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Nara is kooky and mind boggling. Those deer are nuts. The bus that does the loop of town, makes life super easy. Heaps of great restaurants. Shopping looks good too. Very touristy....but where isn't these days. Some of the Guesthouses tucked away in the narrow streets are so old and beautiful. Charm for Africa. Maybe stay away from the massive crowds though...and the souvenir pushers are a bit extreme.
I know most people do day trip to Nara but I'm glad I got there the evening, stayed the night so I can check the temples and the deer crowd at night, wake super early to visit the temples before the crowd come and still have ample time to feed the adorable deer.
Turned out the day I visited was a national all holiday "respect the elderly day", so it was busy but the great hall could cope and the park is big enough. Plus there's what are a designated a national treasury - the deer. They really are not afraid of humans and will go through your pockets looking for deer crackers -simple priceless. Liked the place so much I am revisiting it later to do it justice and feed thee deer again and again.
Deer park was nice, but watch out for deer poop. Temples were nice to see, but close very early. Not a lot to do for night life so after 5 pm, there isn't much to do. Most temples only have Japanese pamphlet. A lot of places were closed for renovation, which I did not like.
If you like culture, temples, nature and of course lovely deers then you should definitely visit Nara. It's a great place full of lovely helpful people and nice views. Climb the mountain and the view will take your breath away. Also be sure to visit Nigatsudo Hall at nightfall. It's magical.
Nara park has all the main town attractions, enjoy the scenery and the deers wandering around. Please avoid giving anything else other than the deer cookies available, and hide your lose plastic bags, they will take it and try to eat it!
“The dinner we had here was exceptional - so many courses of beautifully served Japanese food, and the English menu explanations were appreciated. Staff were lovely and spoke decent English. The hotel has a view over Nara and we arrived to watch sunset (if you arrive before I'd recommend visiting the lounge area at this time to see). The room was a good size.”
“Everything! This lovely ryokan is convenient to everything in the amazing town of Nara. It's a small ryokan with two rooms. Nothing was too much trouble for Mrs Noriko, who spoilt us with an amazing Japanese breakfast on our first day. The room was lovely, with a view over the garden, a refreshing change from big hotels.”
“This was the overall best hotel we stayed at while holidaying in Japan. The location was great ,very close to the train station and the shopping malls and not too far to walk to the deer park and incredible temples of Nara.One of the best things about this hotel stay was the complimentry breakfast it had great food for both western and Japanese people.The staff were helpful, wifi excellent and we even hired a PC .”
“The location is very nice, it's a 2 min walk to Kintetsu Nara Station and 10 min walk to Nara park. The staff speak English and were super helpful. They locked the hotel main entrance but they showed us how to get out since we planned an early jog the next morning. Japanese and Western breakfast for your option. There is a hot spring public bath located on the 2nd floor, which is very clean and nice. They also give you instructions of how to take a bath in there. Wish I could rate 15!”
“1) Location- It's easy to access to the Kintetsu Nara station and JR Nara station, too. We could go to Dodaiji, Osaka and even to Limousin bus stop for Kansai airport. 2) Room- Our room was Japanese style, tatami. But we felt warm and comfortable. In kyoto hotel, it was very cold two days before. 3) Public Bath- Free and guality 4) Small but impressive kindness- Umbrella. After check out, the manager followed us to the front door and he gave us two umbrellas. I keep them till now. Thank you.”
