Culture Kyoto's Kitano-Tenmangu Shozo Fujii This enshrined deity of scholarship helps those wishing to pass examinations.
Illuminara Connie Ng Nara lights up for Illuminara. By night fall Kasuga Taisha is a luminous garden adorned by thousands specks of lights. From J...
Activities A Walk through Nara Park Stefanus Husin A large park in the eastern part of Nara City filled with deer
13 Katsuragi-Hitokotonushi Shrine Cathy Cawood Nara shrine of a Shinto god who only listens to one-word prayers. The shrine also has a 1200 year old sacred gingko tree.
11 Osawa Pond and Saga Gosho at Dusk Masayoshi Hirose Daikakuji Temple, also known as Saga-Gosho, the former Saga Emperor's Villa and Osawa-no-ike Pond, the largest artificial lak...
16 Gango-ji in Summer Cathy Cawood Japan's oldest temple has beautiful roof tiles and a lovely summer garden. It seems less impressive than other Nara sites, bu...
16 Autumn at Yatadera Cathy Cawood Officially known as Kongosenji, Yatadera in Yamato Koriyama, Nara, is famous for its ojizo statues and for hydrangeas, but it...
12 Temple of Sala Tree - Torinin Kyoto Masayoshi Hirose At the Temple of Sala Trees, I listened to a monk's sermons on a verse from 'The Tale of Heike', exemplifying fleeting beauty...
Transportation Jetstar's Boeing 787 Dreamliner Saskia Gilmour The Jetstar Boeing 787 Dreamliner integrates the latest in aircraft technology and brings forth a new generation in economy t...
Ise Jingu, Naiku Tomoko Kamishima Ise Jingu's Naiku enshrines the God of the Sun. It is the ancestor God of the Emperor, and the ancestor God of all Japanese!
