Tame deers wander freely on Miyajima, much to the delight of our son who was absolutely excited being up close and personal with the deers. He equated those deers with Santa Clause (as in reindeers), and we don't even celebrate Christmas!
Tourists are not supposed to either feed or touch the tame deers that roam around the island, but I guess we were a bunch of clueless, law-breaking tourists, as can be witnessed from the photo below.
The deers didn't really care to be friendly with us, because we had no food with us. Plenty of tourists got followed around by the deers because they smelled of food. XD But them deers sure look scrawny and not really active.
There was an issue about starving deers way back in 2008 and them being carted away or something and a petition to save them put out. Is there an improvement to this now?
There was an issue about starving deers way back in 2008 and them being carted away or something and a petition to save them put out. Is there an improvement to this now?
There are monkeys too on the island, but no photo of them monkeys in my collection. Simply because monkeys creep me out.
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