Nara Japan Day Trip ⛩️ Cycling Asuka & a Temple Ceiling of 260 Flowers

Hi, I'm Waka! This time, a day trip in Nara Japan: I rented a bike and cycled around Asuka, where Japan's first capitals once stood — listed as a World Heritage Site in 2026. A burial chamber you can walk inside, a ceiling covered in 260 flowers, and rice terraces stacked up a hillside. ⚠️ Please turn on captions (CC) in the video settings to watch with subtitles. 🎞 Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:34 Kashiharajingu-mae Station 0:50 Renting a Bike 1:21 The Fujiwara Palace Site 1:38 2.4 Million Cosmos 3:14 Where the Palace Stood 5:00 Tachibanadera and Ojoin 5:42 The Flower Ceiling 7:39 Ishibutai Kofun 8:35 Inside the Tomb 10:10 Okadera 11:35 The Bell 12:28 Inabuchi Rice Terraces 14:22 Asukadera 14:34 The Hidden Heart 📍 Places visited (in order) Kashiharajingu-mae Station https://www.google.com/maps/search/%E... Asuka Rent-a-Cycle https://www.google.com/maps/search/%E... Fujiwara Palace Site https://www.google.com/maps/search/%E... Tachibanadera https://www.google.com/maps/search/%E... Ishibutai Kofun https://www.google.com/maps/search/%E... Okadera https://www.google.com/maps/search/%E... Inabuchi Rice Terraces https://www.google.com/maps/search/%E... Asukadera https://www.google.com/maps/search/%E... 🎫 Admission Fujiwara Palace Site: free Tachibanadera: ¥400 (approx. $2.5/€2) Ishibutai Kofun: ¥300 (approx. $2/€1.5) Asukadera: ¥350 (approx. $2/€2) Okadera: ¥500 (approx. $3/€3) ※Okadera is open 8:30–17:00 (16:30 from December to February) 🚲 Asuka Rent-a-Cycle Bicycle: ¥1,200 per day (approx. $7.5/€6.5) Electric bicycle: ¥1,700 per day (approx. $11/€9.5) Asuka has hills — the electric one is worth it. 🚲 Why a bike Asuka is spread out, and the sites are a few kilometres apart. A rental bike right outside the station turns the whole village into one afternoon. The staff will mark a route on a map for you. 🌸 The cosmos 2.4 million cosmos bloom at the Fujiwara Palace Site from early to late October. It's free to enter. In October there were almost no foreign visitors here — it is still very much a local place. 🏯 A World Heritage Site since 2026 Asuka and the Fujiwara capitals were added to the UNESCO World Heritage list in 2026. These were the capitals of Japan before Nara and Kyoto, around 1,300 to 1,400 years ago. If you enjoyed this ride through Asuka, I'd love it if you subscribed for more silent vlogs from Japan 🇯🇵 #Asuka #NaraJapan #JapanCycling #WorldHeritage #JapanTravel #SilentVlog