Hello, I am Yoshi from NILS Japanese language school. Today’s topic is the World Heritage of Japan, Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara.
The symbol of Nara is he Great Image of Budda in Todai-ji. It was erected by the Emperor Shomu as a part to fhte national project to spread Buddhism to save Japan from many national crises such as famine and epidemics. The Great Buddha with a heght of 15 meters, making it the world’s largest bronze image both now and then, is sitting in a hall which is also registered in teh Guinness Book of Records as the largest wooden structure in the world.



By the way, you will see so many deer in Nara Park. Do you know why?
It is because the deer have been protected in Nara as messengers of the Grand Shrine of Kasuga. Until the Edo period, people were sentenced to death if they killed deer even by accedent.



March 21st News, from NILS Japanese language school.