Saidai-ji Monzen Souvenir Street

The area around Kintetsu Yamato Saidai-ji Station is a bustling terminal district for Nara. In the station shops and surrounding shopping malls, Nara specialties such as Nara-zuke pickles, persimmon leaf sushi, Miwa soumen, and Yoshino arrowroot confectionery are all available in one place. There is also a direct sales shop for Yamato vegetables, and traditional varieties such as Yamato round eggplant and Yamato mana are recommended as souvenirs.