Tag: nara

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Day 214- Tōdai-ji

I am lucky enough to have just returned from a two and a half month adventure in India- see a couple of postcards here. Now, from one culture and country to another, it’s back to my year of pictures from Japan- starting with the Todai-ji temple in Nara. It nestles a quaint thirty minute train […]

nara-deer

Day 163- The deer of Nara

Nara is another of Japan’s gems! It is home to the Great Buddha; an awe-inspiring effigy, grandiosely housed within the largest wooden structure in the world (keep an eye out for future posts). Located just a skip and a jump from Kyoto it made the perfect day trip during a recent trip to see the […]