Travel well in Osaka, Koyasan and Nara with our ultimate Japan travel guide! We spent a few incredible days exploring Japan’s Kansai region, unearthing some of the very best things to see, do and eat.

The sacred deer of Nara Park, Japan, are facing a serious threat due to plastic waste left behind by tourists. The park’s 1,300 sacred sika deer, revered for centuries, are creasingly suffering ...

Load Map What is the travel distance between Nara, Japan and Tokyo, Japan? How many miles is it from Tokyo to Nara. 230 miles / 370.15 km is the flight distance between these two places. Use the ...

Cloudy with a high of 62 °F (16.7 °C). Winds WNW. Night - Cloudy. Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph). The overnight low will be 43 °F (6.1 °C). Mostly cloudy today with a high of 62 ...

NARA -- Large torches were ignited March 12 during the annual "Shuni-e" two-week training of Buddhist priests at Todaiji temple's Nigatsu-do hall here. When the approximately 8-meter-long ...

She recalled her conversation with Nara about working with clay, which began after the Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami happened on March 11, 2011, the worst earthquake recorded in Japan’s history.

Ofunato, Iwate Pref., March 2 (Jiji Press)--The forest fire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, northeastern Japan, spread to about 1,800 hectares on its fifth day on Sunday, with no prospect of when ...

Ron Johnson are demanding the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) turn over records relating to former President Joe Biden’s use of a personal email address to conduct official ...

Kimura was arrested on the spot. The attack came about a year after the assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a campaign speech in Nara, another city in western Japan.

Are you headed to Japan this year, but want to avoid the record crowds as much as possible? Then consider visiting Kii Peninsula, Honshu island’s largest peninsula and Japan’s spiritual heartland.

However, according to the Japan Tourism Agency’s accommodation statistics survey, the total number of foreign visitors staying in Nara Prefecture in September was 29,310. This is a roughly 30 ...