Walking trip to Nara

For weeks of being drowned in the office, I was not able to concentrate too much to work, that I came to think of traveling again to a place I have not been yet. One day I came across a drama on a Japanese TV, which setting is on a peaceful and slow-paced place called Nara. Watching the drama on TV itself, Nara is definitely a best place, especially if you are interested in history of Japan and the goodness of nature.
So I decided to go to Nara on the last days of March, for two days and a night of traveling.

I took a seat reservation for a midnight bus going directly to Nara (departing in the evening and arriving in the early morning). At first, the bus stopped briefly at Tenri Station, and then about twenty minutes more to JR Nara Station and 3 more minutes to Kintetsu Nara Station, where I got off.

It was 6:35 in the morning and obviously all the shops there are still closed (except for 24-hour convenience stores). So I went walking through the Nara Park. Nara Park by the way is being called the Deer Park, because you can see even one deer everywhere you go. The park itself is the haven of deer.

In that morning, I went first in front of the Prefectural Office, then in front of the museum, to Tobihino, Kasuga Taisha (the first temple in Nara I visited), Todaiji, and Nigatsudo. Kasuga Taisha was not opened yet when I went there (I was too early that is why), so I just took photos of its outside and went back on the road and headed for Todaiji.

to be continued...