Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Nara, Japan

Legend

Churches & Art
Nature
Water & Wind
Historical
Heritage & Space
Tourism
Paid Tours & Activities

Tour Facts

Number of sights 29 sights
Distance 13.5 km
Ascend 595 m
Descend 368 m

Experience Nara in Japan in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in NaraIndividual Sights in Nara

Sight 1: Kango Shrine

Show sight on map
Kango Shrine

Kankoku Shrine is a shrine located in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is a Shikinai company (small, ronsha), and the former company status is a prefectural company.

Wikipedia: 漢國神社 (JA)

363 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: Emperor Kaika’s Kasuga-no-Izakawa-no-Sakanoe-no-Misasagi Tomb

Show sight on map
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)

30 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 3: 念仏寺

Show sight on map
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)

403 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: 西照寺

Show sight on map

Saishoji Temple is a single temple located in Imatsujiko-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It was originally a temple of the Pure Land sect. The name of the mountain is Mt. Shiun, and the name of the temple is Ieyasu-in. The honzon is the abdominal girdle Amitabha.

Wikipedia: 西照寺 (JA)

70 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: 住吉神社

Show sight on map

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)

194 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: 月日神社

Show sight on map

Tsukihijinja is a shrine located in Shimosanjo Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan.

Wikipedia: 月日神社 (JA)

226 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: 淨教寺

Show sight on map

Jōkyōji Temple is a temple of the Jodo Shinshu Honganji sect located in Kamisanjo Town, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is Mt. Kujo. The main statue is a standing statue of Amitabha.

Wikipedia: 淨教寺 (奈良市) (JA)

238 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 8: Isagawa Shrine

Show sight on map
Isagawa Shrine

Isagawa Shrine is a shrine located in Honkomori-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is a shrine outside the precincts of the Ōkami Shrine, and its official name is Ōkami Miko Shrine, and it is also called Ōkami Myojin. A small shrine in Shikiuchi that is described in the "Enki Shikijin Name Book" as "Ōkami Miko Shrine Sanza".

Wikipedia: 率川神社 (JA)

101 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: 常徳寺

Show sight on map

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)

139 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: 伝香寺

Show sight on map

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)

540 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 11: Nara Episcopal Church

Show sight on map

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 12: 手力雄神社

Show sight on map

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)

149 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 13: Uneme Shrine

Show sight on map

Uneme Jinja is a shrine located in Tarui-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. Kasuga Taisha precincts. It is located on the northwest shore of Saruzawa Pond, but the shrine is facing west and facing the pond.

Wikipedia: 采女神社 (JA)

259 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: 猿田彦神社 (道祖神)

Show sight on map

Sarutahiko Shrine is a shrine located in Imamikado-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is also called Dōso Shrine.

Wikipedia: 猿田彦神社 (奈良市) (JA)

529 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 15: Kōfuku-ji

Show sight on map

Kōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples in the city of Nara, Japan. The temple is the national headquarters of the Hossō school.

Wikipedia: Kōfuku-ji (EN)

329 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: National Treasure Museum

Show sight on map

Kōfuku-ji is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples in the city of Nara, Japan. The temple is the national headquarters of the Hossō school.

Wikipedia: Kōfuku-ji (EN)

301 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: 菩提院大御堂(十三鐘)

Show sight on map

Bodaiin is a temple of the Hōsō sect located in Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The children's temple of Omotoyama Kofukuji. The honzon is Amitabha. It is commonly known as the Thirteen Bells, Mr./Ms.. It stands south of the five-storied pagoda as seen from Kofukuji Temple, across Sanjo Street.

Wikipedia: 菩提院大御堂 (JA)

687 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 18: Himuro Shrine

Show sight on map

Himuro Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It was established in 710. Kami enshrined here include Tsugenoinagi oyamanushi no mikoto, Emperor Nintoku and Nukata no Onakatsuhiko no Mikoto (額田大仲彦命). The shrine's main festival is held annually on October 1. Tsugenoinagi oyamanushi no mikoto was a folk figure said to have invited a way to preserve ice. Prince Nukata no Onakatsuiko no Miktot, a brother of Emperor Nitoku, met with Tsugenoinagi oyamanushi no mikoto and brought the method to preserve ice to the Emperor

Wikipedia: Himuro Shrine (EN)

575 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 19: Yoshiki Garden

Show sight on map

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

Wikipedia: Yoshiki-en (EN)

277 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Isuien Garden

Show sight on map
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)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: 寧楽美術館

Show sight on map

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

Wikipedia: Neiraku Museum (EN)

211 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 22: Irie Taikichi's old residence

Show sight on map

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)

900 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 23: 祇園社八阪神社

Show sight on map

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)

1135 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 24: Tōdai-ji

Show sight on map

Tōdai-ji is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan. Though it was originally founded in the year 738 CE, Tōdai-ji was not opened until the year 752 CE. The construction of the temple was an attempt to imitate Chinese temples from the much-admired Tang dynasty. The temple has undergone several reconstructions since then, with the most significant reconstruction taking place in 1709. Its Great Buddha Hall houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese as Daibutsu (大仏). The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism. The temple is a listed UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara", together with seven other sites including temples, shrines and places in the city of Nara.

Wikipedia: Tōdai-ji (EN), Website, Website

568 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 25: 手向山八幡宮

Show sight on map

Tamukeyama Hachiman Shrine is a Shinto shrine near Tōdai-ji, Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It is a Hachiman shrine, dedicated to the kami Hachiman. It was established in 749. Kami enshrined here include Emperor Ojin, Emperor Nintoku, Empress Jingū and Emperor Chūai in addition to Hachiman.

Wikipedia: Tamukeyama Hachimangū (EN)

1264 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 26: Kasuga-taisha

Show sight on map

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

1899 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 27: Nara Park

Show sight on mapJoin Free Tour*

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

1814 meters / 22 minutes

Sight 28: 鶯塚古墳

Show sight on map
鶯塚古墳

Uguizuka Kofun is an ancient burial mound located in Kasugano, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The shape is an anterior-posterior mound. It has been designated as a national historic site.

Wikipedia: 鶯塚古墳 (JA)

35 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 29: Mt. Wakakusa

Show sight on mapGet Ticket*
Mt. Wakakusa PlusMinus / CC BY 2.5

Mount Wakakusa , also known as Mount Mikasa, is a 342-metre-high (1,122 ft) hill located to the east of Nara Park in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The mountain's name literally means "young grass". The mountain is closed from December 12th to March 17th and cannot be accessed.

Wikipedia: Mount Wakakusa (EN)

Share

Spread the word! Share this page with your friends and family.

Disclaimer Please be aware of your surroundings and do not enter private property. We are not liable for any damages that occur during the tours.

GPX-Download For navigation apps and GPS devices you can download the tour as a GPX file.