Hidden Gems Across Japan
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Toshodaiji Temple
When the Chinese monk Jianzhen finally reached Japan in 754 AD after five shipwrecks, pirate attacks, and twelve years a…
Isonokami Jingu Shrine
Isonokami Jingu (石上神宮) is one of Japan's oldest Shinto shrines, established in the 4th century as a repository for sacre…
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…
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…
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…
Wakakusayama Hill
Wakakusayama (若草山, 'Young Grass Mountain') is a 342-meter grassy hill on Nara Park's eastern edge offering panoramic vie…
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 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…
Narazuke Pickles
Narazuke (奈良漬) are vegetables pickled in sake kasu (酒粕, sake lees — the fermented rice solids left after sake brewing),…
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…
Horyuji Temple
Horyuji (法隆寺) is a UNESCO World Heritage temple containing the world's oldest surviving wooden structures — the Main Hal…
Asuka Village
When you cycle through Asuka's rice paddies, granite boulders carved with geometric channels and stone slabs weighing 77…
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…
Mount Yoshino
Yoshino's 30,000 cherry trees bloom in four elevation zones called senbon (千本, 'thousand trees') — Shimo, Naka, Kami, an…
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…
Naramachi
Naramachi (奈良町) is Nara's preserved merchant quarter with narrow lanes lined with traditional machiya townhouses dating…
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…
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…
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…
Zuihoji Temple
Zuihoji Temple (瑞宝寺) is a Zen temple in Arima Onsen's forested hills, famous for autumn foliage — over 2,500 maple trees…
Kobe City Museum
Kobe City Museum (神戸市立博物館) houses collections spanning archaeology, historical artifacts, and European-Japanese cultural…
Himeji Tegai Yaki Anagomeshi
Anagomeshi (穴子飯) is Himeji's ekiben (station bento) specialty — grilled saltwater eel (anago, 穴子) over seasoned rice in…
Suma Beach
Suma Beach (須磨海岸) is Kobe's main beach, a 1.8km sandy coastline facing Osaka Bay with views across to Awaji Island. The…
Awaji Puppet Theater (Ningyoza)
Awaji Ningyoza (淡路人形座) is a traditional puppet theater performing Awaji Ningyojoruri — a 500-year-old art form that pred…
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