One of the deer getting fed a special, sugar-free ‘deer cracker’ by a tourist. — Photos: TAKEHIKO KAMBAYASHI/dpa
The city’s so-called “Deer Park” has been attracting more and more tourists, notably from China, in recent years. They can often be seen taking selfies with the deer – notoriously shy in most other places – and feeding them sugar-free “shika sembei”, the special deer crackers sold at the park. “The number of deer has grown in recent years, probably because of all the food given by Chinese tourists,” jokes Yoshitaka Ashimura, an official from the Nara Deer Preservation Foundation.
Because of this legend, deer in the city have been carefully protected for centuries. They are also designated as a “natural monument” and are a symbol of the city. The number of Chinese visitors to Nara prefecture more than tripled from 2015, to 1.17 million in 2018. The history and culture of Nara was strongly influenced by China, so Chinese tourists are “more interested in visiting Nara,” says Saeko Yoshioka, a local government official.Most visitors are group tourists travelling by bus, explains Yoshioka, and they usually spend three to four days in the Kansai area, which includes Osaka, Kyoto and Nara.
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