"They're after your crackers 'deer'"!!
July 8th 2008 Nara was an easy day trip on the shinkansen from Kyoto. Most of the important sights are in an area called Nara-koen, which is home to hundreds of supposedly wild Deer. Deer are considered sacred, and are believed to be messengers from the gods and so are treated with up-most respect. You can even buy crackers to feed to them, which Dan thought was a brilliant idea....until he was surrounded by
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