The sacred deer of Nara Park, Japan, are facing a serious threat due to plastic waste left behind by tourists. The park’s 1,300 sacred sika deer, revered for centuries, are creasingly suffering ...

For the first time in about 40 years, Nara Park in the city of Nara has installed public trash cans to help protect its famous deer, which are a national protected species. Waste receptacles were ...

Japan is on the ... bamboo forests, and traditional tea houses. However, there is another standout destination in Kansai that visitors should consider. Nara, the ancient capital, is culture ...

One such place is Nara, a city in central Japan. Within minutes of arriving ... fresh grass and leave the dejected crew alone in the forest. But, finally, a male without antlers made his way ...

NARA--Japan’s first “prison hotel” will open here in the spring of 2026, offering amenities that its former inhabitants could only have dreamed of when it was built more than a century ago.

Located in Nara City’s popular Higashimuki Shopping Street, this Japanese crepe specialty store opened on 1 February. Mikuriya stands out from the crowd by serving what they claim to be “Japan’s first ...

NARA—The Nara National Museum has unveiled the details of its first full-scale exhibition devoted to national treasures, which will bring together Japan’s finest works of Buddhist art next ...