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Nara Slideshow
Nara
Travel Blogs from Nara, Japan
Todaiji Temple, Nara
November 23rd was a national holiday, so Chris, Kyle, Joanne, Chris Rule, Andrew, Naomi, and Fumi took the opportunity to visit Nara, a small city just east of Kyoto. Five of us rented a car (which Kyle drove) and we made it to Nara in a little over three ...
Nara on a Cloudy Day
When creating the Buddhist temple tourist infrastructure... the city of Nara thought, "There are a billion temples in Japan, but people with kids don't want to go to just any temple. their kids will get bored and start screaming and horseplaying.... let's ...
Deer hunting in Nara
... lots of photos so Mary can create a Japanese garden in her house. Next we decided to go to Nara, this is the real cultural capital of Japan, its full of temples, shrines and history, and O! don't forget the deer (more on them later...). We ...
Free visit day
... sized people to go out... I could get also a lot of explanation about Buddhism and Shintoism: the main religion of Japan. Most of the people here believe in the mix of these 2 religions and most of the temples and sanctuaries are dedicated for ...
meer tempels / more temples!
... houden als je naar het land vna de rising sun afreist... Na eeuwen van wisselende hoofdsteden werd Nara in 710 aangewezen als de permanente hoofdstad van Japan. De permanente status duurde echter slechts 75 jaar. Nadat een priester de pprinces had ...
Most insane day ever..
So yeah, wow... today was super crazy. Started out in Kyoto. Then back to Osaka. Now I'm in Nara. I should explain. I woke up relatively early with my host Kazuto, as he headed off to University. Then, I walked away towards a series ...
Bambi bit me!!!
On our day trip to Nara, we first stopped off at a Buddhist Temple. This was the same temple tour we've taken in other places, but the difference is that there are deer everywhere as tame as cats. When we arrived there was this woman that was just talking ...
Japan
... out of the shower....... but that's another matter), we spent two days here viewing the largest Buddah in Japan and touring other monuments, shrines. We visited Nara Park with its all but tame deer and had an all around relaxing good time, our trip ...
Nara
... fans and hard candies. It was very kind. In general, I'd say the boys have gotten a lot less attention here in Japan than they did in China. The JR West train company is doing some sort of Pokemon-themed promotion where kids can get stamps at ...
Nara
... continuing my relatively chronological blog about Japan to write about the most tourist-ed and probably most famous areas of Japan, Kyoto and Nara. This entry will focus mostly on Nara and etiquette. Photos: ...
NARA- # ONE HISTORICAL SITE IN JAPAN
... ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; Then I departed with my Japan Rail Pass to Kyoto--1 hour ...
Overdose di templi
Mi aggiro per i sentieri del parco di Nara, circondato da cerbiatti, alberi e magnifici templi: un posto davvero magnifico. Ma ho un solo pensiero in testa: basta templi! Dopo 3 giorni a Kyoto, sono andato in overdose: troppi, decisamente troppi; ormai ...
Nara - another eight World Heritage Sites!
... house, they had lovingly restored it over 18 months and is a real tastes of what it must have been like to live in the old Japan. Lots of nice touches all around the palce, including a nice bar which has been unusual on our travels. It is ...
Deer and buddha at Nara
... . Because of its many temples and shrines, Nara is a famous tourist destination. It is home to the largest bronze buddha in Japan, the largest wooden building in the world and the largest thunder gate in the country. It is said that when the first emperor ...
Nara
... , a three-storey pagoda from 1143 and a 5 storey pagoda from 1426, the latter being the second tallest pagoda in Japan! From here we wandered through Nara-koen, a park full of loads of tame deer, there were some 'deer biscuits' that you could buy but we ...
Eindelijk een momentje voor jezelf...
Na een paar dagen door straten van Osaka te hebben geslenterd pakken we de trein naar Nara. Japan is een klein land dus binnen minder dan een uur komen we aan in Nara. De treinen en metro's in Japan zijn perfect geregeld en het valt ons al meteen op dat ...
Adios Kyoto, hola Nara
... y Tokyo, entre 710 AC y el 784. En la estacion de trenes, la senora en informacion nos recomendo que para ver lo mejor de Nara en unas horas, nos dirijieramos al templo de Kasuga Taisha y despues a ver el Daibutsu (buddha) en Todai-ji. Cogimos el autobus ...
Fushimi Inari Shrine, Nara
This is a top pick! ... reason everyone visits, is the Todai-ji Temple, which includes the largest wooden building in the world and the largest Buddha in Japan. Buddha was indeed massive and stepping up to him reminded me of Dorothy and co. approaching the Wizard of ...
Checkin' Out the Deer in Nara
... 2/3 its original size). It houses a big wooden Buddha who is surrounded by many other floating Buddha (not literally of course). Nara is also home to countless tame (relatively speaking) deer. There's actually a bit of a sad matsuri that takes place ...
Visit to Japan's old capital
... be moved with the passing of each emperor. This practice died out under the influence of Buddhism and for 74 years Japan was ruled from Nara. That's until a Buddhist priest named Dokyo managed to seduce an empress and nearly usurp the throne. It was then ...
Kyoto / Nara and one helluva dinner
... ; The food was again a japanese style buffet. Did the job nicely. One hour drive to Nara (the very first capital of Japan - before Kyoto). Visited the immense and spectacular Todai-ji buddhist temple housing a monumental buddha. I ...
Nara is boring
Hello, after great party in Osaka I left for Nara. This is a more traditional Japanese place. I met some cool people from Slovenia. They had there own garden design business. That was cool. We went out for a beer but did not really find a good place. I ...
Nara - The city of Bambis
... waiting for a taxi outside Nagoya station (lining up in perfect formation, of course). This is pretty odd as the public transport in Japan and Nagoya is second to none. There’s almost nowhere you can’t get to using PT. We later found out that ...
Deer attack!
... capital, for the 7 UNESCO temples and the history. We did too, plus to see all the roaming deer they have. Nara is quite a small place but in the Eastern half it is pretty much woodland with temples and shrines in between and at the ...