Nara

Nara is an ancient capital city in Nara Prefecture, region of . Overshadowed by its more famous neighbor , Nara is omitted from many a time-pressed tourist's itinerary.
  • City with about 352,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 70 metres (220 feet)
  • Description: city in Nara prefecture, Japan
  • Postal code: 630-8580
  • Neighbors

Places of Interest

Discover Tōdai-ji and Heijō Palace.
Heritage site
is a complex that was once…
was the imperial residence in the…
Buddhist temple
Yakushi-ji is one of the most famous imperial and…

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ganriincho.
Neighborhood
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Latitude
34.6845° or 34° 41′ 4″ north
Longitude
135.8048° or 135° 48′ 17″ east
UN/LOCODE
JP QNZ
Open location code
8Q6QMRM3+RW
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Geo­Names ID
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Satellite Map

See this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Nara” goes by many names.
NaraAfrikaans
Nara, NaraAfrikaans
ناراArabic
NaraAragonese
ՆարաArmenian
NaraAsturian
NaraAzerbaijani
NaraBalinese
Nara, NaraBalinese
НараBashkir
Нара (ҡала)Bashkir
NaraBasque
НараBelarusian
নারাBengali
НараBulgarian
NaraCatalan
Nara-shiCebuano
Nara-shi (distrito)Cebuano
НараChechen
Нара (гӀала)Chechen
奈良Chinese
奈良市Chinese
NaraCroatian
NaraCzech
NaraDanish
NaraDutch
ناراEgyptian Arabic
NaraEsperanto
NaraEstonian
NaraFaroese
NaraFinnish
NaraGalician
ნარაGeorgian
ΝάραGreek
નારાGujarati
Nai-liòng-sṳHakka Chinese
נארהHebrew
नाराHindi
NaraHungarian
NaraIdo
NaraIndonesian
Nara, NaraIndonesian
NaraIrish
NaraItalian
Nara-shiJapanese
ならしJapanese
南都Japanese
奈良Japanese
奈良市Japanese
寧楽Japanese
平城Japanese
那羅Japanese
NaraKalaallisut
ನಾರಾKannada
НараKirghiz
나라 시Korean
나라 현 나라 시Korean
내량시Korean
내량현 내량시Korean
헤이조코Korean
NaraLatin
NaraLatvian
奈良市Literary Chinese
NaraLithuanian
NaraMacedo-Romanian
НараMacedonian
NaraMadurese
Nara, NaraMadurese
NaraMalay
Nara, NaraMalay
ناراMalay
NaraMaltese
नाराMarathi
ناراMazanderani
Nara-chhīMin Nan Chinese
NaraMinangkabau
Nara, NaraMinangkabau
НараMongolian
NaraNorwegian
NaraNorwegian Bokmål
NaraNorwegian Nynorsk
NaraOccitan (post 1500)
ناراPersian
NaraPolish
NaraRomanian
НараRussian
Нара, НараRussian
NaraSardinian
NaraScots
NaraSerbian
НараSerbian
奈良市Serbian
NaraSerbo-Croatian
Nara, NaraSerbo-Croatian
NaraSilesian
Nara (mjasto we Japůńiji)Silesian
ناراSindhi
نارا (شهر)Sindhi
නරාSinhala
නාරා, නාරාSinhala
NaraSlovak
NaraSlovenian
ناراSouth Azerbaijani
NaraSwahili
Nara, NaraSwahili
NaraSwedish
Nara, NaraSwedish
Lungsod ng NaraTagalog
NaraTagalog
Nara-shiTagalog
NaraTajik
НараTajik
நாராTamil
НараTatar
నారాTelugu
นาระThai
NaraTumbuka
NaraTurkish
НараUkrainian
نارا، ناراUrdu
NaraUzbek
NaraVenetian
Di tích Nara cổVietnamese
Nại Lương thịVietnamese
NaraVietnamese
Thành phố Nại LươngVietnamese
Thành phố NaraVietnamese
NaraWaray (Philippines)
NaraWelsh
奈良市Wu Chinese
奈良市Yue Chinese
ma tomo Nala

Localities in the Area

“One’s destination is never a place, but rather a new way of looking at things.”

Nara: Highlights

Learn more about Horyuji and Kashihara.