
Heijō-kyō
Heijō-kyō was the planned eighth-century capital centered on the Heijō Palace site in present-day Nara, interpreted through archaeology.

Heijō-kyō was the planned eighth-century capital centered on the Heijō Palace site in present-day Nara, interpreted through archaeology.

Nara is an ancient Japanese capital whose palace site, temples, shrines, literature, parkland, and modern neighborhoods form layered landscapes.

Tōdai-ji is a Nara Buddhist temple founded within the eighth-century state monastery system and centred on the monumental Vairocana Great Buddha.