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Data CatalogTourism data about Nara is scattered across national, prefectural, and municipal agencies. We organize it together with the questions each dataset can answer.
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56 datasets
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Component Parts of the World Heritage “Asuka-Fujiwara”
The official list of all 19 component parts of “Asuka-Fujiwara: Archaeological sites of Japan’s Ancient Capitals and Related Properties”, inscribed on July 26, 2026, at the 48th session of the World Heritage Committee in Busan, South Korea — including the Asuka Palace Site, Fujiwara Palace Site, Ishibutai Kofun and Kitora Kofun, each with name, location and designation date.
Questions this data can answer
What are the 19 component parts of Asuka-Fujiwara and where is each located?
HTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - 明日香村明日香村
Asuka Village Open Data (Public Wi-Fi Access Points etc.)
Machine-readable open data published by Asuka Village. The tourism-relevant set is the list of public wireless LAN access points such as ASUKA Free Wi-Fi, downloadable as CSV and covering spots around Ishibutai and Kitora.
Questions this data can answer
Where can international visitors use free Wi-Fi in Asuka Village?
CSVXLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - 文化財文化庁
Database of National Cultural Properties (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
The official database of cultural properties designated, registered, or selected by the Japanese government. Searchable by name, category, prefecture, designation type, owner, and period, with CSV export of search results. The primary source for a comprehensive view of National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties in Nara. Photos carry separate rights — treat only text data as reusable.
Questions this data can answer
How many National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties are in Nara?
HTMLCSVUpdated2026-08-23 - 斑鳩町斑鳩町
Ikaruga Town Open Data Library (Tourist Facilities, Cultural Properties, Events etc.)
Open data from the town of Ikaruga, home to the World Heritage Hōryū-ji: tourist facilities, cultural properties, events, public Wi-Fi and public toilets in the government-recommended dataset format — base data for building visitor services around Hōryū-ji.
Questions this data can answer
What tourist facilities and cultural properties are there around Hōryū-ji and Hokki-ji?
CSVXLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - 斑鳩町斑鳩町
Ikaruga Town Statistics (Estimated Visitors and Temple Admissions)
The town’s comprehensive statistical report. Its industry chapter includes estimated tourist numbers and temple admission counts, giving year-by-year Excel data on visitors to Hōryū-ji and other temples — one of the few public sources tracking Hōryū-ji tourism quantitatively.
Questions this data can answer
How have admissions to Hōryū-ji and other temples in Ikaruga changed over the years?
XLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - 生駒市生駒市
Ikoma City Tourist Numbers (Ikoma Sanjō Amusement Park)
Annual visitor counts for the Ikoma Sanjō Amusement Park, published via BODIK ODCS in machine-readable form and tracking attendance at Ikoma’s flagship attraction.
Questions this data can answer
How has annual attendance at Ikoma Sanjō Amusement Park changed?
XLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - 気温気象庁
JMA Past Weather Data and Climate Normals (Nara Local Meteorological Office)
Climate normals (1991–2020) and all-time extreme records for temperature and precipitation observed at the Nara Local Meteorological Office. Continuous observations since May 1953 are published as cumulative tables, covering monthly mean, daily-high and daily-low temperatures and the wide range typical of an inland basin.
Questions this data can answer
What are the monthly mean, high and low temperatures in Nara City?
HTMLCSVUpdated2026-08-23 - 桜気象庁
JMA Cherry Blossom Flowering and Full-Bloom Observations
Records of cherry (Somei-Yoshino) flowering and full-bloom dates observed at meteorological stations nationwide, including the Nara Local Meteorological Office. Long-term data back to 1953 is published as cumulative tables, updated through each blossom season.
Questions this data can answer
When do cherry blossoms typically open and reach full bloom in Nara?
HTMLCSVPDFUpdated2026-08-23 - インバウンドJNTO
JNTO Visitor Arrivals Statistics
Monthly statistics on foreign visitor arrivals to Japan published by the Japan National Tourism Organization (JNTO), broken down by country/region. The most fundamental time-series data on inbound demand, with market profiles and trend analyses. Note these are national figures, not Nara-specific.
Questions this data can answer
What are the monthly trends in visitor arrivals by country/region?
XLSXPDFHTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - 入込客数観光庁
Common-Standard Tourist Visitation Statistics (JTA)
Tourist visitation counts and spending-per-visitor figures surveyed by every prefecture under a common national standard and compiled by the Japan Tourism Agency. Its key value is comparing Nara’s visitation with other prefectures on the same yardstick.
Questions this data can answer
How does Nara’s tourist visitation compare with other Kansai prefectures?
XLSXPDFUpdated2026-08-23 - インバウンド観光庁
Inbound Consumption Trend Survey (Japan Tourism Agency)
A quarterly survey of foreign visitor spending in Japan (formerly the Foreign Visitor Consumption Trend Survey). Publishes total travel consumption, per-capita spending by country/region, and breakdowns by category such as lodging, dining, and shopping. The baseline data for understanding the scale and structure of inbound consumption.
Questions this data can answer
How much does a foreign visitor spend per trip on average?
XLSXPDFUpdated2026-08-23 - 宿泊観光庁
Overnight Stay Statistics Survey (Japan Tourism Agency)
A statistical survey of accommodation facilities by the Japan Tourism Agency. Reports total guest nights, foreign guest nights, and room occupancy rates by prefecture — one of the few official datasets that lets you compare Nara's lodging demand with the rest of Japan. Monthly preliminary figures and annual final figures are published.
Questions this data can answer
How have total and foreign guest nights in Nara changed over time?
XLSXPDFUpdated2026-08-23 - 消費額観光庁
Travel and Tourism Consumption Trend Survey (JTA)
The JTA’s core quarterly statistics on domestic travel — trip counts, overnight stays and spending. Annual prefecture-level tables let you compare spending per trip and travel styles for visitors to Nara nationwide.
Questions this data can answer
How much does a domestic traveler to Nara spend per trip?
XLSXPDFUpdated2026-08-23 - 宿泊予測観光予報プラットフォーム推進協議会
Tourism Forecast Platform
A public-private platform that forecasts lodging demand up to six months ahead at prefecture and municipal level based on actual reservation data — one of the few forward-looking views of Nara’s accommodation demand.
Questions this data can answer
How is lodging demand in Nara expected to move over the next six months?
HTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - 景観国土交通省
National Land Numerical Information: Historic Landscape Preservation Areas
GIS polygons of Historic Landscape Preservation Areas and Special Preservation Districts under the Ancient Capitals Preservation Law, including Asuka's Class 1/2 districts under the Asuka Law. Covers six Nara municipalities — the exact boundaries of legally protected landscapes, ready to overlay on any map.
Questions this data can answer
What are the exact boundaries of areas protected under the Ancient Capitals Preservation Law in Nara?
SHPUpdated2026-08-23 - 景観国土交通省
National Land Numerical Information: Landscape Planning Areas
GIS polygons of landscape-plan zones and priority districts under the Landscape Law, downloadable per prefecture. In Nara, prefectural and municipal plans together cover effectively the whole prefecture; the priority districts show exactly which views the government most wants to protect.
Questions this data can answer
What are the exact boundaries of landscape-plan zones and priority districts in Nara?
SHPUpdated2026-08-23 - GIS国土交通省
National Land Numerical Information: Lodging Capacity Mesh Data
GIS data aggregating accommodation capacity into roughly 1-km mesh cells nationwide, with counts and total capacity by facility type. Visualizes how Nara’s lodging capacity is distributed across the prefecture.
Questions this data can answer
Where is lodging capacity concentrated within Nara Prefecture?
SHPUpdated2026-08-23 - GIS国土交通省
National Land Numerical Information: Natural Parks Data
GIS polygons of national parks, quasi-national parks and prefectural natural parks. For Nara these include Yoshino-Kumano National Park (the Ōmine and Ōdaigahara area) and the Kongō-Ikoma-Kisen Quasi-National Park, letting you map the prefecture's protected mountain areas.
Questions this data can answer
How far do Nara's national and quasi-national parks extend?
SHPUpdated2026-08-23 - 景観国土交通省
National Land Numerical Information: Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings
GIS polygons of Preservation Districts for Groups of Traditional Buildings — historic townscapes such as castle towns, post towns and temple towns. Nara has three nationally selected districts: Imai-chō (Kashihara), Matsuyama (Uda) and Gojō Shinmachi (Gojō), each with exact boundaries.
Questions this data can answer
What are the exact boundaries of Nara's three preservation districts (Imai-chō, Uda-Matsuyama, Gojō Shinmachi)?
SHPJSONUpdated2026-08-23 - 鉄道国土交通省
National Land Numerical Information: Railway Data (Lines and Stations)
GIS data covering every railway line and station in Japan with names, operators and coordinates, updated yearly in Shapefile and GeoJSON. Lets you map Nara’s roughly 90 Kintetsu and 33 JR stations precisely for access analysis.
Questions this data can answer
Where exactly are the Kintetsu and JR stations and lines in Nara?
SHPJSONUpdated2026-08-23 - GIS国土交通省
National Land Numerical Information: Tourism Resources Data
GIS data of tourism resources nationwide rated A-class or higher in the national inventory, with coordinates. The Nara file can be downloaded separately to map the prefecture’s principal attractions.
Questions this data can answer
Where and how many A-class tourism resources does Nara have?
SHPUpdated2026-08-23 - 世界遺産国土交通省
National Land Numerical Information: World Cultural Heritage Data
GIS polygons of World Heritage property areas and buffer zones in Japan, including three of Nara’s four inscribed sites — the base data for analyzing tourism circuits now that Asuka-Fujiwara has joined them.
Questions this data can answer
What are the exact boundaries of World Heritage properties and buffer zones in Nara?
SHPUpdated2026-08-23 - 特産品農林水産省
Traditional Foods of Japan: Miwa Sōmen (MAFF)
MAFF’s reference on Japan’s traditional foods. It summarizes the origin, method and region of Miwa (Sakurai) hand-stretched sōmen, said to be the birthplace of the noodle. Backs Nara’s food-based local industry with national primary information (quantitative statistics are separate).
Questions this data can answer
Where did Miwa sōmen originate, and how is it made?
HTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - 明日香村国土交通省
Current State of Asuka Village (MLIT Council Document)
The most comprehensive public compilation of Asuka Village tourism statistics, prepared for the national land council under the Asuka Law: long-term visitor and overnight-stay trends from the 1970s to 2022, admissions by attraction, and visitor demographics.
Questions this data can answer
How have Asuka Village’s annual visitor numbers changed over the long term?
PDFUpdated2026-08-23 - インバウンド国土交通省
FF-Data (Inbound Visitor Flow Data)
Origin–destination tables showing how international visitors move between prefectures — from port of entry through each destination to departure — by nationality and transport mode. Quantifies how visitors flow into Nara via Osaka and Kyoto.
Questions this data can answer
From which prefectures do international visitors flow into Nara?
XLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - 都市公園国土交通省
MLIT Urban Park Usage Survey
Japan's periodic survey of urban-park usage, conducted since fiscal 1966 (the 10th round was FY2021). It analyzes national government parks too, so it captures visitor counts, visit frequency and purpose for parks including the Asuka Historical National Government Park — useful for placing Asuka's tourism in a nationwide context (national parks average roughly three times the holiday attendance of all parks).
Questions this data can answer
How does usage of national parks such as the Asuka Historical Park compare with urban parks nationwide?
PDFUpdated2026-08-23 - 文化財奈良文化財研究所
National Cultural Heritage Inventory (Nabunken)
A cross-searchable database of roughly 520,000 cultural-property records consolidated by the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties from lists scattered across governments, universities and museums. Nara Prefecture alone accounts for over 15,000 entries.
Questions this data can answer
How many cultural properties does Nara have including those beyond national designation, and where?
HTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - 文化財奈良文化財研究所
Cultural Heritage Overview WebGIS (Nabunken)
A WebGIS mapping roughly 680,000 archaeological sites and cultural properties nationwide. Visualizes the dense distribution of sites in the Asuka-Fujiwara area and around World Heritage components.
Questions this data can answer
How are archaeological sites distributed across Asuka, Kashihara and Sakurai?
HTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - 商工会議所奈良商工会議所
Nara Chamber of Commerce Surveys (Pedestrian Counts, Tourist Interviews)
An archive of surveys by the Nara Chamber of Commerce and Industry, including pedestrian traffic counts in central Nara dating back to 1977 and street interviews with tourists — street-level insights that government statistics don’t capture.
Questions this data can answer
How has pedestrian traffic in central Nara’s shopping streets changed?
PDFUpdated2026-08-23 - オープンデータ奈良市
Nara City Open Data Catalog
Open data catalog of Nara City, including visitor arrival surveys, tourist information center data, facility usage statistics for the Naramachi area, and cultural property / World Heritage data. Provided under CC BY 2.1 JP, allowing reuse with attribution.
Questions this data can answer
How have visitor arrivals to Nara City changed over time?
CSVXLSXPDFHTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - 奈良市奈良市
Nara City Tourist Visitation Survey
The city’s annual count of tourist arrivals, more granular than the prefectural survey. Published as PDF reports plus Excel open data, covering the overnight/day-trip split and international guest numbers.
Questions this data can answer
How many tourists visit Nara City annually and how is it trending?
PDFXLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - 世界遺産奈良市
Nara City Designated Cultural Properties and World Heritage Zone Data
City-designated cultural properties as CSV, plus shapefiles of the property areas, buffer zones and harmonization areas of the World Heritage “Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara” — rare GIS-ready data for tourism mapping.
Questions this data can answer
Where exactly are the property areas and buffer zones of Ancient Nara?
CSVSHPUpdated2026-08-23 - 鹿奈良の鹿愛護会
Nara Park Deer Population Census
Annual counts of the deer in Nara Park — bucks, does and fawns, plus deaths — published by the Nara Deer Preservation Foundation. The survey has continued since 1953, making it the definitive time series on the city’s symbol.
Questions this data can answer
How many deer live in Nara Park and how is the population trending?
HTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - 奈良公園奈良県
Nara Free Wi-Fi Service Areas
Data on free Wi-Fi coverage across the Nara Park area, provided as an area-map PDF and a spot-list CSV — useful for guiding international visitors on connectivity.
Questions this data can answer
Where can you use free Wi-Fi around Nara Park?
PDFCSVUpdated2026-08-23 - 奈良公園奈良県
Public Toilets around Nara Park
Locations and facility details of public toilets in and around Nara Park, down to the number of fixtures — granular enough to feed tourist apps and barrier-free maps directly.
Questions this data can answer
Where is the nearest public toilet while walking around Nara Park?
XLSXCSVUpdated2026-08-23 - 文化財奈良県
Nara Prefectural Designated Cultural Properties
The full list of cultural properties designated under the prefectural ordinance, structured by municipality, category, location, owner, period and designation date — complementing the national database at the prefectural level.
Questions this data can answer
How many prefecturally designated cultural properties does each municipality have?
PDFXLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - インバウンド奈良県
Nara Prefecture International Visitor Estimates
Estimates of international visitors to Nara, derived by applying the prefecture’s visitation rate to national arrival figures. Annual Excel series from 2012 with nationality breakdowns — a first-stop overview of Nara’s inbound scale.
Questions this data can answer
How many international tourists are estimated to visit Nara each year?
XLSXHTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - 製造業奈良県
Nara Prefecture Industrial Statistics
The hub of statistical surveys published by Nara Prefecture’s statistics division. Through industrial statistics (the Economic Structure Survey) and the index of industrial production, it tracks the prefecture’s manufacturing output — a starting point for local industries such as socks, ink and food.
Questions this data can answer
How has Nara’s manufacturing shipment value changed over time?
HTMLPDFXLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - 宿泊奈良県
Nara Prefecture Lodging Statistics Survey
The prefecture’s survey of lodging trends since 2009: guest-nights by area, facility type and month, occupancy rates, average length of stay, plus international guest numbers.
Questions this data can answer
How are guest-nights trending by area and month in Nara?
PDFUpdated2026-08-23 - オープンデータ奈良県
Nara Prefecture Open Data Catalog
The official open data catalog of Nara Prefecture. Covers many fields beyond tourism, including datasets on tourist facilities, events, and cultural properties. Terms of use are defined in a PDF on the site; check conditions per dataset.
Questions this data can answer
What open data does Nara Prefecture publish?
HTMLCSVXLSXPDFUpdated2026-08-23 - 人口奈良県
Nara Prefecture Population Estimates (Monthly, by Municipality)
Monthly population and household estimates for the prefecture and its 39 municipalities, based on census counts adjusted with resident-register changes — the denominator for per-capita tourism analysis.
Questions this data can answer
How is the population of Nara and each municipality changing month by month?
XLSXPDFUpdated2026-08-23 - 統計奈良県
Nara Prefecture Statistical Yearbook
A comprehensive collection of base statistics on Nara’s population, industry, economy and culture. Figures across fields — including local industries such as manufacturing, commerce and agriculture — are organized by chapter, serving as a starting point for finding primary data on a given topic.
Questions this data can answer
Where can I find Nara’s industry and economy figures in one place?
HTMLXLSXPDFUpdated2026-08-23 - 観光客数奈良県
Nara Prefecture Tourist Dynamics Survey Report
Annual survey reports on tourist movements in Nara Prefecture, covering visitor numbers by major tourist site, day-trip vs. overnight ratios, and foreign visitor counts. Reports are available from 2006 onward, enabling long-term time-series comparison.
Questions this data can answer
How has the annual number of tourists to Nara changed over time?
PDFXLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - ダッシュボード奈良県
Nara Tourism Data Portal "Mirunara"
Nara Prefecture's tourism data visualization portal. Combines multiple data sources to show visitor profiles, length of stay, lodging trends, credit card spending, and consumption patterns by country/region, with comparisons to national statistics from JNTO and the Japan Tourism Agency. Some detailed data is access-restricted.
Questions this data can answer
Where do visitors to Nara come from and which routes do they take?
HTMLPDFUpdated2026-08-23 - 伝統工芸奈良県
Nara's Nationally Designated Traditional Crafts
Nara Prefecture’s official guide to crafts designated by the Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry. Nara has three: Takayama tea whisks (1975), Nara brushes (1977) and Nara ink (2018), with their regions, history and designation years — primary information on the prefecture’s flagship local crafts.
Questions this data can answer
What are Nara’s nationally designated traditional crafts, and when were they designated?
HTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - ならまち奈良市
Nara City Historic Townscape Buildings
The list of buildings designated by the city to preserve the historic character of the Naramachi and Nara Park districts, with designation numbers, names and dates plus detail sheets — source material for old-town walking content.
Questions this data can answer
Which historic buildings in Naramachi are designated for preservation?
CSVPDFUpdated2026-08-23 - 来訪者数日本観光振興協会
Digital Tourism Statistics (Monthly Visitors by Municipality)
Monthly visitor estimates for every municipality in Japan derived from mobile location data, published as CSV. Faster than annual government statistics and granular enough to track Asuka, Kashihara and Sakurai individually.
Questions this data can answer
How do monthly visitor numbers trend for Asuka, Kashihara and Sakurai?
CSVUpdated2026-08-23 - RESAS経済産業省・内閣府
RESAS Tourism Map
The national big-data dashboard for regional economies. Its tourism maps show destination search rankings and de-facto population by prefecture and municipality — private-sector indicators that ordinary statistics can’t provide.
Questions this data can answer
Which destinations in Nara are searched for the most?
HTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - 森林林野庁
Forestry Agency: Forest and Planted-Forest Ratios by Prefecture
Forestry Agency statistics listing the forest ratio (share of land covered by forest) and planted-forest ratio for all 47 prefectures. As of 31 March 2022, Nara's forest ratio is 77% and its planted-forest ratio 61% — the baseline behind Nara being a largely forested, mountainous prefecture.
Questions this data can answer
How high is Nara's forest ratio compared with other prefectures?
HTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - 三郷町三郷町
Sangō Town Cultural Properties
The list of designated and registered cultural properties in Sangō, in the recommended dataset format with CSV and Excel — a municipal-level complement to the national database.
Questions this data can answer
What cultural properties are there in Sangō Town?
CSVXLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - 三郷町三郷町
Sangō Town Tourist Facilities
A list of tourist facilities in Sangō, the temple town of Chōgosonshi-ji on Mt. Shigi, published in the recommended dataset format with CSV and Excel.
Questions this data can answer
What tourist facilities does Sangō have and where?
CSVXLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - 宿泊業総務省統計局・経済産業省
Economic Census (Accommodation and Food Services)
Japan’s census of all businesses. Industry-by-municipality tables yield the number of lodging and food-service establishments, employees and sales in Nara — quantifying the supply side of tourism.
Questions this data can answer
How are lodging businesses distributed across Nara’s municipalities?
XLSXCSVAPIUpdated2026-08-23 - 製造業総務省統計局・経済産業省
Economic Census (Manufacturing)
Japan’s census of all businesses. Manufacturing tables by industry and municipality yield establishment counts, employees and shipment values for Nara’s local industries such as socks (textiles), ink and food — quantifying them from primary data.
Questions this data can answer
What is the scale of Nara’s manufacturing by industry and municipality?
XLSXCSVAPIUpdated2026-08-23 - 特産品大和郡山市
Goldfish Industry of Yamatokoriyama
The city of Yamatokoriyama’s official guide to its goldfish farming, a major production hub. It covers the industry from breeding to sales and its roughly 300-year history. A local industry tied to tourism (goldfish scooping, the 'goldfish town'); basic figures are available, though detailed time-series data are limited.
Questions this data can answer
What is the scale and history of Yamatokoriyama’s goldfish industry?
HTMLUpdated2026-08-23 - 大和郡山市大和郡山市
Yamatokōriyama City Recommended Datasets (Tourist Facilities, Cultural Properties, Events etc.)
Open data from the castle town famous for goldfish, in the standard recommended format: tourist facilities, cultural properties, events, public toilets and Wi-Fi access points, each downloadable as CSV and Excel.
Questions this data can answer
What tourist facilities and cultural properties does Yamatokōriyama have?
CSVXLSXUpdated2026-08-23 - 吉野山吉野町
Yoshinoyama Cherry Blossom Records (since 1989)
Records of first-bloom and peak dates for the four zones of Yoshinoyama (Shimo, Naka, Kami and Oku-senbon), kept by the town since 1989 — some 35 years of phenology useful for trip planning and demand forecasting.
Questions this data can answer
How have Yoshinoyama’s bloom dates shifted over 35 years?
PDFHTMLUpdated2026-08-23