NARA, Japan — There are thousands of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines around Japan. They connect people to the country's religion, history and culture. But, there's a spot in Japan where the ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - The deer of Nara, Japan are revered as sacred animals and they bow for treats. But throngs of tourists are finding out, the animals have a nasty bite, too. Surrounded by ...

Reporting from Nara, Japan — One of the great side benefits of visiting Japan is the food, especially the sushi and sashimi. But for those travelers willing to go the extra mile, there is a ...

While Japan’s overtourism issues may be causing headaches for local residents, there’s one group that seems to be benefiting from the influx of people – deer. Specifically, the deer who live in Nara, ...

Roaming the vast Nara Park grounds in the city of Nara, Japan are sacred wild deer, who approach visitors and eat out of their hands as if in a storybook. Now, the transportation to see these deer is ...

Researchers from Fukushima University show that the sika deer in Nara Park have a unique genetic lineage which has been preserved for over 1,000 years, owing to the religious protection they have ...

Sanae Takaichi, a candidate for the ruling party’s presidency, said she confirmed her claim that foreign tourists have kicked deer at Nara Park, although local officials say they have no reports of ...

Rude tourists are turning a deer park in Nara, Japan into an animal house. The Nara Prefectural Government found that an increase in injuries caused by the zoo’s deers shot up to 164 cases in the past ...

Japan's famous Nara park is home to more than 1,000 free-roaming sika deer which have been designated a national treasure and are even considered sacred by some. Visitors often feed the deer but now ...