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Best parks in Nara

8 places from 14 Nara travel vlogs, most-mentioned first. The play button jumps to that moment in the video.

8 places

  1. Nara Park

    Park ยท Nara Park

    Large park linking Nara's main sights, home to hundreds of free-roaming deer revered as messengers of the gods; deer crackers sell for 200 yen.

    1:15ยท Sunny in Japanin 12 vlogs

  2. Isuien Garden

    Park ยท Nara Park

    Japanese garden with a 17th-century front garden and an 1899 rear pond garden that borrows views of Todaiji and the surrounding hills.

    7:16ยท Japan Guidein 4 vlogs

  3. Yoshikien Garden

    Park ยท Nara Park

    Free garden combining moss, pond and tea-ceremony gardens on the former site of a Kamakura-period sub-temple.

    7:15ยท PiQtour Japanin 3 vlogs

  4. Kasugayama Primeval Forest

    Park ยท Nara Park

    Protected primeval forest surrounding Kasuga Taisha that has remained unaltered for over a thousand years.

    2:38ยท Ryan Bednarin 3 vlogs

Mentioned once

4 more picks, each from a single vlog, so not ranked.

  1. Matabei-zakura

    Park ยท Uda

    Huge 300-year-old weeping cherry tree in the Nara countryside, named after the samurai Goto Matabei.

    28:05ยท Sunny in Japan1 vlog

  2. Kasugano-enchi

    Park ยท Nara Park

    An open lawn area in Nara Park where deer graze among cherry blossom trees in spring.

    5:46ยท Sunny in Japan1 vlog

  3. Soni Highlands

    Park ยท Soni

    Highland grasslands at Nara Prefecture's eastern edge, known as a sunset spot in the mountains.

    6:37ยท Ryan Bednar1 vlog

  4. Muro Art Forest

    Park ยท Muro

    An art park designed to revitalize a mountain village, with geometric sculptures by Israeli artist Dani Karavan.

    7:48ยท Ryan Bednar1 vlog