KANSAI    [ Nara ]

Todai-ji Temple

-Temples 

Todai-ji Temple is the symbol of Nara,where there is the Hall of Daibutsu or the Great Buddha of the world biggest woode...

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KANSAI    [ Nara ]

Shosoin

-Historic Sites 

Shosoin was the warehouse of Todai-ji Temple.It is one of the important constructions along with Todai-ji Temple in Nara...

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KANSAI    [ Nara ]

Kasuga Taisha Shrine

-Shrines 

Kasuga Taisha is a shrine founded in 768 in hope of the prosperity of the capital.The conspicuously outstanding shrine p...

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KANSAI    [ Nara ]

Kofuku-ji Temple

-Temples 

It was a temple of Fujiwara Family who had strong powers from the ancient times to the Middle Ages,the five-storied Pago...

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KANSAI    [ Nara ]

Toshodai-ji Temple

-Temples 

It is a temple which was built by the Chinese priest, Ganjin who came to Japan in the Nara period.Kondo or the main hall...

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KANSAI    [ Nara ]

Yakushi-ji Temple

-Temples 

Yakushi-ji Temple is near Toshodai-ji Temple and it is well known for the Triple Tower a beautiful national treasure,but...

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KANSAI    [ Nara ]

Isuien Garden

-Historic Sites 

Although it is near Todai-ji Temple, it is another world inside.There are two beautiful gardens built in the Edo period ...

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