Today we took the train to Nara, which is a city about 45 km south of Kyoto. It’s famous for its many temples and shrines. My favorite was the Todadji Shrine that is a World Heritage Site and home of the largest Buddha statue in Japan. It’s about 50 ft high. It dates back to 752. The building is also supposed to be the largest wooden structure in the world. The temple is in a large park that contains about a dozen other temples, museums and many artworks. It’s also home to hundreds of deer that are so tame they will feed out of your hand (if you’re so inclined , which I’m not) but many people were feeding them. They roam around the park at will. They sell special little cookies to feed that deer. Nara was the capital of Japan from 710-784 CE. We walked a lot and then headed into town where we had soba noodles for lunch at yet another place with no English, and then headed back to Kyoto.
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