Nara Day Trip from Osaka: Deer Park & Great Buddha
Osaka, Japan
About This Activity
Nara is 35 minutes from Osaka Namba on the Kintetsu Nara Line (¥680) — Japan's most efficient day trip. In Nara Park, 1,200 free-roaming shika deer bow to receive rice crackers (shika senbei, ¥250 per bundle) sold by vendors near the park gate. Continue to Todai-ji — the world's largest wooden structure — to stand beneath the 15-meter Great Buddha (Daibutsu; ¥600 entry). Add Kasuga Grand Shrine's forest of 3,000 stone and bronze lanterns and Nishiki-oji shopping street for Nara crafts.
Seasonal note: Cherry blossoms and autumn foliage; deer antler cutting Oct
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