Articoli for the theme Attractions and Excursions in Nara

Unmissable places, temples, gardens and museums: Sayoko our Travel Angel in Nara, shares her top ten things to see and do.

Imai-ch: read a guide to Imai-cho - a cluster of well-preserved Edo and Meiji period buildings in Nara Prefecture near Kashihara Jingu shrine.

Asuka: read a guide to the Asuka area of Nara Prefecture rich in ancient tombs and archaeological sites and considered the cradle of Japanese civilization.

The Takamatsuzuka Tomb is a burial mound (kofun) dating from the Asuka Period of Japanese history. It's beautiful wall frescoes are reproduced in the Takamatsuzuka Mural Hall.

The Ishibutai Burial Mound is a burial mound (kofun) in the Asuka district of Nara prefecture that is believed to be the tomb of Soga no Umako (551-626).

Naramachi in Nara is the Edo Period merchant quarter of the city with many well-preserved machiya town houses, museums and temples.

The Nara Palace Site Historical Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and was the site of the Imperial capital in Nara from 710 to 784.

What are these kofun, former imperial tombs, that dot the landscape between Osaka and Nara? Let's take a step back in time ...

North of the city, the Imperial Palace of the former capital has given itself a second youth in the second half of the twentieth century.

South of Nara-koen and the Sarusawa pond, the picturesque neighborhood of Naramachi is full of small restaurants and traditional machiya.

Iga Ueno Castle: read a guide to Ueno Castle in Iga-Ueno. Ueno Castle has some of the hightest walls of any castle in Japan.