Category: Nara Park

Ordinary Life Don’t worry! The deer are being well fed, even without tourists here to feed them “SHIKA-SENBEI”.

As the site of Kasuga-taisha Shrine, Mt. Kasuga is a sacred mountain, and as such the felling of trees from its forests has been forbidden for over 1,000 years. Mt. Kasuga Primeval Forest was classified as a World Heritage site in 1998. You can enjoy a peaceful walk through the forest, starting from just beyond the path to Kasuga-taisha Shrine....

The night view from the top of Wakakusayama hill is a gorgeous treat!! In summer, a special bus runs every Friday, Saturday and Sunday. (This year, from July 13th to September 30th)   It departs from JR Nara station east exit, No.4 bus stop, at 7:30 pm, and then from Kintetsu Nara station, No. 20 bus stop, at 7:35 pm....

Today’s temperature is 33 degrees ! When exploring Nara Park in this heat, you need to take a rest somewhere. How about Okumura Commemorative Museum? Anyone can take a break here for free. Okumura Corporation began in the city of Nara. They built this place to commemorate the company’s centenary. You can rest here and look at the company’s history...

Now that the cherry blossom has gone, the Wisteria is blooming. Kasuga-taisha Shrine has a famous Wisteria tree, “Sunazuri-no-Fuji”. “Sunazuri” means “touching the ground”, and its blossoms hang down 1m. Remarkably, it’s about 800 years old and still blooms every year! It contrasts beautifully with the vermilion-coloured shrine. Since the temperature has been unusually high recently, it’s blooming 10 days earlier...

These past few days, it’s been unusually cold. We have a phenomenon known as “San-Kan-Shi-On”「三寒四温」in Japan. It’s a cycle of 3 cold days followed by 4 warm days just before Spring. As a result, the cherry blossoms in Nara Park are still waiting to appear… From Sunday, the weather will be warm and fine, so the cherry blossoms will soon be...

Plum blossoms are blooming at Kataoka Bairin (Plum Grove) in Nara Park.