The deer are regarded as sacred by the Japanese and they're no longer scared of humans.
There are a total of about 1200 deer in the park.
Also in the park we saw the world's largest Buddha statue housed inside the world's largest wooden building. Here's a photo that has absolutely no sense of scale!
One of the pillars in the temple has a hole cut in it and it's supposed to bring you good luck if you crawl through it. It's exactly the same size as the Buddha's nostril in the statue pictured above (not sure why exactly). I had a go at getting through, but it's a tight fit and I could only get through with my arms above my head and several Australian tourists and Japanese children pulling me. Unfortunately Gemma was so worried I'd got wedged in the hole she rushed forward to try and pull me through and forgot to take a picure. So here's one of a Japanese school kid instead:
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