Activities Mount Yoshino Sakura Festival 2027 Late Mar - Mid Apr Nara's Mount Yoshino is often regarded as one of the country's top sakura spots. An annual festival and illumination event..
Activities Plum Blossoms at Tsukigase Plum Grove 2027 Mid Feb - Late Mar One of Nara's best plum blossom spots is the Tsukigase Plum Grove, where over 10,000 plum trees burst into bloom in shades of..
Activities Hydrangea Season at Yatadera Temple 2026 May 31st - Jun 30th From June 1st until July 10th each year, Nara's Yatadera Temple opens its hydrangea garden for the public to enjoy. The hydrangeas..
Camping & Trekking Hiking the Yagyu Kaido Bryan Baier Hiking the Yagyu Kaido a Samurai Road in a Primeval Forest
11 Outdoors Sakura of Mount Yoshino in Nara Stephanie Marley Mount Yoshino has been known for its blossoms and tradition of mountain worship (shugendo) since antiquity. Shrines, sweeping sakura,..
Activities Kasuga Grand Shrine, Nara Paul Hackshaw Kasuga Taisha (Kasuga Grand Shrine) is one of the oldest and most famous Japanese shrines in the central Nara area