My wife had a paper bag with a box of tea in it; the Nara deer ripped the paper bag to shreds trying to get to the delicious (?) tea inside.
Sounds like those deer had it coming to them!
Just kidding!
Aggressive Japanese deer? Meanwhile, across the sea in Korea:
Huh, i visited Nara around 2004. I hand fed the deer, and found them charming. They didn’t eat any of my non-food stuff. Some other tourist took a nice photo of me squatting and petting a deer that lay down at my feet.
You know…if it had been a protest against the veneration of war criminals enshrined at Yasukuni, I could understand that.
But as a protest against releasing water from the Fukushima plants? Yeah, that’s a dumbass way of going about that.
Either way, this guy wasn’t a tourist. Asshole probably, idiot definitely, but tourist no.
From the article:
It’s also worth noting that while Yasukuni is often briefly summarized in international media reports as “a shrine that houses the spirits of Japanese war criminals from World War II,” and it is true that the shrine’s record of names includes 1,066 war criminals, there are also 2.4 million other soldiers, including those who died in conflicts other than World War II, who are recognized by the shrine.
This is what you call missing the point. Apart from the fact that most of those other 2.4 million dead wouldn’t be enshrined there if not for some of those 1,066 war criminals, there were no war criminals enshrined there until 1958, when they decided it’d be ok to start enshrining those tried, convicted, sentenced to death and executed for some of the most horrendous war crimes ever committed.
Yasukuni Shrine is symbolic of the political tensions between Japan and Asian countries, primarily China and Korea.
A long time ago, I made the mistake of taking a Chinese date there. Oops.
Yup
I commented on another thread about Japanese names, but this news source mainly focuses on click bait material. It’s not hardcore journalism.
On the flip side, my Chinese wife insisted on visiting it (despite my reluctance) and treated it about as seriously as a trip to Disneyland. I drew the line at paying to see the war museum there, though.
Wise choice! It’s pretty scary. It’s been a while since I went there but the propaganda is over the top.
I went there before I started studying the war but even then it was obviously created by people existing in an alternative universe.
So the MJGA crowd? 
Yeah, recent America politics took any bragging rights to sanity.
UPDATE! This is from The Korea Herald
There’s more at the link.
The MAGA hat thing is to appeal to Trumpski to pressure the SK government to release him. Worked for the Tate assholes in Romania.
Yeah. That’s not going to fly in Korea.
Things continue not going great for Johnny Somali.
He’s just being persecuted for his political beliefs!
But don’t worry, I’m sure Trump will pardon him in Korea.
This is one of those cases where I feel a tiny bit torn. On one hand I’m not sure a lengthy stay is truly appropriate for what Somali has done. But on the gripping hand he’s such an outrageous asshole that I find it next to impossible to care.
Meh. If he had done it here, maybe so. Though the drug use might have tipped things a bit towards a more severe sentence.
But if you deliberately go to other countries to play stupid games, they get to award the stupid prizes.
Update on Johnny Somali. (Formatting is from the original.)
Johnny Somali’s South Korea case takes dramatic turn with guilty plea
Global Sports Desk / TIMESOFINDIA.COM / Updated: Aug 14, 2025, 22:24 IST
Legal difficulties have intensified for the controversial streamer known as Ramsey “Johnny Somali,” now placing him with eight criminal charges in all. The implications of which range anywhere from public disturbance to deep fake production. Disruptions on the road through bus passengers while livestreaming! Such is how Somali ought to cooperate with the obstruction charge, paying a fourth on July 27, 2025, say legal analysts against complaints by the citizens and the police’s intervention.This will be setting a precedent for the earlier part of the case, running since October 2024. Court dates seem to accompany new charges and steadily increase the scope of proceedings, keeping Somali’s defense team at bay.
From Denial to Admission
In a surprise move, Somali changed his position on the obstruction count during his appearance in the courtroom on August 13 and pleaded guilty to the latest charge of obstruction. He has since entered guilty pleas to all four charges of obstruction of business on record.According to noted legal commentator who closely followed the case via the YouTube channel Legal Mindset, Andrew Esquire, "He has now pleaded guilty to all four obstruction charges.
There is more at the link.