Specifically, the deer who live in Nara, the ancient capital outside of Kyoto that is home to a series of UNESCO-recognized historic buildings.
Nara and its deer are so closely associated that the light-brown colored animals are pictured in the city’s tourism ads, on buses, train tickets and more.
Carl Court/Getty ImagesNobuyuki Yamazaki of the Nara Deer Preservation Foundation told CNN that “a constant increase in the number of deer crackers eaten has resulted in more active reproduction of the deer.
“As the number of deer and humans increase, so does the number of problems,” Yamazaki added.
Bowing in deer is unique to Nara and has not been found in any other deer species.
Persons:
Carl Court, Nobuyuki Yamazaki, ” Yamazaki, we’ve, ”, Yoichi Yusa, they're, Joe Biden
Organizations:
CNN, UNESCO, Preservation Foundation, Nara Women’s University, Mount Fuji
Locations:
Nara, Kyoto, Japan, Europe, Hiroshima