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There is a helpful tourist office in this large covered piazza outside Nara station
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The Hang or Handpan drum seems to be a favourite with Japanese street musicians
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Getting around Nara is easy if you use one of these colour coded mini buses
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First stop- the Todai-ji temple
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Tea and snack kiosk at the entrance to the Todai-ji temple
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Deer are all over the place in Nara- the entire city is a deer park of sorts
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Sika deer look out for handouts on the path the the Todai-ji temple
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Deer are considered sacred in Shinto Buddhism
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Warning notice for deer feeding- in first person!
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No, it's not what you think- he is not trying to place his kid on the deer's back
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The Sika deer have no fear of man and associate them with food
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Todai-ji temple is a no drone zone
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Kiosk to buy deer crackers or Shika-senbei
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Contemplating whether to buy a pack of Shika-senbei or deer crackers
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Closer view of a pack of Shika Senbei- deer crackers
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The feeding started off tamely enough
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Things got hot under the collar when more and more of the Sika deer turned up
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Shika- senbei or deer crackers- the Sika deer seem to love them!
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One of the deer got aggressive and grabbed the entire bunch from my hand
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I am no match for a bunch of pushy Sika deer
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Raising both hands is supposed to turn them off, I seem to have raised only one
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Phew! Having got at the Shika- senbei (deer crackers), the ungulates move on
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One of the deer seems to think I still have some Shika- senbei (deer crackers) left
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I saw a group of ladies fussing about around a bunch of deer
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This lady promised to take my selfie once she was done with her group
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The good lady took this selfie though she composed it at an angle
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The Sika deer are absolutely tame
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The good lady took several selfies of me
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Got enough? Can I move on now- the deer seems to be asking me
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Cenotaph in memory of a war and a shipwreck in 1877 and 1892 respectively
