Shikayose (Deer Calling)

A tradition dating to 1892 in which a horn playing Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony summons deer from the forest to be fed acorns.

Shikayose (Deer Calling) appears in 1 of the 15 Nara vlogs we indexed, from 2026.

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