NaraExplorer

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Up-to-date and essential English tourist information about Nara for international visitors

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Nara Explorer is Nara's first and only English tourist magazine.

Our inaugual first issue will be published in June.

For further information,click here.

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  • Useful Tourist Information

Getting Money: ATMs & Exchange

Post Office ATMs
Foreign visitors can use their credit card or debit card with PIN number at all post office ATMs in Japan; English menus are available on screen; many post offices in Nara generally open: 9:00-17:30 on weekdays (some open until 19:00 or 21:00), 9:00-12:30 on Sat. (some open until 17:00), closed Sun.; look for on pg 6 & 7 maps for the nearest post office.
Seven-Eleven ATMs
several credit cards issued in foreign countries are accepted 24 hours a day at all Seven-Eleven convenience store ATM machines; VISA, MASTER, Maestro, AMEX, and any cards with Plus or Cirrus marks; look for on pg 6 & 7 maps for the nearest Seven-Eleven store.