https://nhaima.org/en/tags/nara/ Recent content in Nara on nhaima Hugo en-us Tue, 26 Nov 2013 14:59:42 +0000 https://nhaima.org/en/2013/11/giappone-nara-e-il-grande-buddha/ Tue, 26 Nov 2013 14:59:42 +0000 https://nhaima.org/en/2013/11/giappone-nara-e-il-grande-buddha/ <p>During our trip to Japan, among the smaller cities we visited near Kyoto, <strong>Nara</strong> is without doubt the one I loved most. Apparently small, it reveals itself in reality as a true gem. You only need to step out of the station, cross the first large junction, and you immediately find yourself walking along a small street full of delightful shops that leads you straight to the marvellous Nara Park. The park is one of the unmissable sights of this city, and almost all the places of greatest interest are found within it — and to our great astonishment it is home to some <em>1,200 deer</em> that freely roam and interact with people! Which is why Nara is also known as the city of deer :)</p> <figure> <figure class="wp-caption"><a href="http://nhaima.org/wp-content/uploads/img_0656-a3.jpg"><img class=" wp-image-7219 " src="http://nhaima.org/wp-content/uploads/img_0656-a3-1024x682.jpg" alt="Nara" width="576" height="383" /></a> Nara</figure> <figcaption> </figcaption></figure>Thanks to a well-made map that a lady at the information centre kindly gave us, we managed to take a long walk through the park visiting the main temples and sites. One of Japan's great qualities — excellent, I would say — is that everything is always well organised. One could almost travel without a guidebook, given the large amount of information that is often readily available at every station.