Today we had a massive day. It was our last day in Osaka, and we had to be out of the hostel early, so I planned a day trip to the town of Nara.
While Nara is fairly spectacular in and of itself, it also has an added extra, amazing feature - it is completely full of deer!
We started our day with a healthy meal of McDonalds - in a Maccas with a Grand Piano. Then we headed straight for the action - Deer Park.
While there are deer everywhere, most people just stick to this one park, where deer just sit around, waiting to be fed rice cakes. Most of them were quite unenthusiastic about them, but as we got further out of town, that's where the real fun started.
While getting some street food (warabimochi with sweet soy sauce is hands down my new favourite dessert ever) we also ran into an old man who had a special skill with the deer, he seemed to be training them!! This one would stick out his tongue for food if you did it first!!
Deer aside, the whole town was beautiful, with incredible shrines and temples everywhere, and people filing in for their new years fortunes.
Tonight, an overnight bus, and changing countries!! xx