Nara Park

Nara, Japan
A sika deer in Nara Park

Nara Park

ParkNara Prefecture, Nara

Open parkland below Wakakusa hill where more than a thousand wild sika deer roam freely.

naraparkdeerfree entry
Free
Allow about 1 hr 30 min
Your expert’s note
The park itself never closes and charges nothing to enter, but the roughly 1,300 wild deer settle down for the night, so come in daylight if you want to see and feed them — Todai-ji, Kasuga Taisha and other sites inside the park each have their own separate admission.
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