What to do outside of Kyoto: Nara

The visitors to the ancient city of Nara crowds mostly have two things that are tops on the bucket list are seeing the giant Daibutsu inside the Todaiji Temple and offering biscuits or shika sembei to the quit pesky and persistant tame deer. The park is large so there’s plenty of places that offer a quiet spaces away fromContinue reading “What to do outside of Kyoto: Nara”

What to see outside of Tokyo: Nara

Nara is famous for the towering wooden structure called the Todai-ji and it’s 1200+ tame deer that look innocent enough until there’s food involved.  The deer roam freely around parks that lie above the city.  Their numbers have increased so much that the Japanese government is trying to figure out how to control these well fedContinue reading “What to see outside of Tokyo: Nara”