Themes

Data, articles and features grouped by theme. Start from whichever angle interests you and explore Nara today.

• Asuka & World Heritage

  Centered on the Capitals of Asuka-Fujiwara, expected to be inscribed as a World Heritage Site in July 2026, this theme gathers Asuka's history, tombs and landscape alongside Nara's World Heritage and National Treasures — from articles to primary data and feature pages.

  6 datasets11 articles

• Cultural Properties & National Treasures

  Nara is one of Japan's richest troves of cultural properties. This theme gathers databases and GIS for everything from National Treasures and Important Cultural Properties to prefecturally designated items, alongside the National Treasures feature browsable by municipality.

  8 datasets1 articles

• Inbound & Tourism Spending

  What do inbound visitors spend on, and what do they come for? This theme brings together consumption-trend, visitor-arrival and people-flow data, plus the articles that read them.

  11 datasets6 articles

• Lodging & Stays

  Lodging is Nara tourism's biggest homework. This theme gathers supply-side data on stays — lodging statistics, occupancy rates and accommodation-capacity mesh data — a starting point for rethinking the day-trip pattern in numbers.

  6 datasets0 articles

• Local Industry & Specialties

  Tea whisks, ink, socks, goldfish, Miwa sōmen — Nara is full of local industries that lead Japan and the world. This theme gathers traditional-craft, manufacturing-statistics and specialty-product data.

  7 datasets2 articles

• Nature & Seasons

  Cherry blossoms, the deer of Nara Park, the basin climate — this theme follows Nara's nature through the seasons, with long-term observation data and articles.

  8 datasets11 articles

• Access & Transport

  How to reach Nara, and how to get around once there. This theme gathers railway, station and people-flow data, plus articles on Kintetsu vs JR and access from Osaka and Kyoto.

  2 datasets7 articles