Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #5 in Nara, Japan
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7 km
110 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 NaraSight 1: Tomb of Emperor Heijo
Ichiiwa Kofun is an ancient burial mound located in Tsukamoto, Saki-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The shape is an anterior-posterior mound. One of the burial mounds that make up the Saki Shield Row Tombs.
Sight 2: Heijō Palace
Book Ticket*Heijō Palace was the imperial residence in the Japanese capital city Heijō-kyō, during most of the Nara period. The palace, which served as the imperial residence and the administrative centre of for most of the Nara period from 710 to 794 AD, was located at the north-central location of the city in accordance with the Chinese models used for the design of the capital.
Sight 3: Nara Palace Historical Park
Heijo Palace is the inner part of Heijo Kyoto. In December 1998 (Heisei 10), it was registered as a World Heritage Site along with Todaiji Temple as a "cultural property of the ancient capital of Nara" (the first archaeological site in Japan).
Sight 4: Suzakumon Gate
The Suzakumon was the main gate built in the center of the south end of the imperial palaces in the Japanese ancient capitals of Fujiwara-kyō (Kashihara), Heijō-kyō (Nara), and later Heian-kyō (Kyoto). The placement followed the ancient Chinese palace model requirements at the time, where Suzaku , the Vermilion Bird was the Guardian of the South.
Sight 5: Hokke-ji Temple
Hokke-ji , is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, Japan.
Sight 6: Kairyuo-ji Temple
Kairyūōji Temple is a temple of the Shingon Ritsu sect located in Hokaji Kitamachi, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. There is no mountain number. The honzon is the eleven-sided Kannon. It was built in the northeast corner of the Empress Dowager Palace (the ruins of the residence of Fujiwara Fubi, etc.), so it has another name for Sumidera.
Sight 7: 春日神社
Kasuga-jinja Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Hokkeji-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture. Originally, Amenokoyane no mikoto was enshrined as a chinju-sha (shrine dedicated to the deities) of Kairyuo-ji Temple, but the left and right two shrines were enshrined together in the year of Kanen and were revered as ujigami (a guardian god). He was worshipped as a ujigami (guardian deity) of Hokkeji-cho by calling the Inatari-jinja Shrine Nishinomiya and the Higashi no Miya Shrine.
Sight 8: Konabe Kofun
Konabe Kofun is an ancient burial mound located in Hokaji-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The shape is an anterior-posterior mound. One of the burial mounds that make up the Saki Shield Row Tombs.
Sight 9: Uwanabe Kofun
Uwanabe Kofun is a circular mound located in Hokaji-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is one of the burial mounds that make up the Saki Shield Row Kofun Group (Uwanabe Kofun Group), and is located at the easternmost point of the Kofun Group and is the largest giant burial mound.
Sight 10: Futaiji
Futai-ji (不退寺), also known as Narihira-dera (業平寺), is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan.
Sight 11: 常陸神社
Hitachi Shrine is a shrine located in Horen-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Worship as "Hitachi no Miya-sama of child-giving".
Sight 12: Kombuin
Kofukuin is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Horen-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Horen. The main Buddha is Amitabha. Kaiki is also called Wakiki Kiyomaro and Fujiwara Momokawa.
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