How's it going Steemers?
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 👍
