Nara Deer Park

Poor Natascha got attacked today. And not by what you might expect...We had been told that 'You should go to Nara!', 'Go feed the deer!', 'Its really cute and fun!'. No so much. Upon arriving at the deer park, Natascha stopped at the first vendor to purchase a pack of 'deer cookies'. Wrong move, before she can even put away her wallet, she is …

Gisterenavond toch nog besloten om mijn schema weer wat te veranderen. Ik ging normaal morgen voor 2 nachten naar Kyoto gaan maar het dit gewijzigd naar 2 nachten naar mount Fuji , daar is op zich niet zoveel te doen maar wil na al die mega steden eens wat meer "groen" zien. En Japan heeft echt wel veeeeel groen te bieden !
Fuji is een uur of …

Dear Nara Park Curators,

In addition to selling deer biscuits at the entry to the deer park, can you please also provide tasers for those who don't appreciate being headbutted by numerous deer as they attempt to elicit food.

Thanks,

Andrew.


As you can probably notice, I'm not the worlds biggest deer fan. …

Happy Fourth of July! This morning we headed to Nara, where I was slated to teach about Todai-ji temple. Nara is known for it's dear. The deer are considered sacred messengers and roam around Nara like they own the place. Everything in Nara is has some sort of deer on it - including the sides of the busses. As we walk towards the temple, there are …

We've been enjoying our time in Kyoto very much! The weather has been on our side most of the time, and we've had the chance to visit many interesting places. Among the highlights: the free guided tour of the old Imperial palace, with beautiful gardens and buildings, and a very enthusiastic and smiley guide; the day trip to Nara, which was Japan's …

Stefania and I made an appointment to get gel nails done this morning. They are around $150 to start in Canada but are waaaay way cheaper here in Japan. If you want jewel stones on your fingers they charge $5 a jewel in canada but they only charge you once for all 10 fingers here. I paid around $40 canadian to get them done here. They last for a …

So here I am at the end of my trip. It seems like months ago I stepped off a plane into a completely unknown universe. And still it feels like only minutes since I stumbled my way blindly through a city where I couldn't read the signs. I ate countless things that I still don't know what there were. I traveled the country with my mother and somehow …

Im having to break Kyoto's blog into two as we have done so much in the two days that we have been here already!
On Saturday 26th Jan, we got up early and filled ourselves with a lovely fruit cereal, yogurt, and nutella on toast before heading to Chishaku-in Temple, the grounds were amazing, traditional buildings and the odd monk shuffling …

Today I ventured out on the train, which was fairly easy. Everything here is so efficient and clean.My first stop was Fushimi Inari Shrine, which was incredible. It is i Shinto shrine, which has been described as one of Japan's most visually arresting spectacle. There are thousands of deep orange columns that line a pathway leading up a mountain to …

The next day we set off to finally visit Nara, famous for the sacred deer which roam the town freely and the Great Buddha temple.

We both first heard about Nara whilst reading Nikos Kazantzakis 'Travels around China and Japan' written in the 30s and were excited to visit at last. We didn’t have the best of luck with the weather …

... places. Its high on the tourist lists, but not as popular as Kyoto.  I used to go and teach there a lot and go out early and wander around. It always reminded me of the Blue Mountains in Sydney, aside from the Deer Park and giant ...

... much more character I think than Kyoto even though it is significantly smaller. We hit up two temples and one shrine in the Nara "Deer Park". What a lovely place. The deer just cruise around unafraid of the people. You can pet them. The rack on the boys ...

... all over Japan. And I love it! After our first nights stay in the beautiful guesthouse we walked up to the deer park, stopping off to get some dougnuts for breakfast and instantly found ourselves surrounded by ancient Japan. We took at look at ...

... late morning that I had seen enough temples and shrines for a while, and I just did a lot of sitting around in the deer park, taking naps, reading, and watching japanese people get chased by hungry deer. It was a scene that occurred over and over, but ...

... rutting season. There is a ceremony held to cut off the deer's horns in October. http://www.galenfrysinger.com/deer_park_nara_japan.htm Our nest stop was the Kasuga Shrine, a Shinto shrine. There were 3000 antique stone lanterns ...

... and treasure house, which contained a number of excavated artefacts from the temple. The main attraction of Nara is the deer park, which also contains several temples. Wild deer roam freely, mingling amongst the plethora of tourists and bothering the ...

... guesthouse, wooden structure, heated floors, no shoes only slippers indoors after wandering round and getting some food in the much more tranquil town of Nara.I love Japan! Tomorrow, deer park...can't wait! a very peaceful, Claire x ...

... really beautiful and a symbol of Nara. From there we walked for another 25 minutes through peaceful parks and busy streets to the deer park. Jo and I bought some souvenirs, and some deer biscuits for 150yen, and got mobbed by friendly (but hungry) deer! ...

... . Verder zijn er nog enkele kleinere tempeltjes aanwezig en een heilige wilg.  Op de terugweg kies ik ervoor om langsheen het 'deer park' te lopen, dat zijn naam niet gestolen heeft. Het grote park dat aan de todai-ji grenst heeft als uniek kenmerk ...

... train station and put them in lockers and went off sight seeing. We walked back along the main street and into the park known as deer park. We went to the Todau-ji temple (larges wooden structure in the world) that houses the Daibutsu (great buddah). ...