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Japanese university welcomes birth of baby deer on campus, president waives entrance exam[Videos]
- Casey Baseel
Jun 16, 2026 - Tweet
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Educator in Nara’s most famous deer town fast tracks admission to institute of higher learning.
Deer that appeared in downtown Osaka gets a new home, a new name, and a lot of snacks[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Apr 8, 2026
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Likely wanderer from Nara Park won’t be going back, but has a new place to live in a hot spring town.
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Deer are appearing in Osaka City, may have wandered there from Nara[Video]
- Casey Baseel
Mar 26, 2026
No one’s sure what to do with them, since Nara’s deer lose their protected status when they leave the park.
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- (animals • crazy • deer • environment • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • nature • Osaka • video • weird)
Is China’s don’t-go-to-Japan warning affecting tourist crowd sizes in Nara?
- Casey Baseel
Dec 2, 2025
We stop by to see how the city, its merchants, and its deer are doing.
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- (China travel warning • COK • Japan travel • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • politics • SNJO • society • tourism • travel)
Locals (deer) shut visitors out of Nara Park cool-down misting station【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Aug 15, 2024
Because if summer is freakishly hot for humans, it’s hot for deer too.
Nara deer shikadamari phenomenon continues to baffle visitors at Nara park
- Oona McGee
Jul 31, 2024
A summertime mystery that even experts are unable to solve.
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- (animals • COK • deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • shikadamari • SNJO • travel • weird)
Video of man kicking, slapping deer in Nara Park outrages Japan【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Jul 24, 2024
Defenseless deer attacked by man too lazy/violent to walk around them.
Increased tourist numbers in Nara Park are affecting the size of its deer population
- Casey Baseel
Jul 22, 2024
More people, more deer says Nara animal welfare organization.
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- (animals • COK • deer • deer crackers • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Deer Preservation Foundation • Nara Park)
Nara considering increasing number of deer that can be killed each year, expanding culling zone
- Casey Baseel
Mar 29, 2024
Nara’s deer are believed to be messengers of the gods, but they might be losing part of their protected status.
Nara deer shikadamari mystery deepens as tourists return to Nara park
- Oona McGee
Aug 19, 2023
Baffling summer gathering phenomenon sees deer numbers dwindle to their lowest levels.
- Japan
- (animals • COK • deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • shikadamari • SNJO • travel • weird)
Japanese train goes viral for Nara deer decorations
- Oona McGee
Jul 24, 2023
Rub shoulders with Japan’s sacred deer on this very special mode of transport.
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- (art • beautiful • culture • deer • design • Japanese trains • Kintetsu • Kintetsu Railway • Nara • Nara deer • trains • travel • twitter)
Nara unveils new vending machines that sell deer crackers
- Oona McGee
Nov 6, 2022
If only the animals had coins to buy them.
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Bizarre “shikadamari” deer gathering at Nara Park baffles people in Japan
- Oona McGee
Aug 18, 2022
The animals behave differently this summer.
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- (animals • COK • deer • K. Masami • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • shikadamari • SNJO • summer • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
Why isn’t there more deer poo in Nara Park? This very strange museum has the answer【Photos】
- Casey Baseel
May 22, 2022
Deer aren’t the only animals with a huge population in the city.
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Nara deer stampede into marathon, hit runner in their path
- Oona McGee
Dec 16, 2021
It’s like they’d been training all year for this moment.
- Japan
- (animals • deer • marathon • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Marathon • Nara Park • news • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel • videos • weird)
Deer in Nara Park mysteriously disappear during this year’s shikadamari season
- Oona McGee
Aug 17, 2021
Free-roaming deer continue to baffle visitors and experts with their unusual behaviour.
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- (deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • shikadamari • summer • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
Deer killed by man with axe in Nara
- Oona McGee
Mar 3, 2021
Police say the man lost his temper when the animal hit his car.
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Nara asks visitors to stop feeding the deer
- Oona McGee
Feb 3, 2021
Goodwill of strangers now threatens to do the deer more harm than good.
- Japan
- (animals • coronavirus • deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • tourists • travel)
Nara deer “addicted” to rice crackers, lose weight with no tourists to feed them
- Oona McGee
Sep 25, 2020
The coronavirus is affecting the health of Japan’s deer population at Nara Park.
- Japan
- (animals • coronavirus • deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • tourists • travel)
Deer in Nara Park outnumber visitors, display baffling summer gathering behaviour
- Oona McGee
Aug 20, 2020
Nara deer act mysteriously, even though there are fewer of them around than last year.
- Japan
- (deer • Nara • Nara deer • Nara Park • shika • shikadamari • summer • tourism • tourist sites • tourist spots • travel)
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