Nara is the land where Japan began.
The Nara Palace was rightat the center of that!

Roosting Swallows

Swallows

Blue Rock Thrush

Cherry blossoms in bloom.

Daiichiji Daigokuden Hall (Former Imperial Audience Hall) (Reconstructed)

The Center of the Ancient Capital City, the Nara Palace (Heijokyu)

Hello!
What’swrong?

Hi!

We’re looking
for a uniqueexperiencein Nara.

Hmm, whereshould wego next?

Yeah, we alreadysaw the temples
and shrines
In Nara.

Young Boyfrom NaraIs there
anywhere you
recommend?

Taira2

TravelerNoahA bird?

!?

Access to Nara Using JR or KintetsuShinkansen
approx. 2 hours 35 min.

approx. 5 min.

Yamatoji Rapid Service
approx. 50 min.

Traveler

EmmaOsakaapprox.
15 min.

Osaka Namba ~ Kintetsu Nara
Rapid Express approx. 40 min.

Daiichiji
Daigokuden Hall
Kintetsu
Kashihara Line

Kintetsu
NaraTokyo

Shinkansen
approx.
2 hours
15 min.

Kyoto

Suzakumon Gate

This way! Follow me!
Kansai Airport
Express“Haruka”
approx.
35 min.

KansaiInternational
AirportThe Heijokyu Izanaikan…..?

LimitedExpress“Rapi:t”
approx.
40 min.

Tennoji

YamatoSaidaiji

KobeSannomiya

Hanshin Kobe Sannomiya ~ Osaka NambaRapid Express approx. 40 min.
※Mutual through service from Hanshin Kobe Sannomiya.

※Time information is as of February, 2024. Train times may vary.

That bird went
into the building!

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JR NaraKintetsu
NaraToKashihara↓❷❹Heijokyu IzanaikanMuseum❸

JR Nara sta.

To Osaka↓●By bus
Please take the Nara Kotsu bus “Gurutto Bus” Omiya Street Route (blue line). It runs every 15 minutes onweekends and public holidays, and every 30 minutes on weekdays, 9:00~17:00 (fare: 100 yen):-10 minutes from the South Exit of Kintetsu Yamato Saidaiji Station to the SuzakumonHiroba bus stop ❶-13 minutes from Kintetsu Nara Station to the Suzakumon Hiroba Mae bus stop ❷-11 minutes from the West Exit of JR Nara Station to the Suzakumon Hiroba Mae bus stop ❸-13 minutes from Kintetsu Nara Station to the Suzakumon Hiroba Mae bus stop ❹●On foot-About a 20-minute walk from the South Exit of Kintetsu Yamato Saidaiji Station to theSuzakumon Gate

-About a 30-minute walk from the South Exit of Kintetsu Shin Omiya Station to the Suzakumon Gate
We recommend you use public transportation.

(the following day if that is a holiday), December 29th ~ January 1stFree
Heijokyuseki Management Center
3-5-1 Nijo Oji Minami, Nara City, Nara Prefecture, 630-8012
TEL 0742-36-8780 https://www.heijo-park.jp※Unauthorized reproduction or transcription of the articles and photos in this leaflet is strictly prohibited.
※The content of this leaflet is as of February, 2024.
Publisher ／ Heijokyuseki Management Center

Access
Details HereFixed route bus #160/161 heading for Gakuen Mae Station●Admission●Inquiries

5Kintetsu
Nara sta.

Sanjo Dori st.

●Operating Hours9:00〜17:00 (Last entrance is 16:30.)●Closed on the following days: The second Monday of February, April, July, and November

Let’s follow it!

Heijokyu Izanaikan Museum. About 4 km west of Nara Park, inside Nara Palace Site Historical Park（Heijokyuseki Rekishi Koen）.

K inteOmiya Dori st.
Amagatsuji
sta.

Osaka Namba ~ Kintetsu Nara
Rapid Express approx. 40 min.

OsakaNamba Namba

Toin Teien
GardenJR NaraKintetsu
Nara

Yamatoji Rapid Serviceapprox. 35 min.

Ichijo Dori st.

Hanna Road

Kyoto ~ Kintetsu Nara
Limited Express: approx. 35 min.
Express: approx. 50 min.

YamatoSaidaiji

Daigokumon GateneMiyakoji Rapid Serviceapprox. 45 min.

↑To Kyoto

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Everyonefrom aroundthe world, we’recounting on you!

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432<World Heritage>
Nara Palace Site
(Heijokyuseki)

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Thanks, Taira! I had
such a valuable
experience at theHeijokyu Izanaikan!

arYamato
SaidaijiNo, I should
thank YOU!
I didn’t know
all of thatabout Nara,that wasawesome!

NTsuruhashi

Such a cool facility
was here this whole time!
Let’s post about it.
The hashtags are#narapalacesite#heijokyuseki.

JRShinOsaka

HakataJR Nara↑To Kyoto↓To OsakaThat,
that bird!

Whatwasthat?

Hmm,
let’ssee…

Heijokyo, the capital city once located in Nara. Constructed at its northcentral edge was the Nara Palace, the center where the emperor lived, andwhich had the national diet and other government administrative functions
during the Nara period (710~784 CE).
Now a registered UNESCO World Heritage Site, it is both a historical parkwith reconstructions of buildings from the Nara period, such as theSuzakumon Gate and Daiichiji Daigokuden, as well as a relaxing place
loved by the locals.
In addition, the Nara Palace Site and surrounding area have been getting
more and more attention as a precious place where a diverse naturalenvironment remains, as we can observe over 100 different types of birds
and other wild life here.
It is here at the Heijokyu Izanaikan that we can feel firsthand all that theNara Palace Site has to offer. Through rich displays that include excavateditems, this “experience-style” national facility shows us how people lived
during the Nara period.

Manga and Illustrations ／ Tomohiro Nishimura

Design ／ NAZCA Design Lab.

Planning and Editing ／ EditZ LLC

Gurutto Bus
Routes andTimetable

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You can try on this ancient clothing, and experience being a person from the Nara period.
There are sets for adult men and women, as well as for boys and girls, and they are all easy to put on.
It is free of charge. This activity may not be available depending on the situation.

So menwear a hat
like this.

Take a commemorative photo in frontof the Daiichiji Daigokuden Hall panel.

Wow, they’re
beautiful!

Yeah, let’sdo it!

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So Many Mysterious Things!
Exhibition of Excavated Artifacts andItems from the Nara Palace SiteSymbols.

so powerful!

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The model structure that was made when reconstructing theDaiichiji Daigokuden Hall (Former Imperial Audience Hall)(scaled to 1/5 the size).

8
9It looks so delicious!

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Whoa, the salaryof Nara Palaceofficials!?
They even knowthat?

Rawoysters

Saltgrilledshrimp”So”…anancient
kind ofcheese.

A recreation of a meal eaten by aristocrats during theNara Period (710 ~ 784 CE)

The salary of the highest ranking officials (roles similar to thePrime Minister today) was over 376 million yen!

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one of the Four

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Let’s all try
them on!

What’s this?

Vermillion Bird,

the Heijokyu Izanaikan!

The way theyassembled the wood,
I’m surprised how
elaborate it is!

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Pottery w
ithface, exca a drawing of a hum
vated froman
the N ara Pa
lace SiI’m a descendant of thereally enjoy this place,

We can put
them on soeasily over
our clothes!

Let’s takea photo,
say cheese!

I’m Suzark!

I’ll show you how toSaltedvenison

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We hope you can experience

unique activities at Heijokyu
Experience the Technology, Design, theIzanaikan. We are sure they will
become some of your beautiful
and Fashion of the Nara Period!
memories of Nara.

These are items people in theNara period used for incantations.

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Oh my God!

Curse Dolls (Recreated) 26

Exhibition Room 1
introduces the entire
Nara Palace Site andsome of the niceplaces to see. We cansee the current Nara
Palace Site throughthe four seasons.

The Four Symbols that protect
the north, south, east, and westof Heijokyo.

This is decorated withthe Four Symbols. Try tofind the Vermilion Bird
that I’m modeled after!

You can enjoy a recreated model of the entire Nara
Palace 1,300 years ago (scaled to 1/200 of the size),
and a large video that shows what it was like whenpeople lived there.

It’s so big!

You can take your picture
home with you.

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※Toin Teien Garden (East Palace Garden) is closed on Mondays.

That’s the perfectsouvenir fromNara!

There arevending machines,
too!

They said we can get
one of these if we fillout the questionnaire!

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An “Ori-Shika” origami deer, or an original clear file.
Questionnaires and the collection box are locatednear the entrance.

It looks like
we can hear
Englishexplanations
through oursmart phones.
There is also
free wi-fi!
There are 32 QR Translators located on exhibition panels, etc.

The restroom
is so big andcomfortable!

30Is this alotus
flower?

As you hold thepaper down,
rub the pencil
across it.

I wantto tryrubbing
it witha pencil!

It’s a map of
the Nara PalaceSite!

Toin Teien Garden,it’s the roots ofJapanese gardens!?
We have to go!

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All done!
It’s justlike art!

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The Nara Palace Site
has many different roof
tiles with such elaborate
designs!

Facilities Easyfor Everyone
to UseFully equipped with diaper
changing stations, breastfeedingrooms, and multipurpose
restrooms that are ostomy
pouch friendly. Written
communication available.
Wheelchairs can be borrowed
free of charge.
※Only for use within the groundsof Suzakumon Hiroba Square.
Lockers are available (require a
100 yen coin, which will bereturned). The facility also hasvending machines.

1312Place a sheet of paper over thedesign of the tile.

This is how tiles
are laid on one
another. I didn’tknow that!

This is thedemon tile!
There issomethingcute about it!

Finally, it is completed when you lay the round tile. 16

15Mokkan use the sounds of kanji characters, and arewritten with the Manyo-gana characters that were usedat the time. You can trace them on the touch panel here.

It’s called a mokkan!
They were used for writing
characters. Many wereexcavated from the Nara
Palace Site, and they’reeven designatedas nationaltreasures.

There are 13 different kinds of tiles, andyou have to lay them in the correct order.

It’s just likethat part!

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Kumimono was also used in theKumimono are the parts thatrecreated model of the Daiichiji
Daigokuden Hall.

From the left are a flat eaves tile, a demon tile,
and a round eaves tile. The demon tile isdecorated with a demon to ward off misfortune.

Tile laying? It’s
like a puzzle,
that sounds fun!

We insert the pieces ofwood in order. Japanesearchitecture is sofascinating!

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We can also try
tracing kanji
characters. Whatare these wooden
tablets?

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support the eaves. They areoften used in the architectureof shrines and temples.

Experiencekumimono!?
Alright, I’ll act
like I’m acarpenter andgive it a try!

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