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  • Hannya-ji Temple
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    3.5
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Hannyajichou 221
    A Buddhist temple founded by Hyegwan, a priest from Goguryeo, in the Asuka period. Later, in 735, Emperor Shomu had 600 copies of the Great Perfection of Wisdom buried at the temple to have it serve as a guardian of the unlucky northeastern side of ancient Nara; the temple was renamed the Hannya-ji and it was designated an Imperial temple. The temple’s impressive two-tier gate is an impressive example of Kamakura period architecture. In autumn, 150 thousand cosmos plants come into beautiful and elegant bloom.

    期間限定で御開帳されていた阿弥陀如来像の拝観に行ってきました。重文で白鳳時代の秘仏です。ここは聖武天皇が平城京の鬼門を守護するために堂塔を建立したのが始りです。十三重石宝塔の軸石から見つかった白鳳秘仏等が公開されていました。丁度期間中にはここのもう一方の売りである「コスモス」が満開でした。通称名、コスモス寺として有名です。

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  • Irie Taikichi Memorial Museum of Photography Nara City
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    44 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Takabatakechou 600-1
    This is a photo gallery next to Shin-Yakushi-ji Temple in Takabatake Town, Nara City. The gallery possesses the entire 80,000 item collection of photographer Irie Taikichi, known for capturing the various Yamato scenery around Nara, and holds exhibitions based around these works and also the work of amateurs. The building itself, a work of architect Kisho Kurokawa, is another highlight and represents the importance of harmony with the environment.

    Located slightly away from the main sights, this photography museum hosts temporary exhibitions throughout the year. At the time of my visit it was showing two interesting exhibitions:Irie...

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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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  • Daian-ji Temple
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    4.0
    27 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Daianji 2-18-1
    This temple is located at Daian-ji 2-chome in Nara City. It originated from Kumagori-shoja Monastery, which was built by Prince Shotoku. The wooden standing statue of the Eleven-headed Kannon has been designated an Important Cultural Property, and there’s also a wooden standing statue of the Four Heavenly Kings and other Buddhist statues from the Nara period. Nowadays, it is known as the “cancer sealing temple.”

    従来であれば 秋10月1日-11月30日に《本尊；十一面観音菩薩立像（国重要文化財）一本造...

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  • Tamukeyama Hachimangu Shrine
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    3.5
    65 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Zoushichou 434
    This is a shrine in Nara City. It is located in Tamukeyama which is famous as a beauty spot for its autumnal leaves, and it is built to the north of Tōdai-ji’s Hokke-do Hall (also called “Sangastu-do Hall”). Its origins lie in the summoning and enshrinement secured from Kyoto’s Usa Hachimangu Shrine which were the deities summoned to protect Tōdai-ji on the occasion of Tōdai-ji and the Great Buddha being built. The ancient log house structure of the treasure house was relocated from the master’s warehouse from Tōdai-ji’s oil storehouse in the Nara period, and it is designated as an Important Cultural Property. Also housed on the grounds of the temple are such a National Treasure as a “Chinese-style ritual saddle” and an Important Cultural Property like a “21 wooden bugaku theatre mask”.

    A small, attractive shrine. I purchased my first goshuincho there, and the lady wrote something lovely that I cant yet read (my Japanese is limited!) in my book, so I was very pleased.

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  • Tsukigase Plum Ravine
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Tsukigaseoyama
    Tsukigase Plum Ravine is a forest of plum trees that extends along the Satsuki River (part of Nabari River) ravine. One of the three largest plum forests in Nara Prefecture, it is well known as a site for viewing blossoms. About 10,000 plum trees grow there, and during blossom season, the entire forest is a riot of red and white flowering trees. The Tsukigase Plum Ravine Festival, held during blossom season, attracts large numbers of tourists.
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  • Enjo-ji Temple
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    4.5
    30 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Ninnikusenchou 1273
    This is an old temple said to have been built in the Heian period, known as one of the five important temples of Kita-Yamato. Inside the grounds are lined historic structures including Japan's oldest Kasuga-zukuri style main building, the Kasuga-do and Hakusan-do Shrine designated as National Treasures, and a main building (containing an enshrined image of Amitabha) with an attached stage said to have been rebuilt in the Muromachi-period (1336-1573). The beautiful garden around the central pond stretching out from the two-storied gate Romon was favored by the nobility from the Heian to Kamakura periods and is an important remaining example of what resembles a Heian-style garden featuring characteristics of both shuyu-shiki and jodo-shiki.

    柳生道の中間地点ほどに位置している古刹です。大日如来坐像は国宝で、運慶初期の作だそうで、豊かな表現力が青年期の運慶を物語っています。金箔が所々に残っていました。浄土式庭園も見どころです。春日堂・白山堂も国宝です。

  • Hokke Do (Sangatsu Do)
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    4.0
    48 Reviews
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    Nara Nara-shi Zoshicho 406-1

    There is an impressive and very old statue of Guan Yin or Kannon in this place. Apparently its over a thousand years old. There are also the four heavenly kings that are also very old. But it is an...

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  • Ryosenji Temple
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    4.0
    21 Reviews
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    Nara Nara-shi Nakamachi 3879
    A temple in Naka-machi, Nara City. It was founded by the monk Gyoki under orders from Emperor Shomu in 736. The main hall was rebuilt during the Kamakura Period and has been designated a National Treasure. The temple holds many precious Buddhist statues including the principal object of worship, a seated statue of Yakushinyorai which has been designated an Important Cultural Property. There's also a rose garden on the grounds with 2,000 rose plants covering 200 different varieties.

    綺麗に設えられたバラ園はそれなりに美しい。 花は咲き始めたり既に盛りであったりする。いくつかの香り高い種類を期待して行ったが蕾もろくにない種類もあった。 見事なバラ園は世間にいくつもあるが、この種類豊富なバラ苗販(直)売所は珍しいかもしれない。次々と売れていくから、今年は何度か通ってみようかと思う。

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  • Nara Centennial Hall
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    3.5
    5 Reviews
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    Nara Nara-shi Sanjomiyamaecho 7-1
    This multipurpose hall is located in front of Nara Station in Sanjomiyamae-cho, Nara City. Facilities include a large hall with 1,500 seats, a simultaneous interpretation booth capable of handling four languages at the same time, and moveable audience seats. The hall can be used for concerts, classical theater productions, and other performances, as well as conventions and all manner of purposes. There are adjoining medium- and small-sized halls designed for classical music concerts.

    コンサートなどのホールがあります。設計は磯崎新です。このあたりは、奈良の中止？になった博覧会の名残りですね。

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  • Obitoke-dera Temple
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    4.0
    27 Reviews
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    Nara Nara-shi Imaichicho 734
    A temple in Imaichi-cho, Nara City. The temple's origins stem from the Tamamatsu-An monastery, one of the Iwabuchi-senbo (one thousand temple lodgings located in precipitous terrain) founded by Gonso Daitoku, the mentor of Kobo Daishi. The temple's primary object of worship, Jizo the bodhisattva of children and childbirth, has been designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan and draws people praying for easy delivery and conception. It is also known by the name Haraobi (Maternity Belt) Jizo.

    本尊の帯解子安地蔵菩薩は子供を望む夫婦や安産にご利益があることで有名です。全国的にも多数の人が祈願に参拝されます。ここには他にも春日赤童子画像や虚空蔵菩薩坐像などの文化財も公開される時期があります。１１月１２日から１８日の１週間と来年３月１日から８日までの間、特別公開されます。立派な門構えの格式も高い寺院でした。

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  • Nara Prefectural Museum of Art
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    3.5
    29 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Noboriojichou 10-6
    This is an art museum along Prefectural Route 754 in Noborioji Town, Nara City. They opened in 1973 based on the collection of Japanese-style paintings, ukiyo-e wood block prints and handicrafts of Edo Period donated by Kanpo Yoshikawa, a student of study of folklore history and Japanese-style painter. Since then through donations from all over they have collected around 4,100 pieces of art and crafts from the Kamakura Period to the modern day. They hold special exhibitions related to the history of Nara, and art exhibitions as exchanges with international art museums.

    The National museum was closed for more than 1 month due to exhibit change over. We were sent here instead which had a super show on a well known Japanese painter with an all inclusive one man...

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  • Sch Hojinnaragakuen Seminar house shiganaoyakyukyo
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    4.0
    37 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Takabatakechou 1237-2
    "This is the site of the residence of Naoya Shiga, the famous ""God of Novels. The building was designed by Naoya Shiga himself in the early Showa period (early 20th century), and is unique in that it was built in the sukiya (tea-ceremony room) style with Western influences. In 1978, the Nara Gakuen Educational Foundation acquired the building from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and opened it to the public as a museum and seminar house."

    入口と出口が違うので脱いだ靴を袋に入れて持ち歩きます。2階の窓に腰掛けて庭をボーッと眺める。茶室の掃き出し窓に腰掛けて中庭をボーッと眺める。サンルームでボーッと座って台所が機能的だわ〜って感心する。ダイニングルームの天井の豪華な事❣️酷暑の最中に訪問したけど、此方は窓から風が吹き抜けて天国の様でした。

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  • Imanishi Sei Hyoe Store
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    4.5
    17 Reviews
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    Nara Nara-shi Fukuchiincho 24-1

    500円で利き酒体験。説明を聞きながら5種類の日本酒を楽しみました。圧倒的に外国人観光客の方が多くいらして、英語の説明を聞きながら楽しんでおられました。おみやげにおちょこもいただき、大満足。

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  • Shouhaku Art Museum
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    4.0
    19 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Tomigaoka 2-1-4
    The Shouhaku Art Museum is located close to the Obuchi Pond in Tomigaoka 2-chome, Nara City. It was opened in 1994 thanks to works donated by Shoko Uemura and Atsushi Uemura. The collection of Nihonga (Japanese-style paintings) on display spans three generations from Shoen Uemura who was the first woman to receive the Order of Culture, to Shoko Uemura and Atsushi Uemura.

    上村松園はじめ三代の作品を所属する美術館です。上村松園好きは必見ですね。ちょっとアクセス悪いのは残念か。

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  • Shoryakuji Temple
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    4.0
    21 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Bodaisenchou 157
    This temple located between the mountains in the outskirts of Southeast Nara City is blessed with a great natural environment. The temple has long been popular for its autumn foliage, earning it the nickname Nishiki no Sato (the Home of Brocade). During a predetermined period each year, a number of Buddhist images in the temple's collection not normally viewable by the public, including the Bhaisajyaguru, the temple's principal object of worship (a nationally-designated Important Cultural Property), are put on display. The best period to see the autumn foliage is early November to early December.

    2022年11月3日-12月4日の期間《秘仏・薬師如来倚像（台座に腰掛け 足を踏割蓮華に乗せる）》を特別公開しているので 奈良交通ハスを利用し 訪問しました。こちらの鑑賞ポイントは 2ケ所あり その内の1ケ所は[客殿エリア]にある《福寿院（国重要文化財）》で 借景庭園、孔雀明王像と狩野永納筆の襖絵 です。特別公開期間は 襖を開放しているので 鑑賞出来る襖絵は 1枚となっています(但し 特別公開...

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  • Futaiji Temple
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    4.0
    21 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Hourenchou 517
    This Buddhist temple is said to have been founded by Ariwara no Narihira to enshrine a Buddhist statue he carved himself. The temple’s principal object of worship, a wooden figure of Kannon designated an Important Cultural Property, is also known as the Narihira Kannon. The elegant appearance of the temple is reminiscent of a Heian period noble’s estate, and the grounds are planted with beautifully blooming seasonal flowers such as weeping forsythia, water lilies, and Narihira camellias.

    堂塔は然程、見るべきものもありませんでした。花については季節毎に、椿とか紅葉とか、睡蓮などの見所もありますが・・・。参拝目的はこの寺院が保有している在原業平朝臣の画、業平の邸宅跡が現在の京都御池通のある企業の場所にあったと云うことで、京都との関連等を考慮、わざわざ拝観に来ました。正式名は不退転法輪寺、本尊は業平作と伝承されている聖観音菩薩像。

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  • Koshin-do
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    34 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Nishinoshinyachou
    You’ll find this small hall in the center of Naramachi with a standing statue of Shomen (blue-faced guardian deity), known as Koshin, enshrined. The red monkeys suspended from the eaves of houses in Naramachi are modeled after the servants of Koshin and are believed to act as sacrificial charms that guard against natural disasters and sickness.

    奈良町を歩いていると、家の軒先に吊るしてある、庚申さん。こちらのお堂に庚申さんが祀られています。こちらでお参りし、隣のお店で庚申さんのストラップを購入しました。

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  • Daijo-in Temple Garden Heritage Center
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    29 Reviews
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    Nara Pref. Narashi Takabatakechou 1083-1
    This Heritage Center is a museum in the Garden of the Former Daijo-in Temple, which is located along National Route 169 in Takabatake-cho in the city of Nara. It contains materials connected with Daijo-in Temple, which was founded in 1087 and abandoned during the anti-Buddhist movement in the early Meiji Period (the middle of the nineteenth century). Open to the public free of charge, this museum displays a reconstructed model of what the temple looked like. A teahouse and conference rooms are available to rent.

    奈良ホテルに宿泊し、無料チケットを頂いたので、朝散歩に出かけました。徒歩５分でホテルの坂道を下った所に着きます。冬なので、茶色の芝生が広がり、白梅が咲いていました。お掃除の方に「お花がないのでね。あちらの建物にどうぞ。」と言われそちらへ。写真展をやっており、茶室丸窓からも一幅の絵画のような赤い太鼓橋と、池とお庭が見えました。奈良観光の参考になるパンフレットもいくつか置いてありました。

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  • Kikoji Temple
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    4.0
    27 Reviews
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    Nara Nara-shi Sugaharacho 508

    山門前に設置されている縁起からですが奈良時代の初期、721年に行基上人によって創建されました。その後荒廃しましたが、室町時代に再興、現在に至ります。

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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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