List of live cameras in Nara prefecture
Nara city
- Hachijo, Nara City / Nara City / Informatization Support Network
- Omiya-cho, Nara City / Near Aburasaka, Nara Omiya-dori / Toyo Gakuen
- Saho River (Horencho, Nara City) / Saho River (Horencho, Nara City) Live Camera / River Division, Nara Prefectural Land Management Department
- Akishino River (Akishino Town, Nara City) / Akishino River Live Camera / Nara Prefectural Land Management Department River Division
- Nara Wakakusayama (Zoshicho, Nara City) / Nara Wakakusayama Live Camera / Nara Wakakusayama Live Camera
- Haricho, Nara City / Road Station Hari Terrace Live Camera / Nara National Highway Office
- National Highway No. 25 (Haricho, Nara City) / Meihan National Highway Hari East Live Camera / Hokusei National Highway Office
- National Highway No. 25 (Haricho, Nara City) / Meihan National Highway Hari Nishi 2nd Live Camera (Ipponmatsu IC-Hari IC) / Hokusei National Highway Office
- Meihan National Highway Ipponmatsu (Haricho, Nara City) / Meihan National Highway Ipponmatsu Live Camera (Fukusumi IC-Ipponmatsu IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Meihan National Highway / National Highway No. 25 (Ogura-cho, Nara City) / Meihan National Highway Ogura Nishi 1 Live Camera / Hokusei National Highway Office
- Meihan National Highway / National Highway No. 25 (Ogura-cho, Nara City) / Meihan National Highway Ogura Nishi 1 Live Camera / Hokusei National Highway Office
- Meihan National Highway / National Highway No. 25 (Ogura-cho, Nara City) / Meihan National Highway Ogura Nishi 2 Live Camera / Hokusei National Highway Office
- Meihan National Highway / National Highway No. 25 (Ogura-cho, Nara City) / Meihan National Highway Ogura Nishi 3 Live Camera / Hokusei National Highway Office
- Meihan National Highway / National Highway No. 25 (Ogura-cho, Nara City) / Ogura Interchange North Live Camera / Hokusei National Highway Office
- Maitanicho, Nara City / Maitani Bridge Live Camera (Tenrihigashi IC-Gokadani IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Maitanicho, Nara City / Meihan National Highway Yakushibashi Live Camera (Gokadani IC-Fukusumi IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Meihan National Highway Gokadani (Maitanicho, Nara City) / Meihan National Highway Gokadani Live Camera (Tenrihigashi IC-Gokadani IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- National highway 369 (Tsugehayamacho, Nara city) / National highway 369 Tsugehayamacho live camera / Nara prefecture road regulation information
- Nara City, camera title: The Four Seasons of the World Heritage, “Nara,” address: Hachijo, Nara City, Nara, 630-8145, site title: Information Technology Support Network
- Nara Omiya-dori, Nara City, camera title: Nara Omiya-dori Live Camera (near Aburazaka), address: Nagaodani High School Nara School, 1-115-1 Omiya-cho, Nara-shi, Nara-ken 630-8115, site title: Toyo Gakuen School Corporation
Yamatokoriyama City
Yoshino-gun
- Kinpusenji Temple (Yoshino-cho, Yoshino-gun) / Zao-do & Gomadan live broadcast / Kinpusenji, the head temple of Kinpusenji
- Yoshino Town Kamiichi Bridge / Yoshino District Yoshino Town Kamiichi Bridge Live Camera / Komadori Cable Co., Ltd.
- Kamiichi, Yoshino Town / Kinokawa River Live Camera / Nara Prefectural Land Management Department River Division
- Tenkawa-mura, Yoshino-gun / Around Chaya Intake / Around Teahouse
- Totsukawa-mura, Yoshino-gun / Tanize Suspension Bridge, Uenoji district road condition, in front of Totsukawa-mura government office, Shimoichi-cho, Yoshino-gun / Shimoichi nature camera (Yoshinogawa, Akinogawa, Hirohashi Umebayashi, Tanyugawa) / Shimoichi-cho government office
- Totsukawa-mura, Yoshino-gun / Kuridaira River Sabo Dam Live Camera / Kii Mountain Sabo Office
- Kuridaira River (Totsukawa Village, Yoshino District) / Kuridaira River Wire Sensor Live Camera / Kii Mountain Sabo Office
- Shimoichi, Yoshino-gun / Shimoichi Nature Camera (Yoshino / Akinogawa / Hirohashi Umebayashi / Nyukawa) / Shimoichi City Hall
- Unkai Scenic Area (Nosegawa Village, Yoshino District) / Nosegawa Village Unkai Scenic Area Live Camera / Nosegawa Village
- Kawahara Hikawa (Nosegawa Village, Yoshino District) / Kawahara Hikawa Minshuku Kawarabiso Live Camera / Nosegawa Village
- Kawakami Village, Yoshino District / Akitsunoono Park Live Camera / Kawakami Village
- Otaki Dam (Kawakami Village, Yoshino District) / Otaki Dam Upstream Live Camera / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Otaki Dam (Kawakami Village, Yoshino District) / Otaki Dam Downstream Live Camera / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Otaki Dam (Kawakami Village, Yoshino District) / Live camera directly under Otaki Dam / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- National Route 166 (Higashiyoshino Village, Yoshino District) / National Route 166 Sugitani Live Camera / Nara Prefectural Office Road Management Division
- National Route 166 (Higashiyoshino Village, Yoshino District) / National Route 166 Kizu Live Camera / Nara Prefectural Office Road Management Division
- National highway No. 166 (Higashiyoshino-mura, Yoshino-gun) / National highway No. 166 Washika live camera / Nara Prefectural Office Road Management Division
- Yoshino-cho, Yoshino-gun / Live camera of Yoshino cherry blossoms and townscape seen from Mt. Yoshino / Internet Nature Research Institute
- Shimokitayama Village, Yoshino District / Kamiikehara / Uramukai Live Camera / Shimokitayama Village Office
- Shimokitayama Village, Yoshino District / Uramukai Live Camera / Komadori Cable Co., Ltd.
- Ueikehara, Shimokitayama-mura, Yoshino-gun / Ueikehara, Shimokitayama-mura Live Camera / Komadori Cable Co., Ltd.
- Kamikitayama Village, Yoshino District / Kamikitayama Village Kawai (near the government office) Live Camera / Komadori Cable Co., Ltd.
- Kamikitayama Village, Yoshino District / Takigawaji Live Camera / Komadori Cable Co., Ltd.
- Kinokawa Shimobuchi / Kinokawa Oyodo Town Shimobuchi Live Camera / Nara Prefectural Land Management Department River Division
- Yoshino River (Yoshino Town, Yoshino District) / Yoshino River Miyataki Live Camera / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Kumano River (Tenkawa Village, Yoshino District) / Kumano River Shionobashi Live Camera / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Kinpusen-ji Temple, Yoshino-gun, address: Kinpusen-ji Temple, 2498 Yoshinoyama, Yoshino-cho, Yoshino-gun, Nara-ken 639-3115, camera title: Zaodoh and Gomadan Live Camera
- Tenkawa-mura, Yoshino-gun, camera title: Field Water Intake, Gorogoro Teahouse, address: Gorogoro Teahouse, Dokawa, Oaza, Tenkawa-mura, Yoshino-gun, Nara, site title: Gorogoro Chaya
- Totsukawa-mura, Yoshino-gun, address: Totsukawa-mura, Yoshino-gun, Nara, site title: Totsukawa Village Official Website, camera titles: “Totsukawa Village Live Camera,” five cameras, click the Japanese links or the cameras in the map, the pink: Tentsuji Pass, the yellow: The Suspension Bridge Tanise, the red: The Road Condition of Uenoji District, the green: The Village Office, the blue: The Road Condition of Nanairo District
Takaichi District
- Takatori-cho, Takaichi-gun / Machiya Gallery Kagayaki Live Camera / Machiya Gallery Kagayaki
Ikoma District
- Yamato River (Ikaruga-cho, Ikoma-gun) / Yamato River JR 1st Yamato River Bridge Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River disaster prevention information
- Tomio River (Takayasunishi, Ikaruga Town) / Tomio River Takayasunishi Live Camera / River Division, Soil Management Department, Nara Prefecture
- Yamato River (Ando Town, Ikoma District) / Yamato River Terakawa Confluence Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River Disaster Prevention Information
Ikoma City
- Tatsuta River (Ichibu-cho, Ikoma City) / Tatsuta River Ichibu Live Camera / Nara Prefectural Land Management Department River Division
Kashiba City Kawaraguchi
- Katsuge River (Kashiba City Kawaraguchi) / Katsuge River Kawaraguchi Live Camera / Nara Prefectural Land Management Department River Division
- Kashiba SA (Imaizumi, Kashiba City) / Nishi Meihan Expressway Kashiba Service Area Uphill Live Camera / NEXCO West Japan
- Kashiba SA (Kaminaka, Kashiba City) / Nishi Meihan Expressway Kashiba Service Area Downhill Live Camera / NEXCO West Japan
Kitakatsuragi-gun
- Oji Town, Nara Prefecture / JR Yamatoji Line / Sankyudo
- Yamato River (Motomachi, Oji-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun) / Motomachi, Oji-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun Live camera / River Information Center, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
- Yamato River (Oji Town, Kitakatsuragi District) / Yamato River Fujii Downstream Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River Disaster Prevention Information
- Yamato River (Motomachi, Oji Town) / Yamato River Fujii Water Level Observatory Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River Disaster Prevention Information
- Yamato River (Motomachi, Oji Town) / Yamato River Katsuge River Confluence Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River Disaster Prevention Information
- Soga River (Koryo-cho, Kitakatsuragi-gun) / Soga River Kayano Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River Information Center
- Yamato River (Kawai Town, Kitakatsuragi District) / Yamato River Shin Miyuki Bridge Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River Information Center
- Yamato River (Kawai Town, Kitakatsuragi District) / Yamato River Tomio River Confluence Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River Disaster Prevention Information
- Nishi Meihan Expressway (Kawai Town Nishinagura ) / Nishi Meihan Expressway Horyuji / Koriyama Interchange Live Camera / NEXCO West Nippon Expressway Traffic Information
- JR Yamato Line, Oji-cho, address: Oji-cho, Kita Katsuragi-gun, Nara, site title: Thank You Dou, camera title: Oji-cho, Nara, Live Camera, Click the first photo image in the left side of the site.
Yamabe District
- Yamazoe-mura, Yamabe-gun / Nara Kaminoyama Sky View Starry Sky Live Camera Nara Ikomayama Live Camera / Starry Sky Observation
- Yamazoe-mura, Yamabe-gun / Starry sky astronomical telescope live camera / USTREAM
- Mt. Kamino and Mt. Ikoma, address: Yamazoe-mura, Yamabe-gun, Nara site title: Starry Sky Observation camera titles, from the top, (1) Mt. Kamino Sky View, Nara, (2) Mt. Ikoma, Nara
Shiki-gun
- Yamato River (Kawanishi-cho, Shiki-gun) / Yamato River Taikobashi Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River Information Center
- Soga River (Kawanishi-cho, Shiki-gun) / Soga River Yasuda Downstream Live Camera / Yamato River Office
- Kawanishicho Shimonaga / Keinawa Expressway Shimonaga Live Camera (Koriyama Minami IC-Kashihara Kita IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Miyake-cho, Shiki -gun / Soga River Oba Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River Information Center
- Soga River (Tajima, Miyake Town) / Soga River Tajima Live Camera / Nara Prefectural Land Management Department River Division
- Keinawa Expressway (Miyake-cho Mikawa) / Keinawa Expressway Mikawa Minami Live Camera (Koriyama Minami IC-Kashihara Kita IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Terakawa (Tawaramoto-cho, Shiki -gun) / Hatanosho Terakawa Live Camera / River Division, Nara Prefectural Land Management Department
- Keinawa Expressway (Tawaramoto Town, Shiki District) / Keinawa Expressway Yabe Minami Live Camera (Koriyama Minami IC-Kashihara Kita IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Keinawa Expressway (Tawaramoto Town, Shiki District) / Keinawa Expressway Miyako Live Camera (Koriyama Minami IC-Kashihara Kita IC) / Nara National Highway Office
Tenri City
- Yamato River (Oji-cho, Tenri City) / Yamato River Oji Live Camera / Nara Prefectural Land Management Department River Division
- Minamirokujocho, Tenri City / Keinawa Expressway Minamirokujo Live Camera (Koriyama Shimotsudo JCT-Koriyama Minami IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Fukusumicho, Tenri City / Meihan National Highway Fukusumi Nishi 2nd Live Camera (Gokadani IC-Fukusumi IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Tenri City Nikaido Minami Sugada Town / Keinawa Expressway Minami Sugada Live Camera (Koriyama Minami IC-Kashihara Kita IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Iwaya-cho, Tenri-shi / Meihan National Highway Iwaya Live Camera (Tenri IC-Tenrihigashi IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Ishigami-cho, Tenri-shi / Meihan National Highway Tenrihigashi Live Camera (Tenri IC-Tenrihigashi IC) / Nara National Highway Office
Kashihara City
- Kannonji-cho, Kashihara City / Keinawa Expressway Kannonji South Live Camera (Kashihara Takada IC-Gose IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Higashibojocho, Kashihara City / Keinawa Expressway Higashibojo Minami Live Camera (Kashihara Takada IC-Gose IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Kashihara City Inbecho / Billiard King Spot Live Camera / Billiard King Spot
- Katsuragi River (Magarikawa-cho, Kashihara City) / Katsuragi River Magarikawa Live Camera / River Division, Nara Prefectural Land Management Department
- Asuka River (Minamiyagicho, Kashihara City) / Asuka River Imai Live Camera / River Division, Nara Prefectural Land Management Department
Gojo City
- Gojo City / Various parts of the city (Uchi Elementary School, Machinami Traditional Museum, Kanasei no Sato History and Folklore Museum, Fureai Exchange Center) / Gojo City Hall
- Gojo City / Sarutani Dam Live Camera (Shionobashi / Sakamoto / Kodaishita / Nakahara Bridge / Sarutani Dam Upstream / Sarutani Dam Downstream / Sarutani / Tsujido 1 / Ui / Fureai Exchange Center / Shiramon) / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Gojo City Gojo / Uchigawa Gojo Central Park Live Camera / Wakayama River National Highway Office
- Gojo City Noharanishi / Kinokawa Noharanishi Live Camera / Wakayama River National Highway Office
- Gojo City Gojo / Kinokawa Gojo Live Camera / Wakayama River National Highway Office
- Shinmachi, Gojo City / Kinokawa Shinmachi Live Camera / Wakayama River National Highway Office
- Sakamoto, Otocho, Gojo City / Sarutani Dam Sakamoto Live Camera / Wakayama River National Highway Office
- Nakahara, Otocho, Gojo City / Sarutani Dam Nakahara Bridge Live Camera / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Kodaishita, Otocho, Gojo City / Sarutani Dam Kodaishita Live Camera / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Sarutani Dam (Tsujido, Otocho, Gojo City) / Sarutani Dam Upstream Live Camera / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Sarutani Dam (Tsujido, Otocho, Gojo City) / Sarutani Dam Downstream Live Camera / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Kumano River (Tsujido, Otocho, Gojo City) / Kumano River Sarutani Live Camera / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Kumano River (Otocho, Gojo City) / Kumano River Ui Live Camera / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Otocho, Gojo City / Kumano River Fureai Exchange Center Live Camera / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Kumano River (Ui, Otocho, Gojo City) / Kumano River Castle Gate Live Camera / Kinokawa Dam Integrated Management Office
- Nyukawa (Kido, Nishiyoshino-cho, Gojo City) / Nyukawa Kido Live Camera / Nara Prefectural Land Management Department River Division
- Kamanokubo-cho, Gojo City / Keinawa Expressway West Yoseki Live Camera (Gojo IC-Gojo Nishi IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Kamanokubocho, Gojo City / Keinawa Expressway Gojo Main Line Live Camera (Gojo Nishi IC-Hashimoto Higashi IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Kamanokubocho, Gojo City / Keinawa Expressway Gojo Nishi Main Line Live Camera (Gojo IC-Gojo Nishi IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Hatakeda-cho, Gojo-shi, Nara / Keinawa Expressway Hatakeda mine entrance west live camera (Gojo-nishi IC-Hashimoto-higashi IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Idencho, Gojo City, Nara Prefecture / Kyo Nawa Expressway Gojo Kita Main Line Live Camera (Gojo Kita IC-Gojo IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Otocho, Gojo City / National Route 168 Otocho Tentsuji Live Camera / Nara Prefectural Office Road Management Division
- Okamachi, Gojo City / Keinawa Expressway Okamachi West Live Camera / Nara National Highway Office
- Gojo City, camera titles, six cameras, from the left, (1) Uchi Elementary School, (2) Machinami Denshokan (The Hall of Town Tradition), (3) Anoh no Sato, Historical and Ethnographic Museum, (4) Friendship Exchange Center, site title: Gojo City’s Official Website
Sakurai City
- Abe Monjuin (Abe, Sakurai City) / Video of Sakurai City / Abe Monjuin
- Sakurai City Awahara / National Route 166 Awahara Live Camera / Nara Prefecture Road Regulation Information
- Abe Monjuin, Sakurai City, address: Abemonjuin, 645 Abe, Sakurai-shi, Nara-ken 633-0054, site title: Abe Monjuin, camera title: The View of Sakurai City
Uda City
- Uda River (Murono, Uda City) / Murouono Live Camera, Uda River / River Information Center, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
- Uda River (Murosanbonmatsu, Uda City) / Uda River Sambommatsu Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River disaster prevention information
- Uda River (Haibarahagihara, Uda City) / Uda River Hagiwara Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River disaster prevention information
- Uda River (Haibara Murou, Uda City) / National Route 369 Ikutaguchi Motokami Uedaguchi Live Camera / Nara Prefecture Road Regulation Information
- National highway No. 165 (Muro, Uda City) / National highway No. 165, Mitsumotomatsu live camera / Nara Prefectural Office Road Conservation Division
Uda District
- Soni Kogen (Soni Village, Uda District) / Soni Kogen Live Camera / Soni Village Office
- National Route 369 (Soni Village) / National Route 369 Soni Village Live Camera / Nara Prefectural Office Road Conservation Division
Minamikawachi District
- Mt. Katsuragi (Kujira, Gose City, Kawachi-gun) / Katsuragi Kogen Lodge Katsuragi Mountain Summit 1st Live Camera / Katsuragi Kogen Lodge
- Katsuragiyama (Kujira, Gose City, Kawachi-gun) / Katsuragi Kogen Lodge Katsuragi Mountain Summit 2nd Live Camera / Katsuragi Kogen Lodge
- Kamogami, Gose City / National Highway No. 24 Kaze no Morikita Live Camera / Nara National Highway Office
- Gose City Tamade / Keinawa Expressway Tamade Live Camera (Gose IC-Gose Minami IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Gose City Saragi / Keinawa Expressway Saragi Live Camera / Nara National Highway Office
Yamazoe Village
- Nabari River (Yamazoe Village Hirose) / Nabari River Hirose Bridge Live Camera / Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism River Information Center
Shimoichi Town
- Yoshino River, Akino River, etc., Shimoichi Town, address: Shimoichi-cho, Yoshino-gun, Nara, site title: TOWN SHIMOICHI, camera titles: Shimoichi Nature Camera four cameras, from the top, (1) Yoshino River, (2) Akino River, (3) Plum Grove Hirohashi, (4) Nyu River
All over the prefecture
- Yamato River / Yamatokoriyama City, Kawanishi Town, Sango Town / Yamato River Office, Kinki Regional Development Bureau, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
- Prefectural National Highway / Meihan National Highway / Keinawa Expressway Live Camera Video / Nara National Highway Office
- Meihan National Highway / Keinawa Expressway / Meihan National Highway (Tenri IC-Satsukibashi IC), Keinawa Expressway (Hashimoto Higashi IC-Koriyama Minami IC) / Nara National Highway Office
- Prefectural Road / Keinawa Expressway, National Route 165, National Route 166, National Route 168 / Nara Prefectural Road Regulation Information
- [End of service] Nara prefecture / “Nara live camera information” Abeno Harukas 58F / 37F, Nara City Kintetsu Nara Station, Nara Prefectural Medical University Hospital, Oyodo Town Hall, Nakayoshino Wide Area Fire Association Fire Department, Tanize Suspension Bridge, Totsukawa Murakami Noji, Totsukawa Village Office, Nara District / KCN (Kintetsu Cable Network)
- Meihan Expressway and Keinawa Expressway, address: Nara, site title: Nara National Highway Office, dozens of cameras in the site, click the road photo image links from the left side menu, the links of the cameras, of the site.
- 【end of service】All Over Nara Prefecture, camera titles and address: (A) “HARUKAS 58F”, (B) “HARUKAS 37F”, (1) “Kintetsu Nara Station”, Higashimukinaka-machi, Nara City, Nara, (2) Nara Medical University Hospital, 840 Shijo-cho, Kakihara-shi, Nara 634-8521, (3) “Oyodo Town Office, ” Higaimoto, Oyodo-cho, Yoshino-gun, Nara, (4) Nakayoshino Fire Department, Tsuchida,, Oyodo-cho, Yoshino-gun, Nara, “The Intersection of National Highway No.169 and No.370, Tsuchida Intersection,” (5) “The Suspension Bridge Tanize,” Tanize, Totsugawa-mura, Yoshino-gun, Nara, (6) “National Highway No.168,” Uenoji, Totsugawa-mura,Yoshino-gun, Nara, (7) “Totsugawa Village Office,” Ohara, Totsugawa-mura, Yoshino-gun, Nara, (8) “Nanairo District,” Nanairo, Totsugawa-mura, Yoshino-gun, Nara, site title: KCN Live Camera Spots
- Mt. Wakakusa, camera title: Nara Wakakusa-yama LiveCam, site title: Nara Mt. Wakakusa Live Camera
- Mt. Kongo, Minami Kawachi-gun, address: Chihaya Akasaka-mura, Minami Kawachi-gun, Nara, site title: Kongozan (Mt. Kongo) camera title: Kongozan Live Camera
Nara Prefecture Tourism Information
The prefectural capital of Nara is Nara City. The prefectural population is about 1.4 million people and the population of Nara City is about 360,000 people. Nara Basin of northwest province is about only 8% of the prefectural land, it is the dense region where about 90% of the population lives. The south of the Yoshino River is called Yoshino southern mountains, and it is famous as much forest, Yoshino cedar locality.
Once referred to as the “Yamato Province”, and it is the land that Yamato Court originated. Fujiwara-kyo (Fujiwara Capital) in Kashihara city and Heijo-kyo (Heijo Capital) in Nara city were the former centers of politics . There are many cultural assets such as temples and shrines, and Nara is the prefecture with the most National Treasure buildings in Japan such as Todai-ji Temple, Kasuga Shrine and Toshodai-ji Temple.
In addition, “Buddhist Monuments in the Horyu-ji Area”, “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara” and “Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range” have been registered as world cultural heritages. It is famous in the world as an ancient city along with Kyoto, in 2010 it was visited by tourists of about 44 million people.
The prefectural specialties are strawberries, watermelon, persimmon, tea, Narazuke, goldfish and Yoshino cedar. The local cuisines include “Kakinoha-zushi (persimmon leaves sushi)”, pressed sushi rice with fillets of fish wrapped in persimmon leaves, and “Miwa Somen“, purified noodles of stretched thin flour by hand total.
“Todai-ji Temple” in Nara city is the temple that was built by Emperor Shomu in the 8th century first half, and Todaiji Rushana-butsuzou, which is called the Great Buddha of Nara in general, is famous. The height of the Great Buddha is about 15m, width about 20m, the size of the face is also more than 5m, and it was burned twice, the current Buddha Statue is the statue that was revived in the Edo era.
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