'''Nara prefecture''' (______ ''Nara-ken'') is in the western Kansai region of the main Japanese island Honshu.

Understand

Nara has a creditable claim to be the home of Japan's Imperial family, and the prefecture houses no less than three ancient capitals: Asuka (538-694), Fujiwara (694-710) and Nara (710-784). The plain around Nara is scattered with grand temples and imperial burial sites known as ''kofun''.

Cities

  • Nara — Japan's capital before Kyoto, with temples and shrines laid out in a vast park
  • Kashihara — the site of Japan's capital city, Fujiwarakyo (______), before Nara.
  • Other destinations

  • Asuka (____) — the homeground of Japan's earliest historical capital city, Asukakyo (______)
  • H?ry?ji (_@____) — Ancient temples named as UNESCO World Heritage Site located in Ikaruga _i____) Town
  • Imai (______) — a preserved district of old merchant houses from Edo period in Kashihara
  • Yoshino (_g__) — the mountain area which comprises a part of another UNESCO World Heritage, and possibly Japan's most famous cherry blossom viewing spots
  • Hase-dera (___J__)
  • Yata-dera (___c__)
  • Yagyu _i____)
  • Tsukigase _i______)
  • Talk

    Get in

    By plane

    By train

    By bus

    Get around

    See

  • Three days in Nara
  • World Heritage Tour in Nara
  • Do

    Eat

    Drink

    Get out