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  • Naramachi Museum
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    4.0
    66 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Nishinoshinyachou 14
    A private museum built in Naramachi (Town of Nara), an area which still retains an old-fashioned townscape. A portion of the owner’s home was remodeled to make a space for the museum. The museum presents the history and culture of Naramachi via folk custom materials, signs, Buddhist imagery, artwork, and old items once used as part of people’s everyday lives from the Edo to the Taisho periods. The museum also sells “migawari-saru (monkey),” local charms which provide protection from evil and harm. Museum entry is free. Closest station: Kintetsu-Nara Station.

    A small museum with huge passion. A rather eclectic collection of things from old Nara. Felt refreshing after visiting the more obvious sites with the crowds. Spent maybe 30-45 mins in there and I...

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  • Asuka Historical Museum
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    4.0
    32 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Takaichigunasukamura Okuyama 601
    The village of Asuka, in the Takaichi District of Nara Prefecture, whose name was once written with the characters for “Soaring Bird,” is well-known as the ancient birthplace of the nation we now call Japan. The Asuka Historical Museum was opened in 1975 to investigate, research, and exhibit cultural properties from the area around Asuka Village. The museum has artifacts excavated from sites like the Takamatsuzuka Tomb on permanent display, teaching visitors about the history and culture of Asuka from the time Buddhism was conveyed to Japan in the sixth century up to the transition of the capital to Nara in the early eighth century. The museum also contains a recreation of the Yamada-dera Temple, an early Buddhist temple erected by Soga no Kurayamada no Ishikawa no Maro, who was accused of treason after the Taika Reforms of 645.

    キトラ古墳と高松塚古墳を中心に 発掘品や石碑が展示されていて 静かに鑑賞できました。 古代からの飛鳥の地が 1400年経った今でもここに続いていると思える古墳群の中に 資料館がありました。

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  • Imai-machinami Koryu Center Hanairaka
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    4.0
    31 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Kashiharashi Imaichou 2-3-5
    A museum in Imai Town, Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture which preserves and displays materials relating to the history and culture of the area. The building was originally built as the Takaichi County Education Museum in 1903. Later, the structure was also used as the Imai town hall and today is designated a Cultural Property by Nara Prefecture. The first floor hosts dioramas replicating how Imai once looked, a theater, library, and exhibition space, while the second floor is a lecture hall. The facility also serves as an information center for Imai Town, which retains an old-fashioned townscape dating back to the Edo period.

    華甍(はないらか)と呼びます。元は今井町の町役場だった場所で、現在は今井町の資料館や観光案内所の役割を果たしています。今井町の街並みが分かるジオラマや歴史年表が話題ですが、私は江戸時代の建物に興味があるので、虫籠窓を集めた写真がとても印象に残っています。今井町の街並みを見る前にこちらで是非、事前勉強をしていきましょう！

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  • Koriyama Goldfish Museum
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    4.0
    23 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Yamatokoriyamashi Nikichou 107
    A museum dedicated to goldfish located in Yamatokoriyama, Nara, a city famous for producing goldfish. Goldfish are said to have been brought to Yamatokoriyama by Yanagisawa Yoshisato, who moved here to be the lord of the area during the Edo period, and it is believed that the techniques required for their cultivation were passed from samurai to farmers as a side business. The museum presents tools used in goldfish cultivation, items relating to folk customs, and goldfish-themed ukiyoe woodblock prints and ancient books. The museum’s goldfish aquariums, containing everything from ancestor varieties to high class and rare breeds, are a must-see.

    金魚養殖の業者の「やまと錦魚園」がやっている無料の資料館で、見るだけでなく、金魚を飼うことができる。30個ほどの水槽にそれぞれ珍しい金魚が観賞用に展示されている。それ以外に様々な大きさのたくさんの水槽に、何万円もするものなども売られていて、自由に見ることができる。

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  • Asuka Historical National Government Park
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    3.5
    23 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Takaichigunasukamura Hirata 538
    This is a museum located in the vicinity of Takamatsuzuka at Asuka Historical National Government Park in Hirata, Asuka Village. The Asuka History Park is divided into five areas, each providing information regarding each district and exhibiting displays related to the history of Asuka. Information can be easily accessed through panel displays, as well as commentary by diorama, animation and a touch panel computer.

    休息がてらに寄らさせてもらいました。明日香村内に有る史跡などがパネルやミニチュアなどで紹介しています（無料）。駐車場も有るので車でも来れますよ。この館の裏に有る池のある公園も気分転換に散策出来ます。

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  • Nara Crafts Museum
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    3.5
    20 Reviews
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    Nara Nara-shi Azemamecho 1-1
    This museum is situated on Naramachi-odori Street in Azemame-cho, Nara City. The museum displays Nara lacquerware, ittobori hand-carved figures, and a variety of other traditional Nara crafts, as well as the tools involved in their production. The museum also sells crafts, and holds live demonstrations and classes; as well as the Nara Crafts Festival once a year.

    This is a modern, well presented museum with some interesting pieces. We enjoyed browsing and there was enough explanation in English for us to understand the history etc. It isn’t very big but we...

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  • Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties Nara Palace Site Museum
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    4.5
    3 Reviews
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    Nara Nara-shi Sakicho
    This museum adjoins Heijo Palace in Saki-cho, Nara City. Beloved by locals, the museum provides easy to understand information on Heijo Palace as well as research results from the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties. Visitors can learn about the history of Heijo Palace based on over 60 years' of research conducted by the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties.

    当時の食事の内容やどのような遊びをしたか分かります。こんな食事食べてみたいななんて感じてしまいました。無料で入館できます。

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  • Totsukawa Folkways History Museum
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    4.0
    8 Reviews
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    Nara Yoshino-gun Totsukawamura Ohara 225-1
    "This museum contains exhibits on Masao Nonagase a poet born in Totsukawa considered one of the village's five most important personages from around the time of the Meiji Restoration. Master painter Koji Kinutani's original ""Totsukawa ni noboru taiyo"" (""Sun Rising Over Totsukawa""), which was inspired by the devastation and reconstruction after the great Totsukawa flood of 1889, is also a must-see. In addition, the museum has exhibits on the country samurai of Totsukawa and the rebellious Tenchugumi, and also displays an ancient engraved bell which has been designated a National Important Cultural Property."

    日本一大きな村、十津川村の村役場近くにある民俗資料館。有料だが、村の歴史がよくわかって訪れる価値あり

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  • The Kitora Tumulus Mural Painting Interactive Museum (Shijin-no-Yakata)
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    Nara Pref. Takaichigunasukamura Abeyama 67
    This is a museum located near the Kitora burial mound in the Kitora Tumulus area of the Asuka Historical National Government Park in Asuka Village, which preserves materials and mural paintings excavated from the ancient tombs. The Shijin (Four Deities), Chinese zodiac and celestial map murals are open to the public for limited periods, requiring registration in advance.
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  • Nara History Art Culture Village
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    Nara Tenri-shi Somanouchicho 437-3
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  • Takamatsuzuka Mural Museum
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    Nara Pref. Takaichigunasukamura Hirata 439
    A history museum located in Asuka Village, Takaichi County, Nara Prefecture. The museum displays materials related to the Takamatsuzuka Tomb, which drew immediate national attention in 1972 when vividly colored murals were discovered during an excavation at the site. The museum displays life-sized replicas of stone rooms and murals found at the site and created in the same manner as the originals as well as replicas of articles found at the site such as a decorative long sword fitting, Kaiju Budo Kyo of a Chinese style (mirror decorated with marine mammals), and metal coffin fittings. A essential destination for any sightseeing visit to Asuka, the facility is visited by great numbers of tourists from both in and outside Japan.
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  • Kashihara City Exhibition Hall of Fujiwara Imperial Site
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    Nara Pref. Kashiharashi Nawatechou 178 - 1 JA Ken Kashihara Eastern Economic Center 2F
    This is an exhibition hall near the Fujiwara Palace Site in Nawate Town, Kashihara City. Here you can learn about Fujiwara Palace Site, one of the Asuka-Fujiwara Archaeological Sites aiming to become a World Heritage, thanks to displays of information that include artifacts, a 1,000:1 scale model of Fujiwara Palace, panels, and images. Entrance is free.
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  • Rokuen
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    Nara Nara-shi Kasuganocho 160-1
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  • Asukamura Folk customs Museum
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    Nara Asuka Muraoka 410
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  • Tenkawa Municipal Museum
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    Nara Yoshino-gun Tenkawamura Dorogawa 674-1
    This museum contains exhibits on the kinds of tools used as part of daily life historically in Tenkawa Village (such as tools used for mountain work, bent wood ladles, rice scoops, and sake barrel-making tools); as well as exhibits on the mountain worship which flourished and is still active in the area today. The entrance area, recently remodeled in 2006, also now serves as a gallery. In addition to exhibitions featuring paintings, photographs, woodblock prints, and other works of art connected to the area, the museum also holds talks and music events using a stage built around a traditional Japanese irori sunken hearth.
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  • Gojo City Minzoku Shiryokan
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    Nara Gojo-shi Shinmachi 3-3-1
    This folk history museum is housed in what was once the gate building of the Gojo governor's office at the end of the Edo period. The museum displays portraits of the samurai of the rebellious Tenchugumi as well as exhibits which trace the events of the Tenchugumi incident via photos and chronological tables. You can also watch an easy-to-understand video which summarizes the Tenchugumi incident and come in contact with the history of Gojo City.
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  • Kofukuji kokuhokan
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    4.5
    164 Reviews
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    Nara Nara-shi Noboriojicho 48

    This is the biggest temple in Nara Park, you can purchase a ticket just outside of its gate. It is really beautiful inside but you cannot take pictures.

  • Ma Chinami Densho
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    3.5
    13 Reviews
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    Nara Gojo-shi Honmachi 2-chome 7-1

    五條新町の成り立ちを年表などで教えてくれます。また昔の屋敷の様子を見ることが出来ます。何しろ無料が良いです。

  • Moritomizunogenryukan
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
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    Flat of Nara Yoshino-gun Kawakami-mura Palace

    源流の森シアターは是非見た方がいいです、川上村の自然がよくわかります、ただ巨大なスクリーンが５面もあって首の移動が忙しい。 定期的に水源地の森ツアーを実施しているようなので子供連れにもお勧め 駐車場は国道から道を１本川側へ入った場所でエレベーターもあります

  • Sharp Museum
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    5.0
    1 Reviews
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    Nara Tenri-shi Ichinomoto Cho 2613-1

    This museum is a hidden gem! Our tour guide walked us through the history of the company, beginning with the world’s first mechanical pencil invented by the founder, and ending with the company’s...

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With a reputation almost as stellar as that of Kyoto, Nara is a must-visit for those searching for the remains of "traditional Japan." The largely green Nara city holds the majority of the prefecture’s treasures, such as the iconic Todai-ji Temple, in which a 15-meter tall Great Buddha sits, and Nara Park, where deer flock to befriend passersby. While mountains are by no means hard to come by in this area, for hiking with a reward, head to the Kii Mountains’ Yoshino district in spring, when the hillsides put on an impressive display of white and pink cherry blossoms.

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