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Summer Holiday in Japan 2009 – Day 3 – Nara
October 13th, 2009
Nara, named “the deer city” was the first capital of Japan and is located a few kilometers from Osaka and can be reached easily by Yamatoji line from JR Tennoji Station to Nara (42 min).
The town is small and one can visit it quietly walking along the paths through the woods.
The whole town (at least the old part, the area with the temples) is full of deer that run freely and eat biscuits that tourists can buy during their journey.
There are several temples very pleasing and the climate is extremely peaceful and quiet.
The most beautiful temple to be seen, that’s one of the things that pushed us to choose Nara as one of our destinations (besides the presence of the deer that help to create a surreal landscape) is the Todaiji temple. This temple is the largest wooden building in the world and contains the world’s largest statue of (sitting) Buddha (more information can be found in japan guide website).
Nara deserves to be chosen as a destination for an holyday Japan.
