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Start from 13:10-13:40 ( Pick Up Service is available.
Detail, Please ask our staff. )
①TODAIJI TEMPLE ⇒ ②NARA PARK ⇒ ③KASUGA SHRINE
Drop-off service to your hotel in Kyoto. ( between
18:30-19:30 ) |
★ Kasuga Shrine
The tour doesn't include entering Treasures Hall nor
Manyo Botanical Gardens at Kasuga Shrine.
( Only sightseeing in the precincts of Kasuga Shrine
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| Todaiji Temple was compleated in 752, with one
of the largest bronze statues in the world. It has
animposing gate supported by eighteen 25m high pillars.
Blown down by a typhoon in 962, the gate was re-built
in 1199. Its exterior niches has two 8m wooden figures
of Deva Kings, gurdians of Buddism. Great Buddha
is National Tresure. The statue measures 16.2, in
height and has a face 4.8m. long and 3m. wide; eyes
1.2m.wide; a nose 48cm high. The materials used
are estimated; 437 tons branze, 75kg of mercury,
130kg of pure gold and other materials. |
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| Nara Park is popularly called the "Deer Park"
by visitors because of its many deer. It is a natural
woodland of fine turf and has various kinds of trees
including Japanese cedar, Wisteria, Japanese andromeda,
Japanese yew trees. There are about 1,100 tame deer
roaming about the park. They are regarded as divine
messengers of the Kasuga Shrine and are one of the
main attractions. |
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| Kasuga Shrine is located in a forest, and produces
an atmoshere of peace and holiness unmatched by
any other shrines. Since its foundation in 710,
it has been identically reconstructed every 20 years.
The buildings, painted vermillion, features the
Kasuga style of achitecture. Some 3,000 lanterns
line the road east from the second torii gate. Through
the south gate, you enter spacious precincts. Beyond
the Heuiden, a floorless structure built in 1650,
rises the Main Hall, surrounded by an impressive
gallery. It contains four buildings, all of which
are Natinal Tresures. |
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■ Engligh-speaking
guide service is included.
■ Include free pick-up hotels service.
【Pick Up Time】 ★Kyoto Hotel Okura⇒8:25 am ★Karasuma Kyoto Hotel⇒8:35
am
★New Miyako Hotel⇒8:45 am ★Yoshi-ima⇒8:15 am
Times shown are actual bus or taxi starting
times. Please be ready 10 minutes before the departure time
in front of the hotel's Bell Captain Desk or in the hotel's
lounge.
( Times are subject to change without notice )
■ Itinerary is subject to change without notice. |
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