Deer Moving into the Mountains above Yugawara
Sika deer are moving into the mountains above Yugawara. The management cull is 30, after 20 and, before that, 70. Notable farm damage has not shown up.
Wildlife
Deer in Yugawara
Sika deer are being caught in the mountains above Yugawara. Their spread through the hills, and damage to mikan farms in neighbouring Odawara, put the town's orchards in a wider story.
Life alongside them
Deer in the mountains above town
Kanagawa's fiscal 2025 deer plan describes more deer being caught in Yugawara's mountains and concern about their expanding range. It records no notable agricultural damage in the town. That distinction is useful: deer appearing in the mountains and deer stripping an orchard are different stages of the same local question.
Hakone, Odawara and the mikan slopes
The hills connect Yugawara to Hakone. In October 2026, Nippon TV followed deer through Hakone and into Odawara mikan farms, including farms that had lost half their harvest. Those losses were in Odawara. They explain the concern for nearby citrus-growing areas without turning a neighbour's damage into a Yugawara figure.
Follow the local picture
Start with the mountain story for the prefecture's management plans and changing capture targets. The Hakone and mikan story then follows the connection to nearby farms. Together they give the background to the wooded slopes above the town and the orchards visitors pass on the way to mikan picking.
Stories
Hakone's Deer, and the Question for Yugawara's Mikan
In October 2026 Nippon TV followed deer through Hakone and Odawara mikan farms that have lost half a harvest. Our groves are the slope between them.