Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #8 in Nara, Japan
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8.3 km
102 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.
Individual Sights in NaraSight 1: Futaiji
Futai-ji (不退寺), also known as Narihira-dera (業平寺), is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan.
Sight 2: Uwanabe Kofun
The Uwanabe-kofun Tumulus is a keyhole-shaped tumulus located in Hokkeji-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture. It is one of the tumuli that consists of Sakitatenami-kofun Tumulus Cluster (Uwanabe-kofun Tumulus Cluster), and is the largest of the tumulus.
Sight 3: Konabe Kofun

Konabe-kofun Tumulus is a tumulus located in Hokkeji-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture. It is a keyhole-shaped tomb mound. It is one of the tumuli that constitutes the Sakitatenami tumulus group.
Sight 4: 春日神社
Kasuga Jinja is a shrine located in Houkaji -cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture. Originally, he worshiped the Tenjin roof life as a guardian company of Kai Ryuoji Temple, but the left and right two seats were enshrined during the Kanno year, and they were worshiped as the deity. It is religious as the god of the Hokke -ji -cho, calling Una Tari Shrine Nishinomiya and the company is called the East Palace.
Sight 5: 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 of Empress Kōmyō (the ruins of the residence of Fujiwara Fubi, etc.), so it has another name of Sumidera.
Sight 6: Hokke-ji Temple

Hokke-ji , is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara, Japan.
Sight 7: 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 8: Saki Shrine
Sight 9: 佐紀陵山古墳

Sakiryozan Kofun is an ancient burial mound located in Sanryo Town, 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 10: 佐紀石塚山古墳

The Saki Ishizukayama Kofun is an ancient burial mound located in front of the Imperial Tomb in Yamaryo Town, 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 11: 西大寺
Saidai-ji (西大寺) or the "Great Western Temple" is a Buddhist temple that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples in the city of Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The temple was first established in AD 765 as a counterpart to Tōdai-ji and it is the main temple of the Shingon Risshu (真言律宗) sect of Buddhism after the sect's founder, Eison (叡尊), took over administration in 1238. It has undergone several reconstruction efforts since then during the succeeding centuries.
Sight 12: 菅原天満宮
Sugawara Tenmangu Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Sugawara-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture. It is a Shikinai-sha (shrine listed in Engishiki laws) and was ranked as a gosha (village shrine) under the old shrine classification system. It is also called 'Sugawara-jinja Shrine.' It is the oldest Tenmangu Shrine in Japan. It is known as a shrine related to the Haji clan and Sugawara clan of ancient clans.
Sight 13: Kiko-ji temple
Kikō-ji (喜光寺) is a Buddhist temple in Nara, Japan. Founded in the eighth century, its Muromachi-period Hondō and the Heian-period statue of Amida Nyorai enshrined within are Important Cultural Properties.
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