Yakushi-ji Getting there & around

Getting there & away

To get to Yakushi-ji, take bus 52, 63, 70, 88, 89 or 97 from either JR Nara station or Kintetsu Nara station and get off at either the Yakushi-ji Higashiguchi stop or the Yakushi-ji (¥240, 19 minutes). From the stop, walk 100m south (same direction thebus was travelling) to a Mobil station, cross the road to the west, and walk west across a canal. From the main road it’s 250m to the temple’s south entrance.

You can also take a futsū on the Kintetsu Kashihara line and get off at Nishinokyō station, which is about 200m walk northwest of Yakushi-ji (and 600m walk south of Tōshōdai-ji). If you’re coming from Nara, you will have to change trains at Yamato-Saidaiji (¥250, nine minutes; kyūkō and tokkyū do not stop at Nishinokyō).