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			<comment><![CDATA[Giggling on the train from Kyoto to Nara, a small town two-hour by train from Kyoto.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA["Wanna try on this new hat of yours, Niles?"  On the way from Kyoto to Nara.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[Rice fields and lush green forests.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[Lunch break.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[Niles wandering around in the Nara Park, checking out deer and pebbles.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA["Let me see if there are more deer this way..."]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA["Wow, these deer with horns are really cool.  Can I touch them?"]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA["Mammy, what is the deer eating?"]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.kansai.gr.jp/culture/nature/spot/walking/nara_e.htm"> Nara Park </a> (Nara, Japan) is famous for its deer.  Spoiled by tourists, the deer like to beg for food.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[We ran into a group of elementary kids at the entrance to the Nara Park, who were awed by the deer.  Niles was equally excited by the deer and the lively kids.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[Kids feeding deer biscuits to two greedy deer.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[Lantterns by the Todai-Ji in Nara Park, and the ubiquitous deer.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[Stone wall with wild flowers and moss.  Nara Park.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[Wall with bamboos.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[A pack of self-sufficient deer who shy away from tourists.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[Many deer grazing in the grassy serenity of this vast nature park.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[Niles fast asleep in his stroller.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[The building in the background is <a href="http://www1.sphere.ne.jp/naracity/j/e/e_si32.html"> Todai-Ji </a>.  It houses a big Buddha statue.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[The Todai-Ji temple building apparently is the world's largest wooden structure, and it is enshrined a 15m tall image of the great Buddha.]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[A quiet corner in the Nara Park by the creek...]]></comment>
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			<comment><![CDATA[... with a deer elegantly resting in the shade by the stream.]]></comment>
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