In a nutshell

Todaiji ('Great Eastern Temple') is one of Japan's most famous and historically significant temples and a landmark of Nara. Trip to Japanese old capital city to see BIG BUDDA!
Nara Park is a large park in central Nara established in 1880. There are hundreds of free-roaming deer believed as messengers of the gods.
Arcade Shinsaibashi Suji is a typical Osaka's shopping destination to observe local lives.

Main stops

Todaiji temple
Nara Park
shopping arcade Shinsaibashi

The programme

Todaiji temple was constructed in 752 as the head temple of all provincial Buddhist temples of Japan and grew so powerful that the capital was moved from Nara to Nagaoka in 784 in order to lower the temple's influence on government affairs. Todaiji's main hall, the Daibutsuden (Big Buddha Hall) is the world's largest wooden building.
Nara Park is a large park in central Nara. Established in 1880. There are hundreds of free-roaming deer considered in Shinto to be messengers of the gods, Nara's nearly 1200 deer have become a symbol of the city and have even been designated as a natural treasure. Nara's deer are surprisingly tame. Deer crackers are for sale around the park, and some deer have learned to bow to visitors to ask to be fed.
After that, we go shopping at the covered shopping arcade Shinsaibashi, one of Osaka's oldest and busiest shopping destinations.