Nara Features

Nara Features

  • Top Reasons to Go to Nara

    Architecture: Nara's wealth of classical temples, pagodas, and shrines includes some of the world's oldest wooden structures. Crafted in the Chinese... read more

  • Try, Try, Try Again

    Toshodai-ji was built in 751 for Ganjin, a Chinese priest who traveled to Japan at the invitation of Emperor Shomu. At that time Japanese monks... read more