Nara, the attack of the deers

This past weekend, I finally made it to Nara with some friends.  And the biggest draw to Nara are all the friendly deer and the giant daibutsu.  The deer at Nara are some of the more friendliest animals, but have a more evil side.  In other parts of Japan, monkeys are the culprits and do other menacing things.  If someone has food, more than likely the deer would surround you and try to eat the food.  That is what happened to two of my friends that I went with.

This is what happened to my friend Joe.  He had a sweet potato and the deer just swarmed him because they could smell the food.  Little by little, Joe parceled out the potato to the deer who nudged him certain areas to try and get an advantage over the other deer.  He was also stalked for a little bit by one deer.

My friend Mizue on the other hand, fortunatley, just had one deer follow her because of her potato.

We all had a good laugh after these events passed.