Kansai Travelogue: Nara Edition

📆【Travel Strategy】 Nara One-Day Tour (unfortunately encountered a heavy downpour) 📆Itinerary: Departed from Kyoto to Nara the day before and stayed overnight at a hotel where you could enjoy a hot spring bath. Spent the evening soaking in the hotel's bath. The second day: Nara Park, Todai-ji, Kasuga-taisha, Nara National Museum, Toshodai-ji 🚗Transportation Strategy: Kyoto-Nara: Nara Line (720 yen) Nara city buses start at 230 yen. It is recommended to get a Nara One-Day Bus Pass, which allows unlimited rides for 500 yen. 🌟Itinerary Highlights: The Great Buddha statue at Todai-ji is magnificent. You can light candles for blessings inside the hall, 50 yen each; there is a pillar with a hole in the hall, and it is said that crawling through the hole will take away bad luck, which I think is not very friendly to overweight people At Kasuga-taisha, you can visit the Fujinami-no-ya, which replicates the scene of offering lamps in the hall during the era without electricity; you can also look for lamps dedicated by famous people from Japan's Warring States and Edo periods at Kasuga-taisha, it is said that there is one dedicated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, but I couldn't find it Toshodai-ji is the temple where the monk Jianzhen passed away. It is a bit off the beaten path, but there are few visitors and it is very quiet. The architecture is all built in the style of the Tang Dynasty. 💰Average Cost: Admission fees for attractions vary from 500 to 700 yen; Buses start at 230 yen, it is recommended to get a pass, just two rides on the bus and it's about the same; 📌Little Tips: The deer in Nara really bow, but the deer in front of the park don't pay much attention to tourists. The deer on the way to Todai-ji and Kasuga-taisha are more enthusiastic; If you don't like visiting temples, you can go up to Wakakusa Hill to overlook the entire city of Nara, of course, you should choose a day with good weather; Do not join a tour group, do not join a tour group, do not join a tour group. I personally heard a domestic tour guide in the parking lot telling tourists: Just take some photos here, there's nothing inside. But from the parking lot to the mountain gate of Todai-ji, that's where the truly worthwhile things are. Wouldn't it be a pity to go all the way there and not even see the gate of Todai-ji?