Nara is an ancient Japanese capital dating to 700AD. Known for having many Buddhist shrines and temples and the one that I remember is Todai-ji temple which reminds me of the Buddhist temples in Yunnan, however Chinese temples are probably 10 times larger. The surrounding area has a lot of free roaming deer. Deer snacks sold by vendors are called sika senbei (deer crackers) and visitors are encourage to feed them. Some deer have learned to bow in order to receive senbei from people. Nara is about an hour away from both Kyoto and Osaka. They have a lot of delicious street food, my favorite is beef yakitori.