Happy Halloween! Welcome to Nara! This place is all about the deer... First, we headed to the five-storey pagoda and the Kofukuji Temple. Next we visited the beautiful Yoshikien Gardens. Todaiji Temple came next, followed by time spent wandering the open spaces of Nara-koen. No matter where we went, it became about photographing deer at each location... We walked the park's paths to Kasuga Taisha Shrine, taking photos of the deer along the way. It became clear that Nara has been about its deer for quite some time when we examined the old lanterns & fountain station. We also walked around Nara-Machi, the Old Quarter of the city... In Nara, we stayed in a traditional room with tatami mats in a private home running a bed-and-breakfast-style guesthouse. The owners have a persimmon in the yard and were offering the fruit for free rather than allowing it to rot (as we had witnessed in other places throughout Japan). We ate several while there and the proprietors noticed, so they gave us a bag of persimmons to take with us. :)
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