the sacred Japanese sika deer (Cervus nippon), protected for over a millennium, has recently seen a population surge around Nara Park. Genetic analysis reveals mixing between sacred deer from the ...

NARA--Authorities here issued a plea to tourists not to mistreat the wild deer at Nara Park after video footage went viral of a man kicking one of the protected animals. The deer are a major ...

In this sweet video, a crowd of people take shelter from a storm alongside a group of trusting, friendly deer in Nara, Japan.

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 ...

The government has designated the deer in the park in Nara Prefecture as a natural monument. Tourists feeding rice crackers to the deer is a common sight. A team of scientists from Fukushima ...

The sika deer have lived in the ... 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 famous ...

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.

One such place is Nara, a city in central Japan. Within minutes of arriving, I spotted two sika deer casually lounging ... when they’d head towards a park in search of fresh grass and leave ...

Wild boar have descended from the hills around Barcelona in Spain while sika deer are nosing their way around the deserted metro stations of Nara in Japan. Indian social media has gone wild over ...