Attractions · Nara
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La plupart des sites de Nara se visitent à pied et gratuitement ; ici, ce qui se vend, ce sont les senbei pour les cerfs, la location de kimono, et les excursions d’une journée qui vous y emmènent.
Les descriptions des attractions ne sont pour l’instant disponibles qu’en anglais, et les modalités de réservation sont expliquées en français.
Nara day tours from Osaka and Kyoto
The packaged way in: Nara Park and Todai-ji bundled with Fushimi Inari or Arashiyama in one guided day.
Comment réserver :Full-day tours run daily from both cities.
Book ticketsvia Klook · affiliate linkKimono rental in Nara
Kimono for the day among the deer and the old town lanes, often with a photo shoot.
Comment réserver :Booked online by the day.
Book ticketsvia Klook · affiliate linkNara Park and the deer
Twelve hundred semi-tame deer roaming the park between the great sights, bowing for the crackers sold everywhere.
Comment réserver :Free. The deer crackers (shika senbei) are the only food to feed them.
Todai-ji and the Great Buddha
The largest wooden building in the world, holding a 15 metre bronze Buddha in place since the 700s.
Comment réserver :Tickets at the gate.
Kasuga Taisha
The shrine of three thousand lanterns, bronze inside the halls and stone along the forest paths.
Comment réserver :The outer grounds are free; the inner areas charge a small fee.
Mount Wakakusa
The grass hill behind the park with the whole Nara basin below it, set alight on purpose each January for the Yamayaki festival.
Comment réserver :A small entry fee in season.
Nara National Museum
Buddhist sculpture and temple treasures, with the celebrated Shosoin exhibition each autumn.
Comment réserver :Tickets at the door; closed Mondays.
Kohfukuji Temple
The five-storey pagoda over Sarusawa pond: the postcard of Nara, once the Fujiwara clan's temple.
Comment réserver :Grounds are free; the treasure halls charge entry.
Toshodaiji Temple
The quiet masterwork of eighth-century temple building in the west of the city, away from the park crowds.
Comment réserver :Tickets at the gate.
Horyu-ji Temple
The world's oldest wooden buildings, southwest of the centre: the founding temple of Japanese Buddhism.
Comment réserver :Tickets at the gate; pair it with Chugu-ji next door.
Ikoma Sanjo Amusement Park
A mountaintop funfair reached by cat-shaped cable cars: retro rides and the whole Osaka plain below.
Comment réserver :Cable car and ride tickets at the station; closed in winter.
Naramachi
The old merchant quarter south of the park: machiya townhouses, sake tasting and small museums.
Comment réserver :Free to wander.
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