Sitting on the top of the slope, touching the grass on the ground, leaning on the fence behind, looking at the blue sky ...

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

Deer in the former area of Nara city before its merger with municipalities nearby were included on the list of state-designated natural treasures in 1957. During the 1970s, damage to farmland by ...

NARA--As Nara's tourists emptied out, so did its iconic deer--so to speak. For the deer, the change looks good. Around the world, lockdowns and stay-at-home campaigns have led to rare images of ...

Caption In Nara City, Japan, 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 ...

The move follows a video of a tourist in Nara’s main park kicking one of the animals, considered sacred in the ancient city.

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 ...

Nara is a magical escape just an hour away from Osaka and Kyoto, perfect for a Singaporean visitor seeking a break from the ...

Nick "Nmplol" has been posting hate threads about a deer supposedly eating cherry blossoms in an apparent reference to the ...

It has many historic temples, shrines and burial mounds, and deer once believed to be divine messengers walk its streets. Small wonder that Nara's young creators are shaping regional designs that ...

One such place is Nara, a city in central Japan. Within minutes of arriving, I spotted two sika deer casually lounging in the city centre, unfazed by the hundreds of commuters rushing past.