Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Nara, Japan

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Number of sights 18 sights
Distance 7.7 km
Ascend 165 m
Descend 139 m

Explore Nara in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in NaraIndividual Sights in Nara

Sight 1: 十念寺

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Junenji Temple is a Buddhist temple of the Pure Land sect located in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Ninja, and the official name is Mt. Ninja Aizen-in Kinbira Junen-ji. Hanazono Emperor's Imperial Palace. The honzon is Amitabha.

Wikipedia: 十念寺 (奈良市) (JA)

414 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: 伝香寺

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Denkoji Temple is a temple of the Ritsu sect located in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. There is no mountain number. The main Buddha is Buddha. The "scattered camellia" in which the petals scatter one by one is counted as one of the "Nara Three Famous Camellias" along with the "Glue Spill" of Todaiji Kaizando and the "Five-colored Camellia" of Hakuki-ji Temple.

Wikipedia: 伝香寺 (JA)

139 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: 常徳寺

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Jotokuji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Kitamukai, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Hosei. The main hall was built in 1686 and is a designated cultural property of Nara Prefecture. It enshrines the Great Bodhisattva of Asahi Myomi, which was dedicated by the Yagyu clan chief Suzu Oyamada during the Kyoho year (1716-1737). The former main temple is Kyoto Chomyoji Temple, and the main temple is the temple of the master of the temple.

Wikipedia: 常徳寺 (奈良市) (JA)

437 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: 住吉神社

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Sumiyoshi Shrine is a shrine located in Imazushicho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Wikipedia: 住吉神社 (奈良市今辻子町) (JA)

349 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: 念仏寺

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念仏寺

Nenbutsuji Temple is a temple of the Pure Land sect located at 7 Kankoku-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Fallen. The name of the temple is Zenko-in.

Wikipedia: 念仏寺 (奈良市) (JA)

30 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 6: Emperor Kaika’s Kasuga-no-Izakawa-no-Sakanoe-no-Misasagi Tomb

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Emperor Kaika’s Kasuga-no-Izakawa-no-Sakanoe-no-Misasagi Tomb 国土地理院 / CC BY 4.0

Nenbutsuji Yamakofun is an ancient burial mound located in Yamanoji, Aburasaka Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The shape is an anterior-posterior mound.

Wikipedia: 念仏寺山古墳 (JA)

685 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 7: Nara Episcopal Church

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Nara Christian Church is a church of the Anglican Church of Japan located in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. In Showa 5, Western-style buildings that did not match the scenery of the Nara Park area were not recognized, so it was built as a pure Japanese-style church. It was designed and constructed by Kichitaro Oki, a member of the church and a palace carpenter. There is a transom inside the church.

Wikipedia: 奈良基督教会 (JA)

197 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: 手力雄神社

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Terikio Shrine is a shrine located in Hashimoto-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Kasuga Taisha precincts. It is located on the east end of the north side of Sanjo-dori, and the rear is across the Tsukiji wall to become the Kofukuji Hall.

Wikipedia: 手力雄神社 (奈良市) (JA)

757 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 9: Naramachi Museum

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The Nara Town Museum is a private museum located in Nishishinya -cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, and is located in the corner of Nara -cho, a town where a townhouse built from the early modern era of Nara City to the modern era.

Wikipedia: 奈良町資料館 (JA)

313 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Gangō-ji

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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)

319 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: 今西家書院

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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)

444 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Naramachi Ten-jinja Shrine

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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)

1865 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 13: 祇園社八阪神社

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Yasaka Shrine is a shrine located in Oshiage Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is also called Oshiage-cho Gion-sha, and the plaque of the worship hall is written "Gion-sha".

Wikipedia: 八阪神社 (奈良市) (JA)

658 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 14: 子規の庭

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Shiki no Niwa is a Japan garden located in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Admission is free.

Wikipedia: 子規の庭 (JA)

466 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 15: Irie Taikichi's old residence

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Yasuyoshi Irie is a historical site and cultural facility located in Suimon Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The former residence of photographer Yasuyoshi Irie. The photographer's detached darkroom, the study where the work was conceived, and the garden where the Manyo plant was grown are open to the public. The words "Taikichi Irie" on the nameplate are due to the volatilization of the boss Haeun.

Wikipedia: 入江泰吉旧居 (JA)

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: 寧楽美術館

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Neiraku Museum is an art museum in the city of Nara, central Japan.

Wikipedia: Neiraku Museum (EN)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 17: Isuien Garden

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Isuien Garden Kimon Berlin (Gribeco) / CC BY-SA 4.0

Isui-en is a Japanese garden located in Nara, the old capital of Japan near Kyōto. It has been preserved since its creation in the Meiji era, and is the only walking garden in Nara. It is divided into two sections, which were originally two separate gardens, and each features a pagoda.

Wikipedia: Isui-en (EN)

277 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: Yoshiki Garden

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Yoshiki-en (吉城園) is a Japanese garden in Nara, Japan, to the immediate southwest of Isui-en.

Wikipedia: Yoshiki-en (EN)

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