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A full-day tour in YAMATO, Nara with Caitilin from Australia. 🌲 She finished her Yoga retreat in Hokkaido and came down all the way to...

Monthly magazines, "Narara" issue August, 2019 Special feature: "Regeneration" -water of life- I wrote a short report about my Yamato...

I just want to share some beautiful photos of the cherry blossoms I took this April. Today is the last day of "Heisei" (平成）era. The...

Happy New Year ! ☺️　I hope your life will be full of surprise and joy in the new year that’s about to begin. May You be blessed with...

December is the season for the Japanese to enjoy gathering, eating (drinking), chatting over the passed year with friends, business...

Tobihino's iconic tree (Nara Park) Ohmiwa Shrine morning steam from cypress(hinoki)bark roof Autumn view from Hasedera Temple's stage...

I have started to be a host of tours (experiences) in Nara, YAMATO, through Airbnb. https://www.airbnb.jp/experiences/206999 I am an...

Kofukuji Temple was founded at the time of the relocation of the capital to Nara in 710, and marked the 1300 -year anniversary in the...

One early autumn night of 8th of September, Todaiji Temple was re-opened at 6PM for the lucky 2,000 people chosen by a drawing for a...

Kasugano enchi (春日野園地） Kofukuji-temple, Five-story Pagoda　（興福寺・五重塔） Sarusawa pond (猿沢池） in front of the Nara prefectural government...

This is an amazingly beautiful video taken by a freelance documentary maker, Koichi Hozan. on July 30, 2018. I just cannot help sharing...

I had such a good time with Suzann from Quebec, Canada touring around Nara for 2 and half days. It started with a sudden Facebook...

Deer have been present on the Japanese archipelago since before man appeared. They are often mentioned in the Man-yo-syu Poems, the...

After the World War II, the number of deer in Nara park decreased to as low as 80. However, thanks to the great efforts of the Nara Deer...

Nara is getting increasingly popular and famous as a city with cute deer. I suppose, for many one day visitors, freely roaming deer in...

I've found one of the best online information source on Nara created by the local Nara company. So well made, and I was super impressed! ...

"TENPYO SAI " , a new annual spring festival in Nara to commemorate the Tenpyo era, or Nara period (8th century) when Nara was the...

Kasuga grand Shrine is located at the foot of Mt. Mikasa with a history of 1250 years. Walking around the Kasuga Shrine complex, along...

Well, actually, I have hundreds of pictures of sakura.... as I accumulate every year... !! #Nara

Many foreign travelers express their wish to come back to Japan during SAKURA (桜）, or cherry blossom season．However, the blooming season...