830 Taroji, Soni, Uda District, Nara 633-1202, Japan
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Within hiking distance of the pampas grass plains of Soni Highland, Okame-no-yu is popular for its outdoor rotenburo hotspring baths, with stunning views of the nearby mountains and plains. There is a restaurant on-site with Japanese and Western-style dishes, and there is a craft beer store and bar just down the road.
Omiwa Shrine is an ancient Shinto shrine along the Yamanobe-no-michi walking trail in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. Surrounded by thick forest at the base of Mount Miwa, the exact age of the shrine is unknown, but Omiwa is thought to be one of the oldest, if not the oldest shrine in Japan. The shrine has been hugely important for many centuries.
Nara Park is a large park in central Nara. Established in 1880, it is the location of many of Nara's main attractions including Todaiji, Kasuga Taisha, Kofukuji and the Nara National Museum. It is also home to hundreds of freely roaming deer.
Nara, a landlocked prefecture in the Kansai Region of Honshu, is the cradle of the Japanese civilization. As of 2020, Nara Prefecture has a population of 1,321,805. Many of the early emperors built their palaces in Nara Prefecture, formerly known as Yamato, especially in and around Asuka.
