Access to nature and wildlife is a privilege. Officials sound alarm as sacred animals face growing threat: 'We want to better ...
We’ve spent 5 weeks traveling around Japan in the spring and fall seasons, and during both trips we made sure to visit Nara ...
Wild deer droppings in Nara Park have long been affectionately referred to as “black beans” because of their color and shape. Famous movie star Sayuri Yoshinaga once sang about the “beans” ...
Deer are currently protected in and around Nara Park. However, people can trap deer in a “buffer district” outside the park area but must not kill them, unlike in the outlying “control zone.” ...
Nara City features an expansive park near the city center, replete with herds of deer that wander about freely. When temperatures fall in winter, the deer can be seen foraging for food while ...
Tahira Kashyap took to social media to share an adorable and heartwarming moment of capturing a deer bowing to her in ...
Nara Park is no exception -- especially when it comes to litter. The park has no public bins -- a policy introduced about four decades ago to stop deer scavenging in them for food.
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 ...
Filmmaker and writer, Tahira Kashyap, revealed she learned compassion, cleanliness, mutual respect and calmness from her ...
SCMP Young Post · Listen: Record tourist numbers threaten Nara Park’s deer (adapted from AFP; voiced by Kieran Cash and James Aitken) A. They pick up rubbish in the park. B. They take care of ...
Nara deer have a reputation for bowing politely to ... when they’d head towards a park in search of fresh grass and leave the dejected crew alone in the forest. But, finally, a male without ...
A Nara prefectural government official. Trash cans were removed from Nara Park in 1985 to stop the deer from eating garbage. The park was kept clean by prefectural workers and volunteers, while ...