Destination
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Nara
Travel plans
Eastern Nara's Flower Temples: Hasedera, Muro-ji & the Soni Highlands — 2 Days
Where Nara goes quiet
Nara's Living Crafts: Tea Whisks, Ink & the Birthplace of Sake — 2 Days
The workshops behind the rituals
Sacred Yoshino: Shugendo Mountain Pilgrimage & Cherry Slopes — 2 Days
Climb the mountain of the ascetics
The Cradle of Japan: Asuka Tombs & Imai's Edo Town by Bike — 2 Days
Ride into the origin story
Nara for the First Time: The Great Buddha, the Deer & Naramachi — 2 Days
Where Japan's first capital still stands
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