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Asuka: Private Guided tour of an ancient capital of Japan

By Nara Guide
Free cancellation available
Price is £309 per adult* *Get lower prices by selecting more than 2 adults
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages
Overview
  • Archaeology and Japanese History
  • Soon to become UNESCO World Heritage
  • Nature and traditional town
  • Cultural Immersion: Experience Iga's history, charm, and flavours.
Activity location
    • Osaka
    • Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Meeting/Redemption Point
    • Kashiharajingu-mae Station, 618 Kumechō, Kashihara, Nara 634-0063, Japon
    • Kashihara, Nara, Japan

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Guide Service Only
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h
    8h
  • English
Starting time: 09:25
Price details
£308.94 x 1 Adult£308.94
Total
Price is £308.94
Until Fri, 6 Mar

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Guide and guide fees (guide's lunch, entrance fees and transport)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Transport fees (less than 2,000 JPY/person one way from Osaka or Kyoto)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Lunch Fee (around 2,000 JPY/person)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entrance to Asuka Historical Museum (350 JPY/person)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entrance to Asuka-dera Temple (350 JPY/person)
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Entrance to Ishibutai Kofun (300 JPY/person)

Know before you book

  • In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

Come and visit Asuka, a village steeped in Japan’s protohistoric past.

On this tour on foot and by public transport, you will discover ancient Japan, with ancient imperial capitals (especially from the 6th and 7th centuries) and various sites reflecting the life of those times.

Asuka is a village of 5,620 inhabitants. We walk there while admiring the old town of Edo style architecture (16th-19th centuries).

Your guide accompanies you through the next UNESCO World Heritage Site “Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological Sites of the Ancient Capitals of Japan” (scheduled for 2026). We visit Asuka-dera Temple (596), home to the oldest Buddha in Japan (606). We go to the remains of the Itabuki Imperial Palace, then we go to Ishibutai, an ancient tomb of a 7th century nobleman.

After this day, you will learn more about the protohistory of Japan and you will have recovered in the middle of nature. Are you coming? We are waiting for you!

Location

Activity location
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    • Osaka
    • Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Meeting/Redemption Point
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    • Kashiharajingu-mae Station, 618 Kumechō, Kashihara, Nara 634-0063, Japon
    • Kashihara, Nara, Japan