[2025 Nara Attraction] Travel Guide for Nara National Museum (Updated Mar)

This museum houses the largest collection of Buddhist art in Japan. Its permanent collection includes valuable items such as sculptures, paintings, scrolls, ritual objects, and other antiques. In addition to the permanent exhibition, there are special exhibitions where visitors can see a variety of antiques, some of which are outstanding masterpieces of Buddhist art. #tripเที่ยวจีน #NaraNationalMuseum

Exceptional museum with many lovely historic items relating to Nara and to Buddhism. There are many statues, as well as ceramics and manuscripts. It's beautifully arranged, and well worth seeing in Nara-and of course Nara with its many sites is worth a visit! #GiveThanks

#Domestic Travel Strategy Nara Prefecture is located almost in the center of Japan and is a landlocked prefecture. There are many famous places such as Todaiji Temple, Kasuga Taisha Shrine, and Kofukuji Temple, as well as buildings and Buddhist statues designated as World Heritage Sites. If you are planning a trip to Nara, I hope you will read to the end and use it as a reference. 🔸Area: Nara, Takatori, Sakurai ────────────────── 🔸Time required: 2 days ───────────────── 🔸Transportation method: Rental car, walking ───────────────── This time we visited 15 spots. 🔹Day 1 ❶ 9:00 ROKUMEI COFFEE CO.NARA ↓ ↓ Rental car🚗About 30km About 1 hour 10 minutes ↓ ❷ 11:30 Tourist information center "Yumesoukan" and medicine museum ↓ ↓ 🚗About 18km About 50 minutes ↓ ❸ 13:30 Hasedera Temple/Hasedera Cafe ↓ ↓ 🚶About 500m About 8 minutes ↓ ❹ 15:30 Susanoo Shrine ↓ ↓ 🚗About 30km About 1 hour 20 minutes ↓ (Rental car return) ↓ ❺ 18:00 Sukiyaki and beef mabushi Momoshiki ↓ ↓ 🚶About 100m About 3 minutes 19:00 Iroha Grand Hotel Kintetsu Nara Station Check-in · · • • • ✤ • • • · · · · • • • ✤ • • • · · · · • • • ✤ • • • • · · ROKUMEI COFFEE CO. NARA 📍〒630-8225 31 Nishimikado-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture Yumesoukan and Medicine Museum 📍20-2 Kamitosa, Takatori-cho, Takaichi-gun, Nara Prefecture 635-0152 Hase-dera and Hasedera Cafe 📍731-1 Hatsuse, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture 633-0112 Susanoo Shrine 📍79 Hatsuse, Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture 633-0112 Sukiyaki and beef mabushi Momoshiki 📍5-1 Higashimukainaka-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture 630-8215 　　　　　　　　　　Asakawa Harvest Building 2F Iroha Grand Hotel Kintetsu Nara Ekimae 📍30-1 Konishi-cho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture 630-8226 · · • • • ✤ • • • · · · · • • • ✤ • • • · · · · • • • ✤ • • • · · 🔹Day 2 ❶ 9:00 Nara Park ↓ ↓ 🚶Approx. 500m, approx. 12 mins ↓ ❷ 9:30 Kasuga Taisha Shrine ↓ ↓ 🚶Approx. 350m, approx. 6 mins ↓ ❸ 10:30 Wakakusayama ↓ ↓ 🚶Approx. 600m, approx. 10 mins ↓ ❹ 11:30 Tamukeyama Shrine ↓ ↓ 🚶Approx. 600m, approx. 10 mins ↓ ❺ 11:50 Todaiji Temple Great Buddha Hall ↓ ↓ 🚶Approx. 700m, approx. 11 mins ↓ ❻ 13:30 Nara National Museum ↓ ↓ 🚶Approx. 1.3km, approx. 21 mins ↓ ❼ 14:40 Stroll around Naramachi ↓ ↓ 🚶Approx. 280m, 5 mins ↓ ❽ 15:30 Gangoji Temple ↓ ↓ 🚶Approx. 500m, 8 mins ↓ ❾ 16:30 Kofukuji Temple ↓ ↓ 🚶Approx. 230m, 4 mins ↓ ➓ 18:00 Dinner at cafe Oasis · · • • • ✤ • • • · · · · • • • • ✤ • • • · · · · • • • • ✤ • • • · · · Nara Park 📍76 Noboriojicho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture 630-8213 Kasuga Taisha Shrine 📍160 Kasuganocho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture 630-8212 Wakakusayama 📍630-8211 Zoshicho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture Temukayama Shrine 📍434 Zoshicho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture 630-8211 Todaiji Temple Great Buddha Hall 📍406-1 Zoshicho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture 630-8587 Nara National Museum 📍50 Noboriojicho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture 630-8213 Naramachi 📍Nakashinayacho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture 630-8333 Gangoji Temple 📍11 Nakaincho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture 630-8392 Kofukuji Temple 📍48 Noboriojicho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture 630-8213 cafe Oasis 📍1-8 Konishicho, Nara City, Nara Prefecture 630-8226 Axe unit 1F · · • • • ✤ • • • · · · · • • • ✤ • • • · · · · • • • ✤ • • • · · · • • • ✤ • • • · · #Nara #domestictravel #solotravel #templesandshrines #worldheritagesite

One-day trip to Nara, this city walk route is stunning|||I'm Xiaoyan, a traveler who quit my job to travel around the world. I originally planned to go to Kyoto to see the autumn leaves, but I was amazed by the maple leaves, deer, and temples in Nara. I couldn't help but exclaim countless times in one day: It's so beautiful and comfortable. Nara is definitely worth spending a day city walking, and this route is highly recommended: 📍Kofuku-ji Temple → Yoshikien Garden → Nara National Museum → Todai-ji Temple → Mizutani Chaya → Kasuga-taisha Shrine → Mount Wakakusa 🚶 Must-visit attractions 1️⃣ Yoshikien Garden 🎫 Free The most stunning garden on this one-day trip to Nara, with maple leaves and tea houses that look like scenes from a Japanese drama. The best part is that it's free for foreigners, and there are relatively fewer tourists. 2️⃣ Todai-ji Temple 🎫 JPY 800 One of the most historically significant temples in Japan, with a history of over 1,300 years. It's also the largest wooden structure, and seeing it in person is truly awe-inspiring. 3️⃣ Mount Wakakusa 🎫 JPY 150 Be sure to save the sunset for Mount Wakakusa, where you can feed the deer and watch the sunset. You can easily take stunning photos (be careful with your valuables and bags, as the deer might snatch them away 🥲). 4️⃣ Nara National Museum 🎫 JPY 700 Definitely worth a visit, with two massive wooden statues of Nio guardians that left a lasting impression on me. There are also other rare wooden Buddha statues that are absolutely beautiful. 5️⃣ Kofuku-ji Temple 🎫 JPY 500 A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most influential temples in Japan. The five-story pagoda is currently under renovation, but you can still admire it from the outside. 6️⃣ Kasuga-taisha Shrine 🎫 JPY 500 Take a leisurely stroll to Kasuga-taisha Shrine, where you'll encounter deer along the way. You can feed the deer while exploring. The nearby Mizutani Chaya will look even more beautiful in a week when the maple leaves turn red. 🚇 My transportation tips ➡️ Depart from Osaka in the morning, take the Kintetsu Nara Line to Kintetsu Nara Station, and start your day of city walking. ⬅️ After watching the sunset at Mount Wakakusa in the evening, walk back 300 meters to find a bus that goes directly to Kintetsu Nara Station. You can use a Suica or ICOCA card, board from the back door, and exit from the front door. After exploring, you can head to the area near Nara Subway Station, where there are plenty of delicious food options. Honestly, Nara is underrated. With deer everywhere and breathtaking maple leaves, spending just half a day in such a healing place is really not enough.

Nara National Museum is located in Nara Park and exhibits many national treasures and important cultural items. In addition, it also preserves treasures from other temples and shrines throughout Japan, so there are many valuable items here. You can see Buddha statues and paintings that you can’t normally see anywhere else, but they are displayed here only. Every year, this museum holds the “Shosoin-ten” exhibition in the fall. During the autumn foliage season, there are so many people that people line up before the museum even opens. There are also many maple trees around the museum. During the exhibition, the leaves turn red, making it even more lively. It’s fun to take pictures of the red leaves with the deer. Nara National Museum is open from 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. During the exhibition, the closing time is extended to 7:00 p.m. Admission is 520 yen for adults, 260 yen for university students (free for high school students and younger). #autumn leaves #Nara National Museum #NaraNationalMuseum #NaraDeerPark #narapark #Shosointen #NaraTravel #OsakaTravel #KansaiTravel #WinterTravel #Christmas2023