Culture Yamanobe-no-Michi Walking Trail Paul Hackshaw Yamanobe no michi is part of the ShinKaido or the New road stretching from Edo-period Tokyo to Kansai, There are many temples and..
Accommodation Tomiyamakan Ryokan Sakurai Featured As Nara prefecture is largely a mountainous region it’s no surprise that it’s much different from the hustle and bustle of the..
15 Culture Peony Gardens in Hase-dera, Nara Tomoko Kamishima Peony Gardens in Hase-dera, Nara: I enjoyed each of the Nobori-ro Corridors 399 steps that invited me up, up, up into the holy precincts...
11 Red Maple Carpet at a Flower Temple Takako Sakamoto Hase-dera Temple in Nara, also called 'The Temple of Flowers', is famous for its beautiful autumn foliage along with peonies..
Culture Miracle-working Kannon at Hase-dera Tomoko Kamishima NARA: Miracle-working Kannon at Hase-dera Temple was popular among rich nobles 1000 years ago. Praying here was popular among ..
Area Sakurai Sakurai city is located in a fairly rural part of Nara prefecture, in the central east near Mie Prefecture, and is famous for being in the center of political and economic life in ancient Japan...