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Nara, Japan — solo travel guide

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🍜 Food & Drink in Nara

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About Nara for Solo Travelers

Japan's first permanent capital and an easy day-or-two from Kyoto and Osaka — a tranquil town of monumental temples, the Great Buddha, and a vast park where wild sika deer bow for crackers. Nara distills centuries of Japanese history into a walkable, peaceful whole.

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Very Safe

Cost Level

$$Mid-range

Language

Japanese

Currency

JPY

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Best Food & Drink in Nara for Solo Travelers

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Hiraso — Food & Drink in Nara

Hiraso

Food & Drink

A long-established restaurant specialising in kakinoha-zushi — Nara's traditional persimmon-leaf-wrapped sushi.

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Nakatanidou Mochi Pounding — Food & Drink in Nara

Nakatanidou Mochi Pounding

Food & Drink

Watch the famously frenetic high-speed mochi-pounding show, then eat fresh yomogi mochi on the spot.

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