Online dictionary of geography and travels in Japan: Nara City

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Nara City

奈良市
alternative words: Narashi city, Narashi, Nara shi, Nara
keywords: nara , tourist resort , town
related topics: Nara Prefecture , Todaiji Temple , Great Buddha of Nara
related web sites: http://www.city.nara.nara.jp , http://www.hikyaku.com/gallery/english/nara.htm
explanation: Town where the office of Nara Prefecture is situated. The population is 0.3 million. Nara has been built by Empress Genme in 710 and remained as capital of Japan until 784. By imitating Chinese capital, the town was divided into districts by horizontal and vertical streets as a checkerboard, but the western part had been abandoned. Each year, it attracts about 16 millions of tourists because it owns innumerable temples and shrines like Todaiji and Kasuga Shrine.