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Full-Day Private Guided Tour to Kashihara
Full-Day Private Guided Tour to Kashihara
Full-Day Private Guided Tour to Kashihara
Full-Day Private Guided Tour to Kashihara
Full-Day Private Guided Tour to Kashihara

Private Full-Day Guided Tour of Kashihara

By Nara Guide
Free cancellation available
Price is AU$517 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Come with us to discover Kashihara, with its glorious past, for a day!

Kashihara was the first capital of Japan. We start the tour with Shinto Kashihara-jingu Shrine (1889). The first imperial palace, dating from 660 BC, was built on this site and now Emperor Jinmu, the first Emperor of Japan, is venerated there.

Your guide will then accompany you through the picturesque streets of Imai-cho. We walk around this traditional Japanese city that preserves its Edo-era architecture. Once a temple city, Imai-cho became an active trading city during the Edo period. Its well-preserved buildings offer a fascinating glimpse into Japan’s past.

After this day, you will learn more about the origins and exciting history of Japan and you will leave memories full of eyes. Are you coming? We are waiting for you!

Activity location

  • Kashihara Jingu
    • 934 Kumecho,
    • 634-0063, Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Kashihara Jingu
    • 934 Kumecho,
    • 634-0063, Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan

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Private Full-Day Guided Tour of Kashihara
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English

Pickup included

Starting time: 9:00 am
Price details
AU$516.53 x 1 AdultAU$516.53
Total
Price is AU$516.53
Until Sat, 25 Jan

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedGuide fees (transport, lunch, entrance fees)
  • What's includedWhat's includedCertified Guide
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch

Know before you book

  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Service animals allowed
  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Transport options are wheelchair accessible
  • Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness

Activity itinerary

Kashihara Jingu
  • 2h
Kashihara-jingu was built on the place of the supposed seat of government of Emperor Jinmu from -660 to -585. We are in the city of Kashihara, Nara department and the former province of Yamato. This region was home to the rotating capitals of proto-Japan.
Mausoleum of Emperor Jinmu
  • 1h
A little further on, after a short 20-minute walk through the park, we arrive in front of the mausoleum of Emperor Jinmu. This mausoleum consists of several portals and then a hill where the Emperor rests. The enclosure is therefore protected and we can just stand in front to wish the founder of Japan a good rest.
Kashihara City Imaicho Historical Town Area
  • 3h
After visiting Proto-Japan and Meiji at the Kashihara-jingu Shinto Shrine, we can go to the Imai-cho district, a traditional Japanese city, within Kashihara in Nara Department. We get off at Kintetsu Yaginishiguchi Station, we cross the Sobu Bridge and we are there.
Imai Skyline Exchange Center Hanairaka
  • 30m
Arriving in the area, we can visit the Hanairaka Information Centre, with half-Japanese, half-Western architecture of Meiji, which gives us – as the name suggests – more information about this area.
Shonenji Temple
  • 30m
The city was founded as a dependency of the Shonen-ji Buddhist temple, a temple itself dependant on the Hongan-ji mother house, between 1532 and 1555 during the time of the warring provinces (1477-1573). The temple still sits in the middle of the area and we can visit it.
Imai Machiya Hall
  • 30m
Some houses in the neighbourhood are open-door, including the former Yometani residence, the Imai-Machiya centre and the Kawai residence. We can even go up to the ground floor of the Imai-Machiya, and see a room upstairs of a traditional Edo-style house but recently renovated. The experience is rare and very interesting!

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESKashihara Jingu
    • 934 Kumecho,
    • 634-0063, Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLEKashihara Jingu
    • 934 Kumecho,
    • 634-0063, Kashihara, Nara Prefecture, Japan

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