Private Transfer : Nara World Heritage 1-Day Tour ( Vehicle hire for small groups use)

Activity Osaka , Japan Published on: 01-07-2016

Opening hours	08:00 AM - 06:00 PM
Good for travellers	First-time visit
Tour type	Private
Transportation	Car Rental
Meeting point	Customer hotel
Focus on	Highlight of the city
Category	Activity Transfers Sightseeing
Price range	49.00 - 885.00 USD

Private Transfer : Nara World Heritage 1-Day Tour ( Vehicle hire for small groups use) is good for

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Nara city was Japan's first permanent capital (710-784), was then called "Heijo". Nara city lies in the north end of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering itself to Kyoto Prefecture in its north side, is a part of the Kansai region of Japan. Nara is also the birthplace of Japanese Buddhism, proclaimed by Prince Shotoku (A.D. 574–621), a great statesman and a devout Buddhist, at which time he declared Buddhism as the official religion. Prince Shotoku believed that only with Buddhist teachings could he make Japan a unified and culturally refined country. Prince Shotoku stressed that everyone should faithfully revere the Three Treasures (the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha) as the supreme and unmistakable guidance. Prince Shotoku also ordered the government to build many Buddhist temples among which the most famous is Horyu-ji temple, the world’s oldest wooden structure now standing near the former capital of Nara. We can see that in the beginning the introduction of Buddhism to Japan was highly motivated by political and cultural reasons. This influence and political ambitions of the city's powerful Buddhist monasteries grew which became a serious threat to the government, the capital was moved to Nagaoka in 784. Due to its past as the first permanent capital, it remains full of historic treasures, including some of Japan's oldest and largest temples. Eight temples, shrines and ruins in Nara, specifically Tōdai-ji, Saidai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Kasuga Shrine, Gangō-ji, Yakushi-ji, Tōshōdai-ji, and the Heijō Palace remains, together with Kasugayama Primeval Forest, collectively form "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara", a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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Why Private Transfer : Nara World Heritage 1-Day Tour ( Vehicle hire for small groups use) is special ?

Todaiji Temple
Nara Park
Kasuga Taisha
Kofukuji Temple
Wakakusayama
Horyuji Temple
Yakushi Temple
Toshodaiji Temple
Heijo Palace

What to explore at Private Transfer : Nara World Heritage 1-Day Tour ( Vehicle hire for small groups use)?

Pick up at your hotel

Bus Todaiji Temple bus Nara Deer Park bus Kasuga Taisha
Bus Heijo Palace remains bus Kofukuji Temple bus Horyuji Temple bus Yakushiji Temple bus Toshodaiji Temple
Bus Return back to your hotel.

Todaiji Temple

Its Great Buddha Hall (Daibutsuden), the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese simply as Daibutsu. The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism.

Nara Park

Nara Park is a public park located at the foot of Mount Wakakusa, has many wild Sika deers, regarded as messengers of the gods in the Shinto religion, roam the grounds freely.

Kasuga Taisha

Nara's most celebrated Shinto shrine, is the shrine of the Fujiwara family. The interior is famous for its many bronze lanterns, as well as the many stone lanterns that lead up the shrine.

Kofukuji Temple

A family temple of the Fujiwara Clan, is a Buddhist temple in the city of Nara. The temple is the national headquarters of the Hossō school and is one of the eight Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Wakakusayama

Wakakusa-yama, also known as Mount Mikasa, is a grass covered mountain behind Nara Park.

Horyuji Temple

The world's oldest wooden buildings. the world’s oldest wooden structure now standing near the former capital of Nara.

Yakushi Temple

Yakushi is one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan, located in Nara. The main object of veneration, Yakushi Nyorai, also named "The Medicine Buddha", was one of first Buddhist Deities to arrive in Japan from China in 680, and gives the temple its name.

Toshodaiji Temple

Toshodaiji Temple is a Buddhist temple of the Ritsu sect in the city of Nara. The Classic Golden Hall, also known as the kondō, has a single story, hipped tiled roof with a seven bay wide facade. It is considered the archetype of "classical style." It was founded by a Chinese Buddhist monk named Jianzhen during the Nara period in the year 759.

Heijo Palace

Heijo Palace is the former site of Nara's Imperial Palace. The remains of the palace, and the surrounding area, was established as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1998 along with a number of other buildings and area, as the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara."

Addtional information

Admission fees and activities

Admission fees to attractions are not included.

Remarks

- This price is per person

- This is a customized tour as such you can arrange the tour according to your requirements.

- We will use our model itinerary in the above if you do not have your own itinerary. If using your own itinerary, it is subject to verification of its feasiblity.