Right outside of Kyoto, Japan, is Nara, a picturesque city that’s home to some of the cutest and most polite animals in the ...

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 ...

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” ...

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 ...

Police have begun patrolling Nara Park to safeguard its sacred deer population after a video of a tourist kicking and slapping one of the animals went viral, sparking outrage in Japan and drawing ...

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--Countless tourists have fed the deer here, but how many have stayed ... Tourists often exclusively visit the iconic Nara Park, spend a few hours exploring and then leave the city the ...