Nara Hidden Gems
La première capitale permanente du Japon, plus ancienne que Kyoto. Plus de mille cerfs se promènent librement dans le parc, le Grand Bouddha du Todai-ji impressionne par son échelle, et les trois mille lanternes de Kasuga Taisha complètent une excursion idéale depuis Kyoto ou Osaka.
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La première capitale permanente du Japon : bouddhas de bronze géants, les plus anciens bâtiments en bois du monde et des cerfs en liberté en plein centre-ville.
Climat et meilleure saison
Cuvette chaude et humide en été, froide en hiver ; les monts Yoshino sont plus frais et enneigés. Cerisiers en avril, feuillage en novembre.
Spécialités culinaires
- Kakinoha-zushi
- Miwa somen
- Légumes marinés narazuke
- Douceurs au kudzu
Lieux emblématiques
- Todaiji et parc de Nara
- Kasuga Taisha
- Horyuji (UNESCO)
- Cerisiers du mont Yoshino
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…
Nara Park Maple Viewing
Nara Park transforms in autumn (mid-November to early December) when 2,000+ maple, ginkgo, and cherry trees turn vibrant…
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…
Kakinoha-zushi
Kakinoha-zushi (柿の葉寿司) is Nara's signature pressed sushi: vinegared rice topped with mackerel, salmon, or sea bream, wra…
Narazuke Pickles
Narazuke (奈良漬) are vegetables pickled in sake kasu (酒粕, sake lees — the fermented rice solids left after sake brewing),…
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…