Nara Say Nara Again
…It bit me! At least I thought it did. There was definitely a flash of teeth. Were my jeans wet with the monster’s drool? It was hard to tell, but still: the horror! We shuffled off, a good deal perturbed by the experience, and after that avoided the unrelenting deer. Rather than contemplate the world’s ...
Nara Say Nara
So far as capitial cities go, Nara’s shift as the top dog was pretty brief. For just 74 years from 710AD it was the ruling city of all Japan, including a five year holiday when power was transferred to what is now Osaka. Actually, moving the capital was a standard practice at that time: each ...