oh deer

Today we made it out to Nara which is directly east of Osaka – just under an hour on the local train. Nara is home to quite a few UNESCO World Heritage Sites including the impressive Todai-ji temple. It’s supposedly the world’s largest wooden structure and houses Daibutsu - the giant Buddha statue and several of his equally mammoth friends. Many of Nara’s UNESCO sites are within Nara Park, which is where we spent most of the day. The park is also home to some 1,200 wild deer, which aren’t actually very wild at all. In fact they’re just about as docile as you could imagine and rub right up to people – especially children – looking to be fed the round crackers people buy inside the park. It’s like one giant petting zoo. Now we’ve moved onto Kyoto for our last couple days in Japan. Very much looking forward to all the sights here.