• About
  • Featured
  • Home
 
Muza-chan's Gate to Japan
12 years of travel throughout Japan
Discover Japan through the eyes of a seasoned traveler
  • A Japan photo per day
  • Travel in Japan
  • Customs & traditions
  • Japanese food
  • Japanese history
  •  Anime & otaku
  • Did you know?

Great South Gate (Nandai-mon)

Fri, August 2, 2019, by Muza-chan

The main gate of the Tōdai-ji temple in Nara is, with a height of 25.46 meters, the largest temple entrance gate in Japan. It is five bays wide and two bays deep, and when it was originally build during the Nara period it was also featuring three pairs of doors. The gate we can admire today was built at the end of the 12th century, and it is a National Treasure.

Click on photo for higher resolution:
Nandaimon Gate, Todaiji Temple, Nara
Nandaimon Gate, Todaiji Temple, Nara
If you want to license my photos for commercial use, please contact me

EXIF Info:

Nikon Df
Lens: 24-70mm F/2.8G
Focal Length: 26mm
Aperture: F/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/800s
ISO Sensitivity: ISO 1000
Lights and shadows at Fushimi Inari
Yesterday’s Japan Photo:

Lights and shadows at Fushimi Inari



  •  
     
    • # Sakura, cherry blossoms

    • # Kyoto travel

    • # Travel tips for visiting Japan

    • # Tokyo travel

    •  
    • # Modern Japanese architecture

    • # Japanese gardens

    • # The 12 surviving Japanese castles

    • # Japanese manhole covers

    •  
    • # Castles in Japan

    • # Traditional Japanese house

    • # Trains in Japan

    •  
    • # Night time photos from Japan

    • # Zen gardens

    • # The 12 surviving Japanese castles

  • Traveled areas 2007-2017
  • Creative Commons License
    Photos and text by Muza-chan are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
    If you quote or use photos from this site, you must give appropriate credit and a link to the site:
    "Based on a work at muza-chan.net"
    Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available by contacting us (privacy policy).