What other travelers are saying about Nara Park (Nara Deer Park)
You can feed them special deer crackers—they even bow for food! The park is clean, scenic, and surrounded by temples and museums. Great place for families, nature lovers, and photos. Just be careful—the deer can get a bit cheeky!
Nara Park is of course famous for its fearless deer, which are entirely comfortable hanging around with humans. It’s amusing to see how the deer really don’t care in the slightest about humans and blithely ignore them unless they have food. Also fun watching people interact with the deer. Lots of deer, lots of people, and fortunately did not see anyone abusing the deer (there are posters admonishing people not to harass the deer…).
Unique experience to see the beautiful deer up close; quite busy of course but lots of staff keeping the area clean, and a good local bus service to get around if you've had too much walking makes it feel cared for. Quite a few reasonably (considering it's a tourist area) priced cafes and restaurants in the area. No fee for the park itself even with the well attended area is a bonus.
The deer are not shy, they will come right to you to see if you have food. There are lots of bucks, which I was surprised, so no immediate worries of inbreeding.
When they get tired or need to cool down, they walk away and find a spot to lay down. Really cute seeing them use the crosswalk to get around.
There are many adorable deer here waiting for you to feed them crackers. They’re gentle, curious, and really friendly—it’s such a sweet and peaceful experience.And is free entry !!!