page_title: Japanese hare
section_title: Food
hierarchical_section_title: Japanese hare / Food
caption_attribution_description: English: This is an image of a Japanese hare in brown pelage.
context_page_description: The Japanese hare is a species of hare native to Japan.
context_section_description: Vegetation found in and around its habitat is where the Japanese hare gets most of its nutrients. Grasses, shrubs, and bushes are all eaten by the hare. The Japanese hare is one of the few hares that will eat the bark off of trees and it does so occasionally which can cause major damage to trees and forests.
  They will sometimes eat the bark from a bonsai tree in Asia.
caption: A Japanese hare in brown pelage
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