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Experience attractive Japanese sights like this deer grazing by the lake in Nara Park when you take a tailor-made holiday with Alfred&. Experience attractive Japanese sights like this deer grazing by the lake in Nara Park when you take a tailor-made holiday with Alfred&.
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Tailor-made Nara Holidays

Were it not for Japan’s emperors’ capricious habit of changing their headquarters to suit their own interests, it might be Nara that bristled with glossy glass-and-steel skyscrapers instead of Tokyo. As it is, the country’s first permanent capital has been left as a rather impressive backwater, apparently frozen in time like a scene in a plexiglass dome, with a plethora of venerable temples, shrines and statues that bear witness to its 74-year, eighth-century moment in the spotlight.

This one-of-a-kind window into Japan’s early history is an authentic delight, not at all diminished by the fact that many of its treasures have been restored, rebuilt or replaced over the 1,200 years since they were created. Adding to the timeless atmosphere is the surprisingly bucolic setting, with most of the key sights clustered round a sprawling grassy park where half-tame sika deer roam, the whole lot backed by wooded hills.

In a place with such an overwhelming richness of highlights, it takes local knowledge to separate the merely amazing from the truly fabulous. Our Japan gurus are on hand to share theirs with you.

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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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