観光客は熱心に鹿の近くに座ります。Nara Park deer in japan 🇯🇵

Описание: 観光客は熱心に鹿の近くに座ります。
Nara Park deer 🦌 in japan

Nara Deer are sacred. We have protected them for many many years. Do respect them. They are not there to amuse ignorant people. The Nara Park deer are wild animals inhabited the area for over 1,300 years. They have long been regarded as divine envoys of the kami (Gods) of Kasugataisha Shrine and have, therefore, been carefully protected. Today, they can be seen regularly in the area centered around Nara Park. 


Scientific name : Cervus nippon

Japanese name: Japanese Sika

English name: Shika Deer


The deer of the Nara Park are the same species as the Japanese Sika found in other places, but they have inherited DNA from ancient deer species and are designated natural monuments of Japan. However, the male deer can become aggressive since they are wild animals, especially in autumn. This article will also help you learn the correct information to avoid getting hurt by the deer.


Although many deer have disappeared due to hunting and development since ancient times, only the deer in Nara Park have been carefully protected by the local people as "Messengers of the Gods," referring to the founding story of Kasugataisha Shrine.

Genetic analysis conducted by Fukushima University (Fukushima Pref., Japan) and others has revealed that the deer around Kasugataisha Shrine probably branched off from an ancestral group during the Asuka period (592-710) and have survived as a lineage with a unique genetic type for a long time. As a result, this unique genetic type has been maintained without interaction with other deer populations.

The World Heritage Site, Kasuga Taisha Shrine, is said to have been founded in 768, roughly overlapping with the period when the deer in Nara Park branched off as a unique lineage. It has become clear that these deer are extraordinary creatures protected by people for over 1,000 years and are considered living cultural assets.