Shinto shrine Kasuga Taisha Shrine, was built in the year 768. The sanctuary was the Ancestral Temple Fujiwara clan, as well as being close by, "deer" Nara Park, Buddhist Temple Kofuku-ji.

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

On the territory of the sanctuary is a historical museum, which presents the values ​​of the church and other Kasuga Shinto shrines. This collection is considered the most complete collection of cultural monuments of the Heian period.

The first ritual shrine torii gate, installed in the central part of town and found a particularly important cultural value. The material for their construction served as a cryptomeria wood and erected them in the IX century. The temple grounds on three sides surrounds the gallery, which is mounted on the roof pillars red.

In the courtyard of the temple, along the walkway to the joss and other territories of the sanctuary installed lights - only there are more than three thousand. All of these lamps were once donated to the sanctuary of his parishioners and visitors. Previously, they lit every day, and now - only twice a year, during the holidays in early February Setsubun and Tyugen-Mantorov Matsuri in mid-August, when the ignition lights accompanied by music and dancing. In December, during the celebration of Kasuga-wakame-on-matsuri, lights, on the contrary, everywhere extinguished. In addition, next to the sanctuary regularly shows with ceremonial music and dance of ancient Japan.

The church kept Kasuga Shinto shrine of four deities. Near the temple is a botanical garden Man'yoshu. The sanctuary is visited by members of the royal family, heads of ministries and other departments of the country.