Nara Hidden Gems
La primera capital permanente de Japón, más antigua que Kioto. Más de mil ciervos campan a sus anchas por el parque, el Gran Buda del Todai-ji impresiona por su escala, y los tres mil faroles de Kasuga Taisha completan una excursión ideal desde Kioto u Osaka.
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La primera capital permanente de Japón: budas de bronce gigantes, los edificios de madera más antiguos del mundo y ciervos que deambulan libremente en pleno centro.
Clima y mejor temporada
Cuenca calurosa y húmeda en verano, fría en invierno; las montañas de Yoshino son más frescas y reciben nieve. Cerezos en abril, follaje en noviembre.
Gastronomía típica
- Kakinoha-zushi
- Miwa somen
- Encurtidos narazuke
- Dulces de kudzu
Lugares emblemáticos
- Todaiji y parque de Nara
- Kasuga Taisha
- Horyuji (UNESCO)
- Cerezos del monte Yoshino
Asuka Village
When you cycle through Asuka's rice paddies, granite boulders carved with geometric channels and stone slabs weighing 77…
Naramachi
Naramachi (奈良町) is Nara's preserved merchant quarter with narrow lanes lined with traditional machiya townhouses dating…
Kofukuji Temple
Kofukuji (興福寺) is a UNESCO World Heritage temple founded in 669 AD as the clan temple of the powerful Fujiwara family, s…
Nara Sumi Ink & Fude Brushes
Nara produces 90% of Japan's traditional sumi ink (墨, solid ink sticks) and is a major center for fude (筆, calligraphy b…
Heijo Palace Site
Heijo Palace (平城宮跡, Heijo-kyo) was the imperial palace during Nara's time as Japan's capital (710–784 AD), occupying 120…
Kashihara Jingu Shrine
Kashihara Jingu (橿原神宮) is a large Shinto shrine dedicated to Emperor Jimmu, Japan's legendary first emperor according to…
Nara Park
Nara Park (奈良公園) is a 660-hectare park where over 1,200 wild sika deer roam freely among visitors, temples, and open mea…
Todaiji Temple
Todaiji Temple (東大寺, 'Great Eastern Temple') houses the Daibutsu (大仏, Great Buddha) — a 15-meter-tall bronze statue of V…
Wakakusayama Hill
Wakakusayama (若草山, 'Young Grass Mountain') is a 342-meter grassy hill on Nara Park's eastern edge offering panoramic vie…
Toshodaiji Temple
When the Chinese monk Jianzhen finally reached Japan in 754 AD after five shipwrecks, pirate attacks, and twelve years a…
Nara National Museum
Nara National Museum (奈良国立博物館) is Japan's premier museum for Buddhist art, housing over 2,000 Buddhist sculptures, paint…
Horyuji Temple
Horyuji (法隆寺) is a UNESCO World Heritage temple containing the world's oldest surviving wooden structures — the Main Hal…
Yakushiji Temple
Yakushiji (薬師寺) is a UNESCO World Heritage temple founded in 680 AD, famous for its twin pagodas flanking the Main Hall…
Nara Hotel
The Nara Hotel opened in 1909 when the Meiji government decided Japan needed Western-style luxury hotels to host foreign…
Kasuga Taisha
Kasuga Taisha (春日大社) is Nara's most important Shinto shrine, established in 768 AD as the tutelary shrine of the powerfu…
Nara Sake
Nara is the birthplace of sake brewing's key innovations — monks at Shoryakuji Temple (菩提山正暦寺) invented the bodaimoto me…
Ukimido Pavilion
Ukimido (浮見堂, 'Floating Pavilion') is a hexagonal pavilion built on stilts over Sagi-ike Pond in Nara Park's southern ar…
Nara-machi Koshi-no-ie
Naramachi Koshi-no-ie (奈良町格子の家) is a preserved Edo Period machiya (merchant townhouse) opened as a free museum showing t…
Gangoji Temple
Gangoji (元興寺) is one of Nara's Seven Great Temples and Japan's oldest temple, originally founded in 588 AD in Asuka befo…
Asuka-dera Temple
Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺) was Japan's first full-scale Buddhist temple, founded in 596 AD when Buddhism was still new to the arch…