Nara
Nara (奈良市) is one of Japan’s ancient capital in the Kansai region, directly bordering Kyoto. It has supposedly Eight temples, shrines and ruins, which collectively form the Unesco World Heritage site known as the “historic monuments of ancient Nara.”
Torii greeting Nara’s visitors
The red torii, this time from a bit farther
Large keyhole-shaped burial mounds were purportedly constructed between the late third and the early fourth century A.D. at the foot of Miwa Mountain, east of Nara Basin. It is believed that those mounds were for the ancient kings, who eventually expanded their powers over the entire land. I don’t know where exactly this trail leads but these stone slabs sure look creepy.
What exactly are these things? Lamps or tombstones?
Climbing further up the trail and we are greeted with more of these creepy stones
