Americans like to kill and eat their deer. The Japanese like to let them roam freely, while tempting them with special deer biscuits.
Apparently, in ancient pre-Buddhist Japan, deer were considered messengers of the gods, and so today, they are still treated as sacred creatures. In other words, you won't see venison on the menu and you won't see antlers mounted in someone's home.
Bambi would be happy here. I certainly was and couldn't get enough of all the deer just hanging around. Fyi...the costume character you see is the mascot of Nara, the original capital of Japan. It's half deer, half Buddha and totally strange.
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