NARA--Daianji temple, touted as one of the Seven Great Temples of Nara, is creating a CGI reconstruction of its huge “daigaran” main structures from the Nara Period (710-784).

According to “Shoku Nihongi,” the imperially commissioned history text on the Nara Period, Emperor Shomu (701-756) observed an event held on the south side of the gate.

The city of Nara in Nara Prefecture was the nation’s capital in the eighth century, and is known for Buddhist sites including the temple of Tōdaiji, famous for its bronze Daibutsu, or Great ...

THE ancient city of Nara has lived in the shadow of its neighbor, Kyoto, for centuries. So this year, as Nara marks the 1,300th anniversary of its ascension as Japan’s imperial capital, the city ...

NARA -- An underground drain dating to the Nara period in the eighth century has been discovered in the eastern administrative office area of the remains of the ancient Heijo Palace in this ...

That's because the city's current layout dates back 1,300 years, when Nara was the capital of Japan during the so-called Nara period, which ended in 784. Just half an hour's train ride from Kyoto ...