| (Heisei)Date | Major Events |
| 1989 02 08 | New Prefecture Hall given 1st Architecture/Culture Award |
| 04 22 | Construction of multipurpose facility Nara Machi Center completed on the site of the former city government office |
| 06 20 | Central Library（＊Open the other window） opened in Nara Machi Center |
| 07 14 | Youth Outdoor Activities Center opened |
| 08 16 | Nara Festival held（until 8.18） |
| 10 27 | Nara Crafts Festival held |
| 1990 04 01 | Urban scenery regulations put in force |
| 04 27 | Linear Express Exhibition held |
| 09 26 | Seibu Shogai Sports Center opened |
| 10 30 | "Hana" selected as the first sculpture in the "City of Sculptures" program |
| 12 18 | Fundamental plan for a new Nara decided |
| 1991 05 15 | Yacho no Mori (Wild Bird's Forest) opened |
| 05 29 | Workers General Welfare Center (Sun Active Nara) opened |
| 06 14 | Commerce Promotion Center (Nara Merchant Seed Center)opened |
| 07 15 | Operations commenced in the new North Wing of City Hall |
| 08 08 | Nishi-Roshun no Ie (Western Aged People's Hall) opened |
| 10 10 | Gymnasium at the Nanbu Shogai Sports Center opened |
| 10 16 | Nunome Dam completed |
| 10 18 | Summit held with city, town, and villages related to the building of Todaiji Temple |
| 1992 04 01 | Inauguration of the Human Rights Development Center |
| 04 14 | Museum of Photographic Fine Arts opened |
| 04 24 | Naramachi- Koshi no Ie (House of Koshi) opened |
| 04 25 | Torienaare Nara '92 held (until 6.14) |
| 07 17 | 1st community home completed in the urban renewal project for communities around the JR Nara train station |
| 08 15 | "Gassho Yamato Hiyori" Peace Monument completed |
| 09 28 | Yasunori Ookawa became mayor |
| 11 14 | Citizens' service corner opened in Nara Family |
| 12 24 | Hall for the Preservation of Historical Records completed |
| 1993 08 20 | Began "Let's Not Drive" Day |
| 10 26 | Began a sister-city relationship with Canberra, Australia |
| 11 07 | Silk Road International Marathon held |
| 1994 05 18 | Nara Conference on China-Japanese Friendship Through City Exchange held |
| 07 08 | Lecture held on music therapy |
| 09 15 | Nara announces its "Walk Hand-in-Hand with the Elderly" declaration at a convention on |
| 09 19 | welfare Regulations prohibiting discrimination of Burakumin, etc., put in force |
| 10 04 | Onjo-kan（＊Open the other window） opened |
| 11 08 | Nara Conference for World Tourism held |
| 12 03 | Pillar raising ceremony held at the ancient ruins of Heijo Palace |
| 1995 01 01 | Regulation regarding littering put in force |
| 01 17 | Kobe/Hanshin Earthquake |
| 02 03 | Volunteer center(＊Open the other window） set up |
| 02 22 | City project for the road connecting Surugamachi and Takabatake finished |
| 04 29 | Toriennale Nara '95 held (until 6. 18) |
| 08 01 | Disaster Prevention Center opened |
| 08 16 | Program for assistant music therapists started |
| 09 30 | Curtain raised for Sports & Recreation Nara '95 (until 10. 3) |
| 10 23 | Buses with lifts for passengers with disabilities introduced |
| 11 05 | Canberra Wine Fair held |
| 1996 03 06 | The Fire Communication General System has been completed. |
| 03 28 | Meisho Daijoin Garden Cultural Hall opened |
| 04 01 | General Medical Examination Center began operations |
| 07 01 | "Kasugano's Deer and Temple Bells" was recognized by the Environment Agency as one of Japan's 100 most wonderful sounds. |
| 〃 | Regulations regarding the problem of abandoned bicycles, prevention and ways to cope with it, were put in force |
| 07 18 | Childrens' Parliament held |
| 08 01 | Indoor heated pool completed at the Seibu Shogai Sports Center |
| 08 19 | Children from municipal schools sent on overseas study program (to Kyongju and Canberra) |
| 09 01 | 24-hour program to send aids to help senior citizens in their homes launched |
| 09 08 | Yasunori Ookawa re-elected as mayor |
| 09 26 | Agreement reached with the city of Koriyama in Fukushima Prefecture for mutual disaster assistance |
| 10 04 | Ministry of Construction selected Nara as one of Japan's 100 most scenic cities |
| 10 18 | Nara recognized by the Ministry of Health and Welfare for its recycling efforts |
| 11 25 | Mayor Ookawa made honorary citizen of the city of Xi'an |
| 1997 04 01 | Waterworks completed for the Seika district |
| 04 23 | Daini Hanna Road opened to traffic |
| 04 28 | Office for radio broadcasts for disaster prevention opened |
| 05 06 | Dispatching of music therapists began |
| 09 19 | Received award from the General Affairs Agency for meritorious services in traffic safety promotion |
| 1998 01 19 | "Toki-no-Kaze (Wind of Time)" selected as song to commemorate Nara's Centennial as a municipality |
| 02 01 | Centennial as municipality celebrated. Nara delivers Centennial declaration |
| 02 04 | Memorial ceremony for the completion of Suzaku Gate held |
| 04 01 | Regulations regarding public access to information put in force |
| 〃 | Common use of the plaza in front of JR Nara Station's West Entrance began. First building in the re-development of the area in front of JR Nara Station opened |
| 〃 | Comprehensive senior citizens' home Warakuen opened |
| 04 17 | Ancient Nara '98, an event commemorating the restoration of Suzakumon and Touin garden (until 4. 28), and the Ancient Nara Exhibition '98 (until 5. 17) were held.
Suzakumon and Touin garden were opened to the public |
| 07 28 | A third-sector company named Nara Ikoma High-speed Railway K.K. was established for the work to be done on the Kinki Nippon Testudo (railway) Keihannashinsen to connect Ikoma station and Tomigaoka.(the company's license to operate a railway was acquired on 9. 3) |
| 09 06 | Cultural exchange with other Japanese cities having the same Centennial, Aomori, Ootsu, and Onomichi, began (until 9. 12) |
| 09 15 | 1st Citizens Welfare Movement was held |
| 09 22 | Typhoon #7 hit the city head on. Cultural assets were damaged |
| 10 01 | JR Nara Station's West Entrance opened for service |
| 10 12 | Center for Continuing Education opened |
| 10 17 | Narayaezakura was designated Nara's flower, Ichiigashi its tree, and Uguisu its bird |
| 10 26 | Commemorative ceremony for the 5th anniversary of Nara's sister city relationship with Canberra |
| 12 02 | Nara's cultural assets from when it was the ancient capital of Japan were designated World Cultural Heritages |
| 1999 01 31 | Memorial ceremony held for the Nara Centennial Hall（＊Open the other window） (opened 2. 1) and World Cultural Heritages designation |
| 03 05 | Seminar held on preservation and development for a city designated as a World Cultural Heritages City (until 3. 7) |
| 03 22 | Gathering of trash by type begun |
| 03 27 | Festival commemorating the transfer of the ancient capital held (until 3. 28) |
| 04 01 | Fundamental environmental regulations put in force, and a basic environmental plan was put into effect |
| 04 18 | A "park the car and take a bus" program was started (a "cycling" program was started on 10. 3) |
| 05 24 | Sugawara Haniwa-gama Park (Haniwa kiln) completed |
| 08 06 | Nara Sound and Light Gallery exhibition held (until 8. 15) |
| 08 23 | Asian Cultural Center of UNESCO (ACCU) office for the preservation of cultural assets was opened |
| 09 03 | An underground passage was opened allowing free access north and south of Kintetsu Gakuen-mae Station |
| 10 01 | New building for the investigation Center of Buried Cultural Properties completed |
| 12 04 | A memorial lecture and World Cultural Heritages certification transferal ceremony were held in commemoration of the 1st anniversary of designation. |
| 12 15 | City's website launched |
| 2000 01 01 | Count Down 2000 in Nara |
| 01 18 | Conference with the foreign citizen's was held |
| 01 24 | Resting area was established for the Stop-idling an engine crews in Kasuga-Taisha Shrine |
| 02 01 | Seibu Shogai Sports Center gymnasium opened |
| 03 27 | World Cultural Heritages registration anniversary "Nara Literary Prize" award ceremony and memorial lecture were held |
| 04 01 | Nara City Regulation against engine idling was enforced |
| 05 15 | Safety House for children was set up |
| 07 20 | Kurokamiyama Camp Field in Narazakacho was opened |
| 08 04 | Nara City Kason Sugioka Museum of Calligraphy was opened |
| 08 05 | Nara World Cultural Heritages Companionship Summer College, TODAIJI was opened（〜8.6） |
| 09 07 | Women's Festival was held |
| 09 10 | Yasunori Okawa becames Nara City mayor for a third term |
| 09 27 | Three Sister-city Friendly Athletic Meet was held in Kyongju（〜9.28） |
| 10 12 | 38 organizations and individuals were commissioned as Park Volunteers |
| 11 16 | Music therapy volunteer training course was opened |
| 11 17 | Narakougei Hall was opened in Azemame-cyou |
| 11 29 | Gathering for Peace Promotion was held（〜11.30） |
| 12 08 | The Third General Fundamental Plan was formulated |
| 12 26 | Nara City was assigned as an Omnibus Town |
| 2001 01 01 | Winter Lighted Flower Meeting was held |
| 01 17 | Ichijyo High School complex facilities were completed |
| 02 23 | Omnibus Town ･ Nara Impulsive Symposium was opened |
| 03 04 | Nara ･ Obama Sister Cities Partnership 30th Anniversary was held in Obama city |
| 03 28 | Nara Nara Hall（＊Open the other window）was open |
| 03 29 | Bus Location System was started |
| 04 01 | Nara City Third General Plan was started |
| 04 11 | Public Traffic Priority System was started |
| 04 13 | International Fire Fighting Rescue Brigade was set up |
| 04 16 | Resting area was established for the Stop-idling an engine crews in Toshodai-ji Temple |
| 05 07 | Seibu Hall was completed, Seibu branch office and Water Works bureau were opened |
| 05 30 | Music Therapy Volunteers were authorized as public office workers |
| 06 21 | Forestry School's "plant a tree excursion day" was started |
| 07 01 | Seibu Hall Opening Ceremony ･ Gakuenmae Hall was opened |
| 07 10 | Seika District Water Purification Center was completed |
| 08 28 | Nara City submitted an application to the Ministry of General Affairs to be recognized as a "Chukakushi city" |
| 09 15 | Mr. Kason Sugioka was recognized with the Nara City Honorary Citizen Award |
| 10 05 | Nara City ･ Kurashiki City will be officially assigned as "Chukaku City" on April 1, 2002 |
| 11 12 | "Nara Toukae no Rousoku" "Nara no Sumizukuri" were authorized to The Ministry of Environment "Kaori Fuukei 100 Selection" |
| 2002 04 01 | Ceremony for "Chukakushi" transition was held |
| 〃 | Regulation of the private information protection act was enforced |
