Pagi ni selepas breakfast di apartment, pukul 9.30 pagi kami keluar menuju ke stesen subway, seterusnya menaiki subway menuju ke Nara. Letih jugak beberapa kali kena tukar line subway ni, fenin dibuatnya. Tiba di Nara, kami berjalan ke Nara Park yang penuh dengan rusa yang jinak..
Singgah masuk ke Lawson ni untuk beli bekalan makanan dan air nanti..
Nara Park (奈良公園 Nara Kōen?) is a public park located in the city of Nara, Japan, at the foot of Mount Wakakusa, established in 1300s and one of the oldest parks in Japan. Administratively, the park is under the control of Nara Prefecture. The park is one of the "Places of Scenic Beauty" designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Over 1,200 wild sika deer (シカ or 鹿 shika) freely roaming around in the park are also under designation of MEXT, classified as natural treasure. While the official size of the park is about 502 hectare, the area including the grounds of Tōdai-ji, Kōfuku-ji, and Kasuga Shrine, which are either on the edge or surrounded by Nara Park, is as large as 660 ha.
Jinrikisha (人力車, or rickshaw) services can be found near the entrances to popular sites as Tōdai-ji or Kōfuku-ji.
While Nara Park is usually associated with the broad areas of the temples and the park proper, previously private gardens are now open to public. These gardens make use of the temple buildings as adjunct features of their landscapes.
The park is home to the Nara National Museum and Todai-ji, where the largest wooden building in the world houses a 50' tall statue of Buddha.
According to local folklore, deer from this area were considered sacred due to a visit from Takemikazuchi-no-mikoto, one of the four gods of Kasuga Shrine. He was said to have been invited from Kashima, Ibaraki, and appeared on Mt. Mikasa riding a white deer. From that point, the deer were considered divine and sacred by both Kasuga Shrine and Kōfuku-ji. Killing one of these sacred deer was a capital offense punishable by death up until 1637, the last recorded date of a breach of that law.
After World War II, the deer were officially stripped of their sacred/divine status and were instead designated as national treasures and are protected as such. Today, visitors can purchase "deer-crackers" (鹿煎餅 Shika-senbei) to feed the deer in the park. These crackers are exclusively sold by the WNOW company
Seronoknya tengok rusa-rusa tu jinak semuanya, mengekor pengunjung je. Sebenarnya rusa-rusa ni semua sedang mengejar makanan pada pengunjung yang ada beli biskut untuk rusa ni yang dijual di entrance park ini tadi. Biskut tu boleh dibeli dengan harga 150 yen.
Wahhh..dekat sini pun penuh dengan bunga sakura..
Sika Deer in Nara Park
Inilah yang dibeli tadi di Lawson... coffee dan sushi serta chocolate.. ni famous di sini.. sedap juga. hmmm..olehkerana akak pegang makanan, rusa-rusa tu mengejar akak..heheheee.. pandai !
Jinak sungguh rusa-rusa di sini...
Jangan tak tau.. rusa ni pandai tunduk hormat jugak. Kita kena tunduk hormat kat depan dia, tapi make sure kat tangan kita ada biskut dan dia nampak.. Kalau tak ada biskut, soriee..dia tak layan.. haaa.. nanti dia akan tunduk tunduk kat kita. heheee..lepas tu, baru lah kita hulurkan biskut tu kat dia :))
Satu hal yang paling akak rasa kesian bila tengok rusa-rusa ni ialah tanduknya semua telah dipotong. Ini ialah untuk keselamatan pengunjung ke Nara Park ini agar tidak disondol dengan tanduknya.
Tengok ubi keledek bakar panas-panas tu teringin pula nak makan... hmmm.. harganya untuk 100g ialah 200yen. Akak pun order lah seketul.. tup tup..terkejut.. Guess how much???
Harganya 800yen kau! mak aiiii.. mahalnya! Dah jadi dekat RM30! Sangat besar kan.. tapi memang manis dan sedap. Ini lah ubi keledek yang paling mahal yang pernah ku makan..
Lepas ni, kita ke Kobe pulak ye..
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