The Japanese spider crab is the largest arthropod in the world, with a leg span of up to 4 meters (13 feet).

The Nara Park in Nara is famous for its free-roaming deer, which are considered sacred by the local people.

Mobile Suit Gundam, created by Yoshiyuki Tomino in 1979, is a popular anime series that helped to popularize the mecha genre of anime, which features giant robots.