Well after another long hiatus I'm back with another tale to tell. This one stars a big wooden holy man and a lot of deer. This was an especially interesting trip because it was a school field trip, so I got a day of class to frolic with my classmates in the fields and forests of Nara. Nara was once the capital of Japan, a long long time ago.. before Tokyo (Edo) and before Kyoto. Nara is the place to see the sites.. temples.. Buddhas.. deer. The place is crawling with deer (or galloping or prancing or whatever it is that deer do) and they've gotten quite used to people so they pretty much act like pigeons; swarming anyone with food and generally getting in the way. That being said, they're much cooler than pigeons, so of course I had to take some pics of them.. Besides deer, Nara is home to a monstrously huge wooden statue of the Buddha inside a monstrously huge temple. I'd estimate the size of the statue at about 30 to 40 feet high. It's big and definitely worth a visit if you're in the neighbourhood. Here are the pics.
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Damian, are you coming home for the holidays?
Hehe. Nara's great. I've got a picture of a poor highschool girl getting swarmed (she even tried climbing a picnic table to get away from the deer).
Did you see the public warning signs? (Do not feed the deer trash or let your dog bother them, etc) They're so cute!
Ellen: yeah, look for me in a Christmas stocking near you. (assuming "near you" isn't in B.C.)
Jen: surprisingly few swarmings that day. Actually the place was crammed with school groups so I think it was the deer getting swarmed. I did see the signs though..
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