A Shinto Shrine Kasuga-Taisha Shrine was built in 768 year. The sanctuary was the family temple of the Fujiwara clan, and nearby, in the deer Park in Nara, Buddhist temple Kofuku-JI.

The close proximity of the two temples, representing different religions, can be called an example of a process of mixing of Buddhism and Shinto in Japan which lasted for centuries until the Meiji era.

In the Shrine is a historical Museum, which presents the values of the temple of Kasuga and other Shinto shrines. This collection is considered the most complete collection of cultural monuments of the Heian period.

The first ritual gate-torii Shrine installed in the Central part of the city and is recognized as a particularly important cultural value. Material for their construction was the timber of cedars, and they were founded in the IX century. The temple grounds surrounded on three sides by a gallery, the roof of which are mounted on poles red.

In the courtyard of the temple, along the track to the Shrine and other areas of the sanctuary installed lights – there are more than three thousand. All these fixtures were donated to the sanctuary by his parishioners and visitors. It used to be lit every day, and now only twice a year, during the holidays Setsubun in early February and Tugan-Montoro-Matsuri in mid-August, when the ignition lights accompanied by music and dancing. And in December, during the celebration of the Kasuga-wakamiya-it-Matsuri, lights, on the contrary, everywhere extinguished. In addition, near the sanctuary regularly show with ceremonial music and dance of ancient Japan.

In the temple of Kasuga stores four temples Shinto deities. Near the temple is the Botanical garden of Manyoshu. The sanctuary is visited by members of the Imperial family, heads of ministries and other departments of the country.