This beautiful shrine is located in Nara Park with the Kasugayama primeval forest in the background. This shrine is dedicated to the protection of Nara city.
​There are stairs in various places, and the gravel road is difficult for wheelchairs but staff will help you if they are available.

• Facility Overview and Access

• Wheelchair accessibility and facilities

• Parking

• Restroom

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• Facility Overview

  Facility Name: Kasugataisha Shrine

  Address: 160 Kasugano-cho Nara-shi

  Telephone Number: +81-742-22-7788

  Opening Hours: 6:00~18:00(April – September)  6:30~17:00(October – March)

  Closed: Open Year Round

  General Admission Fee:  General Worship of Main Sanctuary: free Special Worship of Main Sanctuary:500yen (Junior High School Students and under are admitted for free) Kasugataisha Museum: Adult:500yen, University/High school:300yen, Junior High/Elementary school:200yen Manyou Botanical Garden Adult:500yen, Children:250yen

  Discount for those with Disabilities: N/A

  Home Page URL: https://www.kasugataisha.or.jp/en/about_en/

  Access

  Nearest Bus Stop: Kasuga Taisha-honden or Kasugataisha Omotesando(City loop bus)

  Distance from Nearest Bus Stop: 10min walk from bus stop

  Approximate travel time from station: 15min from Nara kintetsu station by bus
• Accessability

  Suitable in All Weather: Not good for rainy days, All outdoors

  Estimated Visiting time for Persons with Disabilities: 2 hours

  Parking for those with Disabilities: Available (2 spaces)

  Multilingual Guidance Available: Yes

  Map of Wheelchair accesible paths Available: No

  Basic Information for Accessability

  Step into Entrance of Facility（Height）: Stairs (7 steps)

  Wheelchair accessable Entryway option(Slope）: Staff can help wheelchair users if you contact in advance

  Elevator: １in Kasugataisha Museum

  Nursing Room Available: None

  First Aid Room: None

  Babysitting/Childcare: None

  Sensory Room: None

  Prayer Room:​ ​None

  Service Dogs Allowed:　No

  Rentals

  Wheelchair Rental: Yes

  Baby Buggy/Stroller Rental: No

  Audio Guide Rental: No

  Other Available Rentals: No
• Parking Area

  Map from Parking to Facility Availale: None​

  Multilingual Guide Map of Parking Area Available: Yes

  Surface type of Parking Area: ​Asphalt

  Parking Area Facility with covered Roof Path: No

  Distance from Parking Area to an Indoor Facility: To the Museum: about 100m, To the Main Sanctuary: about 500m

  Parking Attendants Available: Staff can help wheelchair users if you contact in advance

  Information for those with Physical Disabilities

  Parking Space for those with Disabilities Available: Yes, 2 spaces​

  Steps on Pathway from Parking Area to Entryway: ​21cm step at the entrance of Main Sanctuary

  Vehicle Avaible to Drive up to Entryway for drop off: No
• Toilet

  Restroom Entryway Width: 117 cm

  Toilet Stall Entryway Width: 54 cm

  Western Style Toilets Available: Yes

  Western style Toilets with Handrails Available: Yes

  Availability of heated bidet: None

  Toilet Information for those with Physical Disabilities

  Toilet stall for those with Physical Disabilites:  Available

  Door Style: Sliding Door

  Door Width: 89 cm

  Handrail Available: L bar style & U bar style

  Warm Water Bidet Available: Yes

  Ostomate-compatile facilities: Yes

  Universal Changing bed（for adults）: None

  Emmergency Alert Button in Stall: None

  For Young Children

  Baby Chair in Restroom stalls: ​Yes

  Diaper Changing Bed: Available in ladies room

  For the Visually Impaired

  Audio Guide Available: No​

  Braille Guide, Braille Map Available: No

  Toilet for Seeing Eye Dog Available: No

Wheelchair Accessibility at facility 

Restrooms

Parking

Cafe

• Walkways & Stairways in Facility

• Information & Guidance System

• Cafe

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• Facility

  Layout plan of building available/Map: No

  Wheelchair accesible: Yes, but the passageway along the way is difficult for wheelchair users.

  Type of Door: Main Sanctuary: No door,  Museum: Automatic door

  Width of Doorway: Over 120cm

  Stairsways present: Yes at the entrance of Main Sanctuary,  No steps at the Museum

  Staircase information/ Step Height: Main Sanctuary: Stairs with 7 steps,  Museum: No steps

  Methods of avoiding steps for wheelchair users: If the staff is free, they will help you.

  Width of aisles in building: Over 80cm

  Availability of tactile floor plans and models to show facilities: No

  Possibly Hazardous Areas: No

  Availability of Braille blocks at entrances and exits, elevator, stairs, etc: No

  Other information: There are stairs in various places, and the gravel road is difficult for wheelchairs.

  Paths & Walkways at Facility

  Uneven surfaces on Paths: Yes

  Stairs at Facility: Yes

  Accesibility Path around Steps: Staff will help if they are available

  Pathway Surfaces: Gravel path

  Inaccesible Areas to those with physical disabilities: ​Yes

  Rest Area: Available

  Braille Ground Blocks : None

  Braile Exhibit Guide Information: None

  Other difficult to traverse areas: not accessible for wheelchair users at many spots but staff can help if they are not bosy

  Condition of Stairways at Facility

  Wheelchair Stairlift Available: No

  Handrail Available: No

  Braille Labelled Handrails: No
• Accomodations for Different Needs at Facility

  Support & Guidance Available: Staff will help if they are available​

  Facilities & Exhibits that are accessible to those with Physical Disabilities: Staff will help if they are available

  Areas not accessible to those with Physical Disabilities: No but staff will help customers if needed

  Audio Guide Available: No

  Displays/Exhibits made for the Visually impaired & Blind: None

  Displays/Exhibits made for the Hearing impaired & Deaf: None

  Speech to Text Conversion Available: None

  Multilingual Displays: Available

  Multilingual Audio Guide, Headset Audio Guide Available: None

  Accommodations provided by Staff

  Staff trained to accommodate those with Physical Dissabilities: No​

  Staff trained to accommodate the Visually Impaired & Blind: No

  Staff trained to accomodate the Hearing Impairments & Deaf: No

  Staff can use Sign Language: No

  Multilingual Staff Available: No
• General Information

  Name: Cafe Kaon

  Type of food: Cafe (light meals)

  Opening Hours: 10:00~17:00(Last order:16:30)

  Cafe Entryway & Interior Information

  Door Type: Automatic Door

  Door Width: Wide

  Entryway Steps (Height): N/A

  Slope in place of stairs: N/A

  Seats with Tables available: Yes

  Baby chair/booster seat available: No

  Other Seating Information: N/A

  Hallways width: Wheelchairs can enter

  Staff Support（for buffet style meals): N/A

  Menu

  Braile Menu Available: 　None​

  Menu with Photos:　Yes

  Multilingual Menu Available: Yes

  Special Accomodations

  Accommodation for Special Dietary Needs for those with disabilities:  No

  Vegeterian Meals:　None

  Halal Meals: None (dishes without pork available)