DetourmapPlaces worth the detour in Nara
17 places worth going out of your way for lie within 20 km of Nara, Japan, across 2 kinds of detour; archaeological & historic sites are the largest group (16). Best known: Mount Miwa. 16 of them rank as little-known. Click any card to open it on the map.
- Within 20 km
- 17
- Oldest
- Hashihaka Kofun 300
- Little known
- 16 of 17
- Most from
- 3rd century
All 17, ranked 17
Ranked by how many Wikipedia editions cover them.
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6.Sakurai Chausuyama Kofun
Archaeological · 4th century · Hidden gem
Kofun period keyhole-shaped burial mound in Japan
Within reach of Nara
Questions about this page
What is worth seeing near Nara?
17 places within 20 km: 16 archaeological & historic sites and 1 nature & landscapes. The best known is Mount Miwa.
Is there anything near Nara that most visitors miss?
16 of these 17 places rank as little known — they carry a Wikipedia article in only a handful of languages, which is usually the difference between a queue and an empty path. They are in the ranked list below, furthest down.
What is the oldest thing near Nara?
Hashihaka Kofun, dated to 300.
How is the 20 km radius measured?
As the crow flies from the centre of Nara, not by driving time. A place inside the circle can still be a long way round by road, and the distance to each is on its card on the map.
Where does this information come from?
Every place is drawn from Wikidata (CC0), with photographs from Wikimedia Commons and a link to its English Wikipedia article. Selection is deterministic: a place is here because Wikidata files it under one of the classes this atlas carries and it has coordinates, a photo and an article. Nothing is written or chosen by an AI, and the ranking is simply how many Wikipedia language editions cover a place.