

WINTER ILUMINATION IN NARA
Parks or streets decorated with colorful lights is a culture widespread throughout Japan. Most of them are about Christmas, but it does't...


NARA SMALL SHRINES: NORTH OF SANJO-DORI (1)
One of the characteristics facts of suprising many foreigner tourist in Japan is non-exclusivist concept of religion, exemplified by the...


OSAMU TEZUKA IN THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY OF NARA
And again we return to the Imperial Palace. Because it is here where there is the History Museum of Nara, just next to Suzakumon Gate....


OTATEYAMA FESTIVAL
I mentioned several times how much Japanese people like festivals. There are thousands of them scattered throughout the different regions...


ML FOOTBALL CLUB
Once a month, if that day we are not very busy in the hostel, we playe a football match with Kosuke's friends. It depends on how many...


BEAUTIFUL WOMEN AND SAMURAI IN NARA PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF ART
SHOHAKU, SHOEN...THE BRIGHTNESS OF JAPANESE ART. PICTURES OF BEAUTIFUL WOMEN, PICTURES OF WARRIORS, SWORDS AND MASTERPIECES OF MODERN...


FIRE IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NARA: WAKAKUSA YAMAYAKI FESTIVAL
Mount Wakakusa, which rises on the eastern border of Nara Park, was originally a volcano, interesting reference, since the fourth...


SAKE FESTIVAL IN DAIANJI TEMPLE
Daianji temple is a little away from the main tourist route of Nara, which is not part of the usual recommendations ... except for two...


KITAMACHI
As the name implies (City North), Kitamachi is north of central Nara, a few meters from Kintetsu Nara Station. While Naramachi is an area...


NARAMACHI
Naramachi, which literally means "City of Nara" is one of the quintessential tourist spots of Nara and its most famous neighborhood. A...