Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Nara, Japan

Daian-ji (大安寺) was founded during the Asuka period and is one of the Seven Great Temples of Nara, Japan.

Wikipedia: Daian-ji (EN)

Kyobeto Jizoin is a temple located in Nara City, Nara Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 京終地蔵院 (JA)

Kunugi Jinja is a shrine located in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It enshrines the oak tree as a sacred tree.

Wikipedia: 椚神社 (JA)

Kasuga Wakamiya Shrine is a shrine located in Nakatsuji-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. There is a shroud in a small shrine built by Kasuga. In the foreground are stone lanterns from the 12th year of Tenpo (1841) and the 2nd year of Kaei (1849).

Wikipedia: 春日若宮社 (奈良市中辻町) (JA)

Inoue Shrine is a shrine located in Inoue Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It sits next to the west of the Inoue Town Hall.

Wikipedia: 井上神社 (JA)

Shogakuji Temple is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu sect located in Saikiji-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is commonly known as Juodo. The surrounding area was once called Juodo Town.

Wikipedia: 正覚寺 (奈良市西紀寺町) (JA)

Goryōjinja is a shrine located in Yakushido-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The former company name is Murasha. It is also called Nanto Gorei Shrine and Kibi Spirit.

Wikipedia: 御霊神社 (奈良市) (JA)

Isagawa Shrine is a shrine located in Nishishinya-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It has also been recorded under the names of Asuka Jinnami Shrine and Awa Shrine. The priest also serves as the priest of the Spirit Shrine.

Wikipedia: 率川神社 (奈良市西新屋町) (JA)

Hakusan Shrine (白山神社, Hakusan Mr./Ms. Jinja) is a shrine located in Motokoji Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It has also been recorded under the name of Haruta Shrine. The priest also serves as the priest of the Spirit Shrine.

Wikipedia: 白山神社 (奈良市元興寺町) (JA)

Tokuyuji Temple is a temple of the Harmony Nembutsu sect located at 25 Narukawa-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Toyosei.

Wikipedia: 徳融寺 (奈良市) (JA)

Shotoin is a temple of the Shingon Ritsu sect located in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The main Buddha is the Bodhisattva of the Void. It was originally part of the temple of Yuanxing Temple.

Wikipedia: 小塔院 (JA)

Gangō-ji (元興寺) is an ancient Buddhist temple, that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, in Nara, Japan.

Wikipedia: Gangō-ji (EN)

The Nara Town Museum is a private museum located in Nishishinya-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, in a corner of Nara Town, a district of townhouses built from the early modern period to the modern era of Nara City.

Wikipedia: 奈良町資料館 (JA)

The former Mahayana Garden is a Japan garden located in Takahata-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Scenic spots in the country.

Wikipedia: 旧大乗院庭園 (JA)

Yuga Jinsha is a shrine located on Mt. Uruga in Takahata-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Wikipedia: 瑜伽神社 (奈良市) (JA)

Tenjinsha is a shrine located in Takahata, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is also called Naramachi Tenjinja Shrine. It is a heavenly shrine in Kitatenma, and the precincts are about 1,000 square meters.

Wikipedia: 天神社 (奈良市高畑町) (JA)

Imanishike Shoin is a historical building located in Fukuchiin-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It has been designated as an important cultural property of Japan.

Wikipedia: 今西家書院 (JA)

Jurin-in is a temple of the Shingon sect of the Daigo sect located in Jurin-in, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Rain. The main Buddha is a stone Jizo Bodhisattva. It is located in a corner of Nara Town, where the townscape of the Edo and Meiji periods remains.

Wikipedia: 十輪院 (JA)

Hotokuji Temple is a temple of the Harmony Nembutsu sect located in Jurinin-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Kōmyōzan, and the name of the temple is Douyan-in. The main statue is a standing statue of Amitabha.

Wikipedia: 法徳寺 (奈良市) (JA)

Kibizuka Kofun is a circular mound or anterior posterior mound located on the campus of Nara University of Education in Takahata-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is said to be the tomb of Kibi Mabi.

Wikipedia: 吉備塚古墳 (JA)

Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City opened in Nara, Japan, in 1992. Located near Shin-Yakushi-ji and designed by Kishō Kurokawa, the Museum was formerly known as the Nara City Museum of Photography (奈良市写真美術館). The collection includes the complete oeuvre of Irie Taikichi, some 80,000 works; a set of 1,025 Meiji and Taishō glass plates by Kudō Risaburō (工藤利三郎) that are a Registered Tangible Cultural Property; and photographs by Tsuda Yoho (津田洋甫).

Wikipedia: Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City (EN)

Nanto Kagami Shrine is a shrine located in Takahata, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The former company name is Murasha. Hirotsugu Fujiwara is the deity.

Wikipedia: 南都鏡神社 (JA)

Shin-Yakushi-ji (新薬師寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Kegon sect in Nara, Japan. It was founded in 747 by Empress Kōmyō. Initially a large complete Shichidō garan temple, it suffered from fire damage and deteriorated during the Heian period. The temple was revived during the Kamakura period. Only one building, the present main hall or Hon-dō (本堂), has survived from the 8th century. All other structures date to the Kamakura period.

Wikipedia: Shin-Yakushi-ji (EN)

The Himegamisha Shrine is a Shinto shrine in the city of Nara, in Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is built in 1981 by the people of this neighborhood on the tomb called Hime-zuka that is estimated to be a burial place of Princess Tōchi, an Empress-consort of Emperor Kōbun. It is a sessha of the Kagami Shrine.

Wikipedia: Himegamisha Shrine, Nara (EN)

Fukuin is a temple of the Shingon Ritsu sect located in Takahata-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mr./Ms. Kasuga. The honzon is the Fuku 羂羂索Kannon. It is known as a rim-cutting temple because of its history of being a "kakekomi temple" in the past.

Wikipedia: 不空院 (JA)

Shiga Naoya's former residence is a literary museum located in Takahata-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The former residence of the novelist Naoya Shiga of the Shirakaba school. It is also called Takahata Salon. It is open to the public and is also used as a seminar house for Nara Gakuen.

Wikipedia: 志賀直哉旧居 (奈良市高畑) (JA)

Kasuga-taisha (春日大社) is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is the shrine of the Fujiwara family, established in 768 CE and rebuilt several times over the centuries. The interior is famous for its many bronze lanterns, as well as the many stone lanterns that lead up the shrine.

Wikipedia: Kasuga-taisha (EN), Website

Mt. Kasuga is the common name of Hanayama, which is 497 meters above sea level on the east side of Kasuga Taisha Shrine in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, or Mt. Mikasa, which is 283 meters above sea level to the west. In some cases, Mt. Mika is distinguished as "(Kasuga) Maeyama" and Hanayama is distinguished as "(Kasuga) Okuyama". It is also used as a general term for mountain ranges such as Ryoyama and Mt. Yoshiyama (518m).

Wikipedia: 春日山 (奈良県) (JA)

Nara Park is a public park located in the city of Nara, Japan, at the foot of Mount Wakakusa. Established in 1880, it is one of the oldest parks in Japan. Administratively, the park is under the control of Nara Prefecture. The park is one of the "Places of Scenic Beauty" designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Over 1,200 wild sika deer freely roaming around in the park are also under designation of MEXT, classified as natural treasure. While the official size of the park is about 502 hectares, the area including the grounds of Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Kasuga Grand Shrine and Nara National Museum, which are either on the edge or surrounded by Nara Park, is as large as 660 hectares.

Wikipedia: Nara Park (EN), Website