Walk the oldest wooden buildings
Horyu-ji
Only in Nara
24 unique things to do, within 50 km30 mi. 56 in total
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The only one on Earth
Stand under the Omizutori torches at Nigatsudō
Nigatsu-do · Free · Seasonal
The only one on Earth
The only one on Earth
See Emperor Shōmu's possessions in the Shōsōin's two-week window
Nara National Museum · Seasonal
Hear a horn summon wild deer
Tobihino · Free · Seasonal
Watch the Kasuga Wakamiya On-matsuri procession, unbroken since 1136
Kasugataisha Shrine · Free · Seasonal
The only one in Japan
Enter the national goldfish-scooping championship in the goldfish town
Yamatokoriyama City Sports Park · Free · Seasonal
The only one in Japan
Ride Japan's first cable car up to a 1929 flying-machine ride
Ikoma Cable Toriimae Station · Seasonal
Walk Kasuga Taisha when all three thousand lanterns are lit
Kasugataisha Shrine · Seasonal
See a whole hillside set alight at Wakakusa Yamayaki
Wakakusayama · Free · Seasonal
See Noh by firelight where outdoor Noh began
Kofuku-ji · Seasonal
Pass a seven-kilo tea bowl around at Saidaiji's Ōchamori
Saidaiji · Seasonal
The only one in Japan
Squeeze a handful of raw ink into your own stick of Nara sumi
Kobaien · Seasonal
Drink sake from a green bamboo cup to ward off cancer at Daianji
Daianji · Seasonal
Go to the Manjū Festival at the shrine of the man who brought manjū to Japan
Kangō Shrine · Free · Seasonal
The only one in Japan
Eat a kakigori that has first been offered to the god of ice
Himuro Shrine · Seasonal
Viewpoints over Nara
Places to look at the city, the plains or the mountains from.
4 entries
Look over Nara at night from the Nigatsudō veranda
Nigatsu-do · Free
Climb Wakakusayama for the view over Nara Park
Wakakusayama · Seasonal
Stroll Sarusawa Pond below Kōfuku-ji
Sarusawa Pond · Free
Watch 25,000 swallows come in to roost at the Heijō Palace site
Heijo Palace Site · Free · Seasonal
Landmarks in Nara
Worth stopping for, but a few minutes rather than an afternoon. Statues, murals, markers and monuments.
3 entries
See the Shōsōin storehouse from outside
Shoso-in Repository · Free
Stop at Kyōbate Station, restored to 1898
Kyobate Station
More experiences in Nara
Not unique, and not pretending to be. Good things to do here that you could also do somewhere else.
25 entries
See the Ashura statue at the Kōfuku-ji National Treasure Museum
Kofuku-ji National Treasure Museum
Walk Kasuga Taisha's inner corridor and the Kokuhōden
Kasuga Taisha Museum
Visit Rokuen, the deer sanctuary
Rokuen · Free
See the hall Ganjin built
Toshodai-ji
See Yakushi-ji's 730 East Pagoda
Yakushi-ji
Stand among Shin-Yakushi-ji's twelve clay generals
Shin-Yakushi-ji
Walk Yoshikien's three gardens
Yoshikien
Walk the Heijō Palace site
Heijo Palace Site · Free
See the house Shiga Naoya designed for himself
Shiga Naoya Former Residence
Take tea in the Nara Hotel lounge
Nara Hotel
Do a tasting at Harushika's brewery
Harushika
Hike the Yamanobe-no-michi
Yamanobe-no-michi
Visit the Tenrikyō headquarters
Tenrikyo Headquarters
See Tenri Sankōkan's world-culture collection
Tenri Sankokan Museum
Visit Kashihara Jingū
Kashihara Jingu
See the Kashihara Archaeological Institute Museum
Kashihara Archaeological Institute Museum
See the Hannya-ji cosmos
Hannya-ji · Seasonal
Walk Hatenomachi (Kyōbate)
Kyobate Station
Watch the Uneme Matsuri boats on Sarusawa Pond
Sarusawa Pond · Free · Seasonal
That is everything here for now.