"Watch Out......Its Deer" Top 5 Page for this destination Nara by Archie_Oak

Nara Travel Guide: 15 reviews and 84 photos

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Nara is just 30 minutes train journey from Kyoto, it was bright and sunny! Nara is another amazing place in Japan. You will find signboards along the roadside saying, drive cautiously?Ecause they have left deer free all over the town. The traffic and the deer are very much habitual to each other.
Fun is watching the visitors feeding cookies to deer, which are specially made for them! These cookies are called as "ShikaSenbei" And yes! You can also experience the fun when the deer chase you tracing the smell of cookies and you just can’t escape them.
The magnificent wooden structures Japanese Pagoda are on the backdrop of this Deer Park
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<h3>Todaiji Temple</h3>
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This is the oldest temple of Buddha in Japan. Also called as Great Buddha. The fascinating part of this temple is the entire structure is wooden except for its two horns on the roof, which are made of solid gold!!!
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It may not seem so huge from outside as the idols placed inside the temple.
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There are wooden statues of gods and evils. The statue of buddha itself is magnificent.

Last visit to Nara: Jul 1998
Intro Written May 17, 2001
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Written May 17, 2001

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keeweechic Mar 13, 2002 at 8:56 PM

A great idea to rent a bike. Sounds lovely there
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erikute3534 Feb 22, 2002 at 3:15 AM

good tips!
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funkymama Nov 27, 2001 at 4:12 AM

wonderful page and lovely pics
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acemj Nov 22, 2001 at 10:18 AM

Happy Birthday!!!
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jrs1234 Aug 21, 2001 at 4:58 AM

Great pictures - thanks!
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sim1 Aug 16, 2001 at 11:11 PM

Great page! I loved the deer picture.
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lenoreva Aug 6, 2001 at 9:08 AM

I remember the deer well! Great page!
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MissyWQ Jul 30, 2001 at 8:26 PM

Good pictures
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Ruthy2001 Jul 12, 2001 at 4:01 AM

I have also been to Nara - aren`t the deer funny!
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Petra1 Jul 12, 2001 at 2:32 AM

Nice page!