Nara Travel Guide

Nara Travel Guide

Todaiji Temple

One of the most famous and well-known shrines in Japan, the Todaiji Temple is located in Nara and is also one of the most notable landmarks there. A Buddhist temple, the Todaiji Temple also houses one of the world’s biggest Buddha statues, made from bronze this giant statue is known as Daibutsu. The Todiaji Temple... Read More

How To Get From Osaka to Nara

Though Osaka may not be quite as popular as Tokyo in terms of mega-cities, and Nara is not as often-visited as Kyoto in terms of traditional culture, the journey between the two is still a very well-traveled one. Many visitors will opt to spend considerable time in Japan’s counter-cultural home of Osaka and take the... Read More

Nara

Though first-time visitors to Japan may have never heard of Nara or considered putting it on their bucket-list, they have no doubt seen footage from this historical marvel before. The free-roaming deer of Nara beside its towering wooden temples is inevitably shown on every Japanese-based documentary and tourist program. Those wanting to (slightly) escape the... Read More