We make a plan to head out of the city again, destination – The City of Nara. Its only an hours train ride from Kyoto, and as its on the way, stop at the Inari Shrine (dedicated to the worship of the fox) and its row upon row of stunning orange walkways.
We could easily have spent half a day there wondering round all the trails , but we press on to the city most famous for ‘Todai-ji’-Daibutsu-den (or Hall of The Great Buddha). Todai-ji Temple is the largest wooden building in the world housing the biggest bronze Buddha statue in Japan, and one of the largest bronze figures in the world.
This small city is also famous for its population of Deer (believed to be messengers from god), approximately 1200 whom roam freely throughout the city. As the statue is in the middle of a Deer park, that’s where we head…
As you approach the park there are small pockets of Deer sitting under trees getting out of the midday sun, and even Deer munching out on the offerings of the gardened medium strip in the middle of the road. Along with the deer, are the ‘Deer Ladies’, and Dear Ladies they sure are. Selling the weary tourist a cold drink, disposable camera, postcards, and Deer food, which look a lot like packs of (my favorite) Dutch Stroopwafles (syrup waffles) except after massive amounts of time in a dehydrator…and they go OFF…as soon as you’ve purchased, and am attempting to step over the small fenced park, they’re onto you. You’ve never seen me move so fast in rapid circles as a trail of hungry Deer hot hoofing it on my tail, even getting my tail head butted once or twice by an angry Deer wanting some of what id got. Rapidly dispersing said Deer fodder, and moving on further into the park, we get to the famous building, and breathtaking Buddha -Om Tat Sat.
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