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The Nara Deer Park is a must when visiting Japan. These friendly tame deers wander amongst the many visitors.
This one came very close to me, maybe it thought I have the "shika senbei" ( deer crackers ).
Its antlers were removed for safety reasons, a practice since the Edo period (1603-1868).
These crackers consist of wheat flour and rice bran. These treats are made without any sugar for the health of the deer, making them completely safe for visitors to offer them to the deers.
Deer crackers are a registered trademark of the Foundation for the Protection of Deer in Nara, and a portion of their profits goes to efforts to protect the deer.
The Nara Deer Park is one of the oldest park in Japan being established in 1880.
The deer were thought of as sacred animals--the helpers of gods--and have been carefully protected for many years. Even today, Nara's deer are carefully protected as "natural monuments".
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The wild deer in Nara, Japan, are considered sacred and roam freely among the tourists at the ancient temple complex. You can buy special deer biscuits at 150 yen a pack (about £1.00) to feed them healthily.
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A trio of sika deer graze along the edge of one of the ponds in Nara Park in Nara, Japan. Sika deer also know as spotted deer or Japanese deer are native to East Asia. These deer are quite abundant in the park (over 1200 by some estimates) and are really quite tame, freely roaming among the many tourists that frequent the park. Nara Park is one of the oldest parks in Japan and is one of the designated "Places of Scenic Beauty" while the deer have been classified as a natural treasure.
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Nara Park is a massive park at the foot of Mt. Wakakusa full of very playful and friendly deer. The natural setting includes temples set in unspoiled woods and a lake full of turtles and carp.
On my previous visit, in 1984, the the park was full of street stalls selling pink and blue, plastic blow up deer and the deer ate out of the rubbish bins - it was not a great memory. These days there are no bins and the only street stalls sell healthy deer "crackers" for the visitors to buy to feed to these lovely creatures.
The local deer at Nara Park are always on the hunt for crackers, they’ll even bow politely to visitors in hopes of a tasty snack.
Nara, Japan
The Todaiji Temple in Nara. Built in the late 17th century it was the third incarnation of the temple which dates back to the early middle ages. The previous one was a third bigger apparently but wooden structures have a habit of catching on fire, hence the rebuild. Nonetheless, until recently it held the record as the world's largest wholly wooden structure.
Nara Park and its deers during cherry blossom is a place of wonders. The building in the background is the Tōdaiji office.
Tame sika deer in Nara Park, Nara, near to the Todai-ji Hokkedo Buddhist temple.
There are thousands of these deer roaming freely around Nara Park and the surrounding area that are tame through interaction with humans. They have learned to bow their heads in return for a biscuit. This one was chilled out, but many of them are pre-occupied with being fed and there are many tourists only too willing to oblige.
From Wikipedia: In Nara Prefecture, Japan, the deer are also known as "bowing deer", as they bow their heads before being fed special shika senbei (鹿せんべい, called "deer cookies"). However, deer bow heads to signal that they are about to headbutt. Therefore, when a human "bows" to a deer, the deer may take it as a challenge, and will assume the same stance before charging and attempting to headbutt the person. Deer headbutt both for play and to assert dominance, as do goats. Sika deer are found throughout the city of Nara and its many parks and temples like Tōdai-ji, as they are considered to be the messengers of the Shinto gods.