Nara: The Ancient City

I could hardly get any sleep, and when i decided to get up it was already 9:30 and i missed my breakfast. I was not feeling so well, my whole body felt numb. But come to think about it, i managed to cover 145 km in one day yesterday, despite the hills! I think it was not so bad at all. I went outside and tried to explore the city.
I had no idea Nara was a tourist attraction. (It turned out latter to be the best highlight of the tour). I just happened to stop in Nara because i was thinking that i could not make it to Osaka in one go.
Nara was the capital city of Japan from the year 710 to 794. It has alot of temples and gardens and looks very lovely and calm.
At the city center people was flocking around a japanese mochi shop, where they show us the mochi pounding proces (mochitsuki). Nara is proud with their dramatic and fast mochitsuki process. It was very interesting to watchRead more