Local authorities working with the Nara Deer Preservation Foundation ... “There is a tourist riding a deer at the park.” Usually, the complaints are about people feeding the animals with ...

Nara Park in this western Japan city is enjoying a tourist renaissance in the post-COVID and weak yen era. Even more than the ...

Revenue from the sale of crackers sold for sightseers to feed the deer is another ... They reached a settlement in 1985. Deer are currently protected in and around Nara Park.

Check out our video below of our experience meeting and feeding the deer in Nara Park. Located within Nara Park, the Todaiji Temple is one of the most impressive temples in the entire country.

Nara City features an expansive park near the city center, replete with herds of deer that wander about freely. When temperatures fall in winter, the deer can be seen foraging for food while ...

The Sika deer are classified as a national treasure, and so are protected by law. Most of them congregate in Nara Park, which is also home to temples and shrines. Visitors are allowed to feed them ...

More than 1,200 have made the city their home, mostly congregating in central Nara Park, where tourists wanting to generate a mini stampede can buy packets of crackers to feed them. The deer are ...

A video from Nara Deer Park in Japan has captured a startling moment when a deer unexpectedly headbutted a young child standing beside his father. The video begins with the father-son duo standing ...

One of the deer that are beloved by sightseers is seen at Nara Park on Dec. 20 ... While the image is mainly of tourists feeding the gentle creatures rice crackers, there have been reports ...