奈良県 · Kinki Region

Nara Hidden Gems

Japan's first permanent capital — giant bronze Buddhas, the oldest wooden buildings on earth, and free-roaming deer in the middle of town.

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Climate & Best Season

A hot, humid basin in summer and cold in winter; the Yoshino mountains are cooler and see snow. Blossoms in April, foliage in November.

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When you cycle through Asuka's rice paddies, granite boulders carved with geometric channels and stone slabs weighing 77…

Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺) was Japan's first full-scale Buddhist temple, founded in 596 AD when Buddhism was still new to the arch…