NARA--A festival that involves setting fire to a grassy mountain slope was held at Mount ... Hand-held torches crafted from pine trees in Nara Park were used to light the fire.

Police said sometime around Feb. 7, Yoshii smashed a sharp, thick object against the head of a doe estimated to be 11 years old, at Nara Park, a major tourist attraction in the city home to many deer.

"It's perhaps difficult to expect the park to remain empty of trash cans forever," he said. With cultural differences in mind, Nara authorities are trialling high-tech, solar-powered bins near the ...

The sacred deer of Nara Park, Japan, are facing a serious threat due to plastic waste left behind by tourists. The park’s 1,300 sacred sika deer, revered for centuries, are creasingly suffering ...

SCMP Young Post · Listen: Record tourist numbers threaten Nara Park’s deer (adapted from AFP; voiced by Kieran Cash and James Aitken) A. They pick up rubbish in the park. B. They take care of ...

As peckish deer chase delighted tourists in Japan’s temple-dotted Nara Park, a quiet but dedicated team of litter-pickers patrols the stone paths, collecting plastic waste that threatens the ...

As peckish deer chase delighted tourists in Japan's temple-dotted Nara Park, a quiet but dedicated team of litter-pickers patrols the stone paths, collecting plastic waste that threatens the ...