Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #5 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)

Nogami Kofun is an ancient burial mound located in Nanjing-shu-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The shape is presumed to be an anterior-posterior mound. One of the burial mounds that make up the Daianji burial mound group. It is designated as a Nara City Designated Historic Site.

Wikipedia: 野神古墳 (JA)

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

Wikipedia: 京終地蔵院 (JA)

Asuka Shrine is a shrine located in Beijing, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is commonly referred to as Kyoshuten Shrine, Koumeden Shrine, and Heijo Zasuka Shrine.

Wikipedia: 飛鳥神社 (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)

Sudō Ten no Usha is a shrine located in Saikiji-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The former company status is a village shrine and a shrine that provides money to the gods.

Wikipedia: 崇道天皇社 (JA)

Renjoji Temple is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu sect located in Saikiji-cho, Nara City.

Wikipedia: 璉珹寺 (JA)

Hojuji Temple is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect in Nara City. Currently, Nembutsu lectures and Buddhist women's associations are organized by Dan laity.

Wikipedia: 宝珠寺 (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)

Akai-an is a temple of the Pure Land sect of the Chinsai sect located in Takahata-cho, Nara City. It is also known as Akanbo. The area around the temple used to be called Dingai Town, and was annexed to Takahata Village in 1883 (Meiji 16), but it still remains the common name of the town in Takahata Town.

Wikipedia: 閼伽井庵 (JA)

Akabo Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Takahata, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Shikinaisha.

Wikipedia: 赤穂神社 (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)

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

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