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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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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.
Nara is the capital city of Nara Prefecture located in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, bordering Kyoto Prefecture. Eight temples, shrines, and ruins in Nara remain: specifically Tōdai-ji, Saidai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, Kasuga Shrine, Gangō-ji, Yakushi-ji, Tōshōdai-ji, and the Heijō Palace, together with Kasugayama Primeval Forest, collectively form "Historic Monuments of Ancient Nara", a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
During the Nara period, Nara was the capital of Japan, and the Emperor lived there before moving the capital to Kyoto.
Parco di Nara - Tōdai-ji.
Il tempio è stato distrutto e ricostruito più volte nel corso dei secoli ed in origine era molto più ampio di quello attuale.
Era circondato da mura e munito di quattro porte.
Oggi, la sala principale (chiamata Daibutsuden), nonostante sia solamente i 2/3 di quella originale, è considerata la più grande struttura in legno del mondo.
Al suo interno è presente una delle statue di Buddha più grandi del Giappone, costruita in bronzo e alta ben 15 metri (anche questa è stata ricostruita più volte nel corso degli anni). Leggermente indietro, ai suoi lati, si posso ammirare le statue giganti di 2 Bodhisattva.
Infine sono presenti varie altre statue buddhiste di dimensioni più piccole.
Nara Park - Tōdai-ji.
The temple has been destroyed and rebuilt several times over the centuries and was originally much larger than the current one.
It was surrounded by walls and equipped with four gates.
Today, the main hall (called Daibutsuden), despite being only 2/3 of the original one, is considered the largest wooden structure in the world.
Inside there is one of the largest Buddha statues in Japan, built in bronze and 15 meters high (this too has been rebuilt several times over the years). Slightly back, on its sides, one can admire the giant statues of 2 Bodhisattvas.
Finally, there are various other smaller Buddhist statues.
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