A true wonder! The scale of the wooden shrine is to be seen to be believed. The statues inside are a true wonder and the Buddha statue is a must see. The pillar which you can try to go through is also a fun activity to do based on your size.

Wow, this Buddha is big, and is well worth the admission fee and walk around. It was busy, but it was quite quick to get in and see it all. Top tip, go in the museum before, which is worth a visit, and you can bypass the queue for the Buddha. Just go up the right hand side of the queue in the group line.

A beautiful religious place. The whole place is Peaceful and serene. The temple is built about 1250 years before by Emperor Shomu. The temple of the great Buddha was built for the prosperity of human beings ,animals and plants as well. Number of deers also roam about the place freely to add to the peacefulness of the place

I've been here a few times and keep going back. I love the first temple gate, proudly showing its age. I love the deers, the pretty pond, and of course, the giant buddha is its massive wooden hall. Yes, it's busy, but to go to Nara and not visit here would be a travesty.

I don’t really get clear feelings of the history of Japan before I visit this place. Once of the place you can really feel the peaceful, zen atmosphere and also the history! No colorful decorations, pure nature woods, stone and also bronze, I like it very much!

This is a must when visiting Nara. Firstly you feed the deer in the park. They bow before being fed making it more magical. The Toda-ji Temple is magnificent. The gate house is very old but makes entrance to the Temple more grand. Inside there is the giant statue of the Buddha, also other statues. The grandchildren squeezed through the hole in the wooden pillar. Anyone succeeding this gets good luck

After seeing many temples in the larger Japanese cities, the Todai-ji temple is huge and impressive in scale and scope. Everything is done on a grand scale for the lands, the gates, the main tower and the Buddha - all huge! We took the audio tour which was most instructive and provided a deeper insight. We also visited the museum, which I would suggest to go to first and then visit the temple. While the deer in the park are friendly and a different experience it is this temple which makes a trip to Nara a must do.

Imperial Capital of Nara. First impression, 1,000 deers without fear of humans wandering up to visitors looking for food handout. If a deer smell any trace of food on you, that deer will aggressive sniff your body. We found the younger deers to be more friendly. The deers are able to roam freely and are believed to be sacred messengers of the Shinto gods that inhabit the shrine and surrounding mountainous terrain. Upon entrance to the Todai-ji Daibutsuden (Great Buddha Hall), you will see impressive statue of Buddha, largest bronze Buddha in the world. The original temple was started from around 700 AD and been reconstructed over the centuries. The temple is supported by massive cypress post inside. Though some of the original building in the Nara complex no longer exists, there remains quite a few to look at. Probably takes 3-4 hours to see everything at Nara park.

This temple is honestly beautiful. We went around 1/2pm and it was busy but the crowds and queues weren’t bad. The view past payment is breathtaking especially with the cherry blossoms. Inside the temple is one of the largest bronze monuments in the world. When I say it’s large, it is LARGE. Absolutely beautiful. There are stamps inside for those wanting to get their stamp book done and calligraphy at an extra price too. Would highly recommend to visit as part of your Nara trip! There was a museum also, it was not as great but nice to see all the same.

The grounds are beautiful, but the real attraction is the main temple building and the giant bronze Buddha housed inside. It's easy to lose scale of things, as everything in the temple is large. The Buddha statue is 16 meters in height and weighs a staggering 550 tons. The current temple building is stunningly much smaller than the original temple and there were once two 100-meter-tall pagodas on the site.