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Experience attractive Japanese sights like this view of Kurashiki’s willow-fringed waterways when you take a tailor-made holiday with Alfred&. Experience attractive Japanese sights like this view of Kurashiki’s willow-fringed waterways when you take a tailor-made holiday with Alfred&.
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Tailor-made Kurashiki Holidays

In Kurashiki the spotlight is on Japan’s commercial past, made ridiculously picturesque by the passage of time. This river port was a vital hub of the rice trade throughout the Edo period. For several hundred years, its network of canals, lined with sturdy warehouses, teemed with heavily laden barges and the air rang with the cries of boatmen, porters and overseers.

A small portion of willow-fringed waterway has been preserved and forms the scenic focal point of the Bikan area, and the little wooden boats that now drift silently along it are ferrying visitors on a trip through a rarely seen part of Japan’s history. The white-walled, black-roofed storehouses and the imposing homes of the merchants who owned them have been turned into an appealing mix of museums, galleries, boutiques and cafés that merit thorough investigation. Hidden within their walls are everything from Monets and handmade bitchu washi rice paper to long-running businesses selling ice-cream made with the particularly luscious fruit from the surrounding area.

A Kurashiki trip is a rare chance to discover a side of Japan’s past you won’t find elsewhere, so speak to our destination specialists about adding it to your holiday plans.

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Your journey will start with one of our UK team – someone like Richard, who's travelled extensively in Japan. They’ll shape your ideas into the trip of a lifetime. But they won't do it alone. They'll draw on the expertise of our contacts on the ground, connecting you to the people who'll make your holiday one you'll always remember - the tea devotee who'll introduce you to the ceremony surrounding Japan's national drink, the noodle guru who'll teach you how to make the perfect bowl of soba and the ryokan owner who'll tutor you in the relaxing art of the onsen.

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