Interesting place to visit (Nara)

As some of you might know, I'm currently studying abroad in Japan and during my first few months there, of course I'd taken the golden opportunity to traveled to some place(just to share some). I'm currently studying in Nara prefecture and it would take about one hour by train to get to famous travel destinations such as Kyoto, Kobe etc...Of course for those who knows their map, getting to Tokyo is kinda a pain (even with shinkansen (bullet train) it would take 2-3 hours).

Probably the first spot I visited would be Nara itself. It's a good thing my Japanese teacher was willing to be our tour guide for the day. It was during the Golden Week when this happened. We gathered at Nara eki (train station) in the morning, around 9 am plus and meet up with our sensei over there.

First we took a trip to a temple (Btw, there are like a LOT of shrines and temples here) called Koufuku-ji. One of the main attraction would probably the pagoda (cone like building). Didn't expect to find one here though. Another trivia about it, is that the place is under the UNESCO World Heritage List. The details about the place such as history and architecture, I'll leave it to Mr. Google for those of you
who are interested in those sorts of details (sorry, I wasn't paying much attention during the tour). Entrance is not really cheap to be honest, at least not for me.

Keep in mind that Kofuku-ji Temple can be separated into the Eastern Golden Hall and the National Treasure Hall which is given entry upon buying respective tickets. Up to the point of the pagoda is free though. And of course you can choose to enter either the Eastern Golden Hall or the National Treasure Hall or both, each with their own ticket price. I was charged 800 yen in total for both places. Long story short, it was mostly ancient statues related to Buddhist and that sort. And of course photography is prohibited in the temple so, sorry for no pictures on that. But I'm guessing those of you who hold an interest in these sort of historical artifact should definitely put this into your bucket list (or another one I'm going to share later) Btw, be sure to drop Sarusawa pond as well to get a magnificent view of the temple and also a place to chill.

Next, we head to probably, the main attraction in Nara, Nara Park itself. Herd of deers inhabiting the area, it's truly a sight to behold you can't find anywhere else in Japan, or even the world. There are a few stalls selling senbei (rice crackers) to be fed to the deers for the price of 150 yen. You'll be surprised how many deers will coming dashing towards you the moment you hold this in front of them. And just like rumors said, they DO bow down to you in request of the rice crackers you might have on your hand

            

To be continued....(sorry guys for stopping here don't feel like writing everything in one post, strains my eyes but hope you enjoy my story up to this point)