This UNESCO World Heritage site is part of a sprawling temple complex that encompasses part of Nara Park, which is also home to some of its most famous residents: hundreds of tame and friendly ...

In Nara Park, nature is healing ... “Especially in crowded areas like Todaiji temple, deer feces tend to be soft and diarrheal,” said Yoshitaka Ashimura, a secretary-general of the foundation ...

Tourists from around the world flock to this city in western Japan that is renowned for its historic temples and shrines ... the Kasuga Taisha shrine in Nara Park is home to 30 injured deer.

Thirteen sumo wrestlers from the Naruto stable, who will compete in the Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka from March 9, visited Yakushiji Temple in the city of Nara on February 25. After ...

For the first time in about 40 years, Nara Park in the city of Nara has installed public trash cans to help protect its famous deer, which are a national protected species. Waste receptacles were ...

NARA -- Large torches were ignited March 12 during the annual "Shuni-e" two-week training of Buddhist priests at Todaiji temple's Nigatsu-do hall here. When the approximately 8-meter-long ...