The temples of Nara Ancient Japan at its finest: bronze Buddhas, towering pagodas, sacred (and tame) deer. Author. Jim Eliason. Publish Date. May 20, 2013. Tōdai-ji's main gate.

Nara is a city located in the Kansai region of Japan, near Kyoto and Osaka. It was the first permanent capital of Japan, established in 710 AD, and is known for its rich cultural heritage, ancient ...

Soar over the historic city of Nara, Japan, in this breathtaking aerial journey. This stunning drone footage offers a unique perspective of Nara’s ancient temples, peaceful deer parks, and vibrant ...

A 17-year-old Canadian national used his fingernail to etch the name "Julian" into a wooden pillar supporting the roof of the Toshodaiji Kondo temple built in 759 AD in the city of Nara, Japan.

Nara Japan offers beauty, history and deer encounters, and is especially gorgeous during cherry blossom season.

Nara is known for its cultural and natural heritage sites as ancient Japan’s first permanent capital before it was moved to Kyoto and Tokyo, and where some 1,300 free-roaming deer are regarded ...

THE ancient city of Nara has lived in the shadow of its neighbor, Kyoto, for centuries. So this year, as Nara marks the 1,300th anniversary of its ascension as Japan’s imperial capital, the city ...

If you think of Japan as a land of bullet trains and J-pop in Shinjuku storefronts, come to Nara—a city filled with rolling hills, ancient temples, and 1,200 entitled Bambis roaming its old streets.

An eighth century temple in Japan has been vandalized by a Canadian teen tourist, according to local police. The monument in question is the Toshodaiji Temple, located in the city of Nara, which ...

Managing director of the Nara Visitors Bureau, Yasuhiro Nakanishi. The deer in Nara. Todaiji Temple. Chief Priest Koshin Ohara standing in front of the Shoryakuji temple. Nara, the ancient capital of ...

NARA -- A fragment of an ancient bronze bell was unearthed from the former grounds of Asuka Temple in Asuka, Nara Prefecture, western Japan, it was re ...

ara, the ancient capital of Japan and the birthplace of Japanese culture and civilisation, is set to blossom as ‘the radiance of flowers in bloom’ as described in the ancient Manyoshu poems. Nara as ...