Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Kamakura, Japan

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 5.7 km
Ascend 199 m
Descend 227 m

Experience Kamakura in Japan in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in KamakuraIndividual Sights in Kamakura

Sight 1: Sasuke Inari Shrine

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Sasuke Inari ShrineHouze from San Francisco / CC BY-SA 2.0

Sasuke Inari Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kamakura and the site of the Hidden Village of Kamakura. It is located very near the Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine.

Wikipedia: Sasuke Inari Shrine (EN)

535 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 2: Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine

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Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine

Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine , popularly known as Zeniarai Benten, is a Shinto shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is a small shrine, but the second most popular spot in Kamakura after Tsurugaoka Hachimangū. Zeniarai Benzaiten is popular among tourists because the waters of a spring in its cave are said to be able to multiply the money washed in it. The object of worship is a syncretic kami that fuses a traditional spirit called Ugafukujin (宇賀福神) with the Buddhist goddess of Indian origin Sarasvati, known in Japanese as Benzaiten. The shrine is one of the minority in Japan that still shows the fusion of native religious beliefs and foreign Buddhism, which was normal before the Meiji restoration. Zeniarai Benzaiten used to be an external massha of Ōgigayatsu's Yazaka Daijin (八坂大神), but became independent in 1970 under its present name.

Wikipedia: Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine (EN)

544 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 3: Genjiyama Park

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Genjiyama Park is an urban park located in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.

Wikipedia: 源氏山公園 (鎌倉市) (JA)

1096 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 4: Myo-an-ji

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Myo-an-ji

Myodenji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in Ogigayatsu, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Tahotani (formerly Mt. Masanobu). The former main mountain is Mimatsu Reneiji Temple. It belongs to the parent teacher dharma. The precincts are said to be the ruins of Izumigaya Tahoji Temple, which was opened by Shinobi in the 2nd year of Kocho (1262).

Wikipedia: 妙伝寺 (鎌倉市) (JA)

292 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Jokomyoji Temple

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Jokomyoji Temple

Jōkōmyoji Temple is a temple of the Shingon sect of the Senjoji sect located in Ogigayatsu, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Senkokuzan. It was opened by Hojo Nagatoki. Kaizan is Shina. The honzon is Amitabha. It is a temple closely related to the Hojo and Ashikaga clans, and it is said that Ashikaga Takashi was holed up in this temple just before he raised troops against Emperor Go-Daigo. No. 82 of the 88 sacred sites in the eastern part of New Shikoku.

Wikipedia: 浄光明寺 (JA)

347 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 6: Eishōji

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Eishōji 三人日 / CC BY-SA 3.0

Eisho-ji (英勝寺) is a Jōdo-shū temple in Ogigayatsu, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, and is the sole nunnery in Kamakura. The mountain name is Tokozan.

Wikipedia: Eishō-ji (EN)

170 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Jufuku-ji

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Kikokuzan Kongō Jufuku Zenji (亀谷山金剛寿福禅寺), usually known as Jufuku-ji, is a temple of the Kenchō-ji branch of the Rinzai sect and the oldest Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Ranked third among Kamakura's prestigious Five Mountains, it is number 24 among the Thirty-Three Kamakura Kannon pilgrimage temples and number 18 of the Kamakura Nijūyon Jizō (鎌倉二十四地蔵) temples. Its main object of worship is Shaka Nyorai.

Wikipedia: Jufuku-ji (EN)

861 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 8: Tsurugaoka Hachimangü Shrine

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Tsurugaoka Hachimangü Shrine

Tsurugaoka Hachimangū (鶴岡八幡宮) is the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is a cultural center of the city of Kamakura and serves as the venue of many of its most important festivals with two museums.

Wikipedia: Tsurugaoka Hachimangū (EN), Website

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Kamakura Museum of National Treasures

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Kamakura Museum of National Treasures

The Kamakura Museum of National Treasures or Kamakura Museum or Kamakura National Treasure House is a museum located on the grounds of Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū in Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The museum houses around 4800 objects from the Kamakura region including sculptures, paintings and industrial art objects. Most of these works originate from the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, spanning from the 12th to the 16th century. Some of the items were produced in China and imported to Japan.

Wikipedia: Kamakura Museum of National Treasures (EN), Website

1704 meters / 20 minutes

Sight 10: Kakuonji temple

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Kakuonji temple

Kakuonji is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect of the Senjoji sect located in Nikaido, Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The name of the mountain is called Mt. Washibeng. The honzon is the Yakushi Sanson, the Kaiki is Hojo Sadatoki, and the Kaizan is Chikai Shinkei. It is a temple that gathers the reverence of successive generations of the Hojo family of the Kamakura shogunate. Located in the back of the valley north of the Kanazawa Highway connecting Sagami and Musashi Provinces, the temple grounds and the surrounding area are well preserved, and it is said to be one of the temples that best retains the remnants of Kamakura before urbanization. The precincts are designated as a national historic site.

Wikipedia: 覚園寺 (JA)

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