A day trip to 奈良
Part of our Spring 2025 trip to Japan
The thing EJ was most excited about seeing in Japan were the 日本鹿 (Sika deer) in 奈良.


She hadn’t wanted to feed them, but after wandering in 奈良公園 and seeing many of them, she changed her mind. We spent ¥200 on a packet of 鹿煎餅 and we each fed a couple deer.



She bought a cute little plush shika deer as a souvenir.

While I enjoy the deer as much as anyone, personally, I was more excited to return to 東大寺, which Eryn and I saw two years ago. Putting aside the 大仏 itself, the 大仏殿 it’s housed in is incredible—for many centuries, it was the largest wooden structure in the world.





