Every 4th Saturday in January, an annual Grass-Burning-Fire event on Wakakusa-yama Hill is held in Nara. It is officiated in ceremonial manner with prayers b...

Last autumn, I was asked to write a short essay on a tabloid paper. It was by a company "Wendy" in Hiroshima that publishes and distributes a million copies...

Autumn to Winter style in hot soup Autumn to Winter style in hot broth Nagashi Somen (swiming/ Very rare experience! <B> From Spiring to Summer style: Mos...

A short essay that I wrote about my tours in Nara, Yamato was again featured in a local monthly magazine titled "NARARA" (「ならら」）for their October issue, 2019...

October. 22nd has became a memorable day for me. I was in Kyoto, being an assistant guide at Tofukuji Temple with 13 American guests on "National Geographi...

A short essay that I wrote about my tours in Nara, Yamato was again featured in a local monthly magazine titled "NARARA" for their September issue, 2019. Thi...

A full-day tour in YAMATO, Nara with Caitilin from Australia. 🌲 She finished her Yoga retreat in Hokkaido and came down all the way to Nara to join the tou...

Monthly magazines, "Narara" issue August, 2019 Special feature: "Regeneration" -water of life- I wrote a short report about my Yamato Spirit Tours for this ...

I just want to share some beautiful photos of the cherry blossoms I took this April. Today is the last day of "Heisei" (平成）era. The cerry blossoms at Hase-...

For the last 7 weeks, I spent my time in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Being away from Nara at least once a year is my way to keepmyself objective, sensitive (someti...

Happy New Year ! ☺️　I hope your life will be full of surprise and joy in the new year that’s about to begin. May You be blessed with everything you want in...

I have started to be a host of tours (experiences) in Nara, YAMATO, through Airbnb. https://www.airbnb.jp/experiences/206999 I am an Airbnb "experience" hos...

Kofukuji Temple was founded at the time of the relocation of the capital to Nara in 710, and marked the 1300 -year anniversary in the year 2010. For the firs...

One early autumn night of 8th of September, Todaiji Temple was re-opened at 6PM for the lucky 2,000 people chosen by a drawing for a special performances of ...

Asia Art Tours (https://asiaarttours.com) is created by Matthew, originally from US, living in Taiwan. He created this tour company to directly connect with...

Kasugano enchi (春日野園地） Kofukuji-temple, Five-story Pagoda　（興福寺・五重塔） Sarusawa pond (猿沢池） in front of the Nara prefectural government office (県庁前） #Nara

This is an amazingly beautiful video taken by a freelance documentary maker, Koichi Hozan. on July 30, 2018. I just cannot help sharing this one with more pe...

I had such a good time with Suzann from Quebec, Canada touring around Nara for 2 and half days. It started with a sudden Facebook messenger from the owner of...

If you are in Nara during the summer season August 5-14th, TOKA-E is a event you don't want to miss. TOKA-E （燈花会）：http://www.toukae.jp/en/ TOKA-E candle nig...

Koichi Hozan (保山耕一: 54 year old）is a freelance documentary film maker living in Ikoma city in Nara prefecture who is constantly fighting with his rectal canc...