Kyoto and full of wild dear wondering around, or tame what ever way you see ...
Deer oh deer oh deer
This is a top pick! ... Kobe, Nara is one of the four cities that make up the Kansai region. Before Kyoto became the capital of Japan 794AD this honour was held by Nara, a town some 35km south of Kyoto in an area which prides itself on being the birthplace of Japanese culture. ...
Nara
This is a top pick! ... 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 ...
Nara
This is a top pick! ... influence began flowing. In contrast to what I had thought, there aren't significant numbers of Shinto living anywhere besides Japan. Another bit of interesting information... Buddhism and Shinto have been widely influenced by each other. This is why ...
Nara Town
Nara and the month that followed
... leaving 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, temples and more temples. Oh, and deer.
... separated and everyone`s naked together. It`s very different to a Turkish bath, where someone washes you and then you sit around. In Japan, you wash yourself first under a shower, then get into the big communal bath. This one was an outside onsen, with a ...
Temples and deer
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 ...
Kyoto Imoerial Palace then off to Nara!
... was pretty neat. We headed out of Kyoto on the train to Nara. This was the first time I experienced any kind of delay in Japan. Punctuality is a HUGE deal here, so it was a bit disarming to wait at a station and not know what the hell the problem was. ...
Best Sushi EVER!
Up bright and early this morning for a day trip to Nara, Japan's first capital city. Nowadays the place is basically one big UNESCO cultural heritage site. it's very nice place and has a nice laid back feel to it, that's certainly the way I treated it ...
Nara ... old capital and deer paradise!
... old, old capital, Nara. In Nara we hired an English speaking guide who took us around the various sites of the Nara Park - again temples and shrines but this time in a beautiful park setting, complete with very protected, very pushy deer. The ...
Ninja Demonstrations & Nara Deer Galore
... in the world. Apparently the present reconstruction (from 1692) is only two thirds the original temple size! Now, this temple houses Japan's largest Buddha statue which is made of 437 tonnes of bronze & 130kg of gold and stands 16 metres tall. When ...
Japan's Ancient Capital
... were taking shape in the Western Hemisphere, Nara was the center of a highly developed cultural, religious, and political system in Japan. Walking throuh the same ancient temple grounds and forests, I tried to retrace the ancient steps of the people, to ...
Back home
Exhaustos pero con una gran satisfacción... por cierto, ya estamos planeando el siguiente ...
Original Capital of Japan
Nara was the first capital of Japan. There is a huge park in the center of town with lots of temples and shrines. The most popular one is Todai-Ji. The Daibutsu-Den Hall in the center of the grounds is the largest wooden building in the world ...
Kansai Region - Nara
On Friday we spent the morning in Nara, one of the centers of religions life in Japan. In Nara, there are free range deer EVERYWHERE! You can buy special crackers to feed them, although they eat the paper the crackers come in too, so I don't think they ...
"Great Good Fortune"
... a law in which he stated that the people should become directly involved with the establishment of new Buddha temples throughout Japan. Historians believe the reason for building this was that Emperor Shomu needed charm against smallpox, which was ...
Beautiful Nara
... them done before they get here. We left Osaka for Nara in the morning. They are very close and it only took 40 mins. Nara is Japan's first capital city and in our view a must see destination if you ever come to Japan. We had two days in Nara and ...
Oldest capital Japans
... Und fast alle Tempel sind auch mal abgebrannt oder aehnlich und wurden neu aufgebaut (aber teilweise vor Jahrhunderten). Nara besitzt heute sieben UNESCO Weltkulturerbestaetten. Die buddhistischen Tempel Todai-Ji, der bekannteste Tempel Naras. Die ...
Kufukiji
a day trip to Nara, temples and lanterns
We set off for Nara today, about an hour's train journey from Kyoto, the Japan Rail passes are brilliant !! It was a bit grey and rainy as we walked from the station up to Nara Koen - the park where the main temple buildings are. We were ...