Nara is known for its green and traquility, with eight temples, shrines and historic remains and it was capital of Japan from 710 to 794 during the Nara period.
The pretty cool thing about Nara is that they have thousands of wild deer just roaming around. You could feed them deer crackers too!
We visited a few Japanese gardens which were just beautiful, totally different to back in the UK, but still stunning.
Right by the station is this massive pond and a pagoda and Kofuku-ji temple. Most pagodas are 5 story tall, so that people who couldn't reach the temple to pray could still see it from far away.
Nara also had a lot of lanterns! As we headed up the hill from the pond and pagoda, you're lined by lanterns with japanese writing on them.
One of the lion statues guarding a temple.
Quite a few temples had these outside them, I'm still not sure what they're for! Perhaps writing down your wishes or family name.
Todai-ji Temple was the main attraction of our visit to Nara. It's a massively beautiful temple which holds the worlds largest bronze statue of Buddha which is over 49ft in height and weighs 500 tonnes!
Nara was one of my favourite places to visit, mainly because it was so green and quiet compared to the hustle and bustle of Osaka and Tokyo!
Catch up with my Osaka Photo Diary here.
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Rhiannon x
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