When the deer wander across the marathon route in Nara, it doesn’t feel like a freak occurrence so much as a local ...

A big new sign for Nara Park shows foreign tourists how to behave around the park's famous deer. The sign is at Gyoki square, ...

NARA—The wild deer of Nara have long been protected here as divine messengers, but the prefectural government plans to expand the areas in which they can be exterminated. At a meeting on March 25, ...

I should have heeded the advice in my guidebook: “Young males can be unpredictable in the rutting season in fall.” I was trying to take a selfie with a doe in Nara Park. But as I bent over, angling ...

NARA--Deer in Nara Park that are a popular tourist draw have highly distinctive genes that have been preserved for more than 1,000 years, Japanese researchers have reported. The government has ...

A survey found that there were 1,465 deer within Nara Park, up 140 from the previous year. This is the highest number since the current survey method started being used in 1953; the total included 315 ...

The town of Acton will present Independence Day festivities Thursday, July 4 at NARA Park, beginning at 3 p.m. The activities begin at 3 p.m. with Family Fun Time, followed by a free concert featuring ...

A large sign displaying proper etiquette for inbound foreign tourists to observe while approaching deer at Nara Park, such as ...