Are Nara deers aggressive?

I always imagined deers to be too uptight and ready to flee upon sensing the presence of people, but these deers made me appreciate them up close, so friendly. Be careful though feeding them, because once a deer gets a piece of acorn or deer food, the rest would gang up on you, crazy.



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Yusa has the following hypothesis about this: "A long time ago, the deer in the capital Nara were afraid of humans, so they might have started bowing as a result of being stressed. However, the city gradually became a sightseeing spot and the deer learned to bow to people to get Shika Senbei rice crackers.

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The deer are active at all hours of the day, looking for their next handout, but with few people around at night, most of them just rest on the ground.

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Japan has the largest Sika deer population in the world with 3,080,000 individuals as of 2015 estimation by the Japanese Ministry of the Environment. It is still increasing due to conservation efforts and the extinction of its main predator, the Grey wolf, over a century ago.

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The deer are active at all hours of the day, looking for their next handout, but with few people around at night, most of them just rest on the ground.

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Even though there are many things to see and do in Nara Park, feeding the deer is definitely a highlight and one of my favourite experiences in Japan. After buying a package of special deer crackers from one of the vendors in the park, we walked around looking for some deer to feed.

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