| (Meiji)Date | Major Events |
| 1889 04 01 | Town system executed, Town Hall set up in Higashiterabayashicho |
| 1890 12 27 | Osaka Railroad Company completes line between Nara and Ouji, Nara Station begins operations |
| 1892 02 02 | Railroad line between Osaka Minatomachi and Nara completed |
| 1895 04 29 | Nara Imperial Museum (now the Nara National Museum) opens |
| 1896 04 18 | Completion of railroad line between Nara and Kizu make direct route to Kyoto possible |
| 10 − | First cutting of the antlers of the deer at Kasuga Taisha Shrine |
| 1897 04 − | Nara fire fighting team organized (origin of today's fire fighting system) |
| 1898 02 01 | Nara becomes a city (area is 23.44 sq. km. and population is 29,986) |
| 04 02 | Elections held for city council (until 4. 3) |
| 04 09 | First city council meeting held |
| 04 19 | Daibutsu Railroad (between Nara and Kamo) completed, passage to Nagoya made possible |
| 1898 05 11 | Railroad between Kyoubate and Sakurai opened |
| 1899 10 14 | Railroad between Nara and Kyoubate opened |
| 1900 02 17 | Nighttime fire on Mt. Wakakusa conducted for the first time |
| 12 07 | Excursion roadway in the mountains around Kasuga completed |
| 1903 04 06 | First publication of Nara newsletter |
| 05 05 | Nara city symbol mark created |
| 1906 07 01 | Kajuurou Tanada and others organize the Heijo Palace ruins preservation movement |
| 1908 03 31 | Telephone network opens in the city |
| 1909 04 01 | City fire fighting team put in place with staff room established inside City Hall |
| 05 01 | Nara Women's Higher Normal School (now Nara Women's University) opened |
| 10 17 | National Railroad Authority opens Nara Hotel |
| 1910 12 16 | Nara Gas Company established in Aburasaka, provision of coal gas begins in May the following year |
| 1911 03 − | Kajuurou Tanada and others complete monument at Heijo Palace ruins |
