Nara Park Japan. Where the deer roam free.

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I would like to share some photos from our day at Nara Park in Nara, Japan.

Nara Park is a perfect way to spend the day. Strolling through the trees and checking out all the temples and shrines.

This beautiful park is about a 20min walk from JR Nara station. At the entrance is a big lake, keep an eye out for the turtles that live there.

At the entrance to the park you come across some temples.

As you walk past the temples and enter the park you see straight away hundreds of wild deer grazing on the grass and sleeping under trees.

There are people selling biscuits that you can feed the deer with. Some of the deer will actually approach you and bow for a biscuit.

Haha it's so cool. I found myself just constantly bowing to the deer that approached me.

But be careful as some of the deer get a bit aggressive and try and take all the biscuits from you and will start biting at your clothes, or they might kick you. Or even steal old ladies handbags as the sign indicates.

I wonder how many old ladies hand bags were stolen from these ruthless forest deer gangs before they had to make a sign to warn everyone to pay their biscuit toll or deal with the consequences...

Once the novelty of bowing and feeding the deer wore off it was time to explore the park, covered in deer saliva haha.

We came across the Nara museum but it was a holiday there and the place was packed so we got an ice-cream and chilled next to the pond.

I'm not sure how this deer got on this little island. But he was just chilling there.

We head out to the Todaiji temple which is home to a giant Buddha.

Once again the line was huge so we didn't enter the temple. Just chilled and had a beer out side and hung out with the deer.

From there we took a stroll through the forest heading to Kasuga-taisha.

At the entrance there is a deer Statue fountain.

Along the way there is so many lanterns.
Deer hang out in between the lanterns in hope for a biscuit from passers by.

Biscuits or the bag lady your choice..

Kasuga-taisha shinto shrine is just beautiful. The shrine is painted red and it just makes this place look amazing with all the green trees that surround it.

It is a great place to just relax and take it all in.

After exploring this place we made our way back to the main street for some dinner.

We made our way back passing by some more shrines and temples.

Then chilled out at another temple to watch the sunset of Nara and it was breath taking!

So if you ever visit Japan and are staying in Osaka, it is definitely worth the JR train ride out to Nara for a cheap and amazing day out! You won't be disappointed 😊

Thanks for stopping by happy.
Happy travels 👍

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I came across a few deers in nature before but they all run away as soon as they spot you. I guess that these got 'trained' because of the treats that they get from the visitors. I can imagine that those handbags were full of treats so those deers just wanted to take what rightfully belonged to them of course :D

Great photos, lovely story! Thank you for sharing and have a good day!

Haha yes there is no point trying to fight off the deer gangs out there. Just let them have their treats 😊
I'm glad you like my post thanks for stopping by 👍

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fantastic post about this unknown place in Japan !! always nice to see less popular places, even if there were many tourists there too !! but what beautiful deer, I would never have thought of free deer in a park in Japan, and so in harmony with the guests !! What time of year have you been? it's very hot?
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It sure is a fantastic place. It must have been school holidays as there was so many children there. Not so many foreigners.
We where there in May the weather was perfect!
I'm glad you like my photos 😊
Thanks for stopping by mate👍

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it has been a pleasure to meet you! keep posting about travel :-))

The world of deer hahha I would like with all my soul to visit it one day, it looks so fun and pleasant to walk, besides Japan is my second favorite place! I love everything they have, look at that perfect place ♡

It sure is an amazing place! I hope you get to visit one day it is so beautiful 😊 thanks for stopping by 👍

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This was such a great day 😊 some of the deer were def a lil full on up near the temples.. one nearly ripped my skirt off 🤣

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Haha yeah they did get pretty aggressive

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I love how they are selling beer in such a place. You need one after a deer knocks you down.

Great photos all throughout, and the one with the deer in between the lanterns shows he/she means business. You are in their spot, not the other way around!

I have never heard of this place and it is amazing to see all those deer free and not afraid of humans like they would be anywhere else.

What a great place to spend the day, and thank you for showing it to us :)

Beer is always a good option in my opinion 😊
I have never seen deer in real life before so it was really cool to be able to feed them and hang out with them.
I'm glad you like the post, thanks for stopping by 👍

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