Growing up in Nara, Japan, one food that was a constant in my home was tofu. It's truly been a lifelong staple. When I was a ...

Eleven approximately 8-meter-long kagotaimatsu torches made an appearance in the omizutori ceremony to herald the arrival of ...

NARA--Countless tourists have fed the deer here, but how many have stayed overnight? In the prefectural government's opinion, not enough, and people are ... according to the Japan Tourism Agency.

The ancient city of Nara is a major draw for the ... to take their trash home -- an ingrained habit in Japan that is not always shared by people from abroad, Yamazaki said. "It's perhaps difficult ...

Across Asia, there are a few places where animals and people live at extraordinarily close quarters. One such place is Nara, a city in central Japan. Within minutes of arriving, I spotted two sika ...

Thirty years ago, Yoshitomo Nara was a young Japanese artist living in Germany ... The tragedy claimed nearly 20,000 lives with more than 2,550 people missing. It also hit the Fukushima nuclear ...

As peckish deer chase delighted tourists in Japan's temple-dotted Nara Park, a quiet but dedicated team of litter-pickers patrols the stone paths, collecting plastic waste that threatens the ...