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Kuzuharaoka Shrine

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Kajiwara 5-9-1

This shrine located on the high ground of Genjiyama is famous for match-making. It is also the place where Toshimoto Hino, who served Emperor Go-Daigo and was captured by the Kamakura shogunate, met his end. Stone monuments with a farewell poem and a memorial for Toshimoto Hino are on the premises. Recently the shrine has become popular as a power spot for the fulfillment of love. Lovers will take scarlet red strings with five yen coins tied on and attach them around either the male or female matchmaking rocks as a way of binding their wishes.
Fudarakuji Temple

3.0

7 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Kamakura-shi Zaimokuza 6-7-31

"This Shingon Daikakuji Buddhist temple is located in Zaimokuza, Kamakura City. The 17th temple on the Kamakura 33 Kannon Pilgrimage, because it experienced several tornadoes in ancient times, it is also known as the ""Tornado Temple."" Built as a worship space for the shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo, it accordingly possesses many treasures connected to Yoritomo. Of particular note is the temple's red Taira clan flag, which is said to have been held until the end by Taira clan supreme commander Taira no Munemori and which records state Minamoto no Yoritomo gifted to the temple. The flag is made viewable to the general public during the Kamakura Festival held each year from the second Sunday to the third Sunday in April."

「ふだらくじ」と発音します。観光客はほとんどいませんね。いつ行っても。このお寺さん、実は源平の戦いの時、平宗盛が最後まで持っていた「赤旗」が保存されているそうです。僕はまだ、見たことがないですけど。見てみたいですね。歴史的に価値の高いお寺さんです。
Kamakurabori Museum

3.5

6 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Komachi 2-15-13 Kamakura Convention Hall 3F

Kamakurabori Museum is a collection of cultural items from Kamakura from when the feudal government was founded, with a focus on collecting Chinese cultural items. It is a museum that stores reference materials and items from the Muromachi period to the present day. Over 60 items from each period of Japan are on display with cultural and historic explanations. Don't miss their other exhibitions and events.

昭和43年にオープンした、鎌倉彫の伝統芸能の説明、販売、鎌倉彫の体験等をしてくれます。単なる観光ではなく、本当の鎌倉を知りたい人には、魅力あるところかも。
Jizodo

4.0

5 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Kamakura-shi Hase 3-11-2 Hasedera

Hasedera Temple is said to be one of the most scenic spots in Kamakura, with 2,500 hydrangeas of 40 kinds that look lovely in the rainy season with Sagami Bay in the distance. Ascending from the lower precincts, the Jizodo Hall is located at the back of the middle section of the stairs. It was built to fulfill the wishes of believers and was reconstructed in 2003 due to the aging of the structure. It features a roof with fan rafters, which is rare in Kamakura.

長谷寺の境内ですが、長谷寺さんは見ごたえのあるお寺さんです。長谷寺だけで半日くらい、用意してもいいのではないでしょうか。お寺さんの近くにはお店がいっぱいありますので、また、長谷寺は境内に坂もありますので、ゆっくり、ご参拝ください。
Toshimaya

4.0

111 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Komachi 2-11-19

The home location of Toshimaya, a sweet shop which sells the classic Kamakura souvenir, the hato sablé. The hato sablé (“pigeon cookie,” named after its shape) was first made in 1897. The rich, buttery flavor has long been one of Kamakura’s go-to souvenirs. Located close to the Ni no Torii gate on Wakamiya Oji, the Toshimaya here also sells hato sablé goods found nowhere else.

鎌倉土産の定番「鳩サブレー」。子供から大人まで、皆で頂ける美味しくて安心できる、懐かしい感じのお菓子です。
Genjiyama Park

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Prefecture Kamakura City 4-649-1 Fan Gagoya

Genjiyama Park, also known as Shirohata Hills or Hatatate Hills, is home to many sites including the grave of Hino Toshimoto, a statue of Minamoto Yoritomo, and one of Kamakura's Seven Entrances to the Kewaizaka Pass. In the spring you can enjoy the cherry blossoms and in the fall the changing autumn colors. Be advised that the park is hilly so comfortable walking shoes are advised.
Roast Beef Kamakurayama Main Shop

4.5

68 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Kamakurayama 3-11-1

This roast beef specialist is in 3 Chome Kamakurayama, Kamakura City. They focus on Wagyu roast beef wagon service with multi-course meals including fresh fish hors d'oeuvre, bouillabaisse made only from Ise prawns, and other exquisite dishes.

Their location is not convenient; but it’s a must visit. They utilized one of those very traditional house and they have a good view because they are located at the top of Kamakura yama. Services are...
Kamakurabori Kogeikan

4.0

3 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Kamakura-shi Yuigahama 3-4-7

Kamakura carving, a craft in which patterns are carved into a wooden base using wood such as katsura and ginkgo, and finished with lacquer, was originally made as a Buddhist altar about 800 years ago. exhibitions, workshops, and hands-on classes.

由比ヶ浜の会館で伝統鎌倉彫事業協同組合が活動されています。多くの組合員から「伝統工芸士」を輩出し、鎌倉彫の技を磨くと共に後世に伝える役割を果たすとともに、一般向けに講習会も開催してます。
Kamakura Matsubaraan

4.0

138 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Yuigahama 4-10-3

A soba noodle restaurant located a few minutes away from Yuigahama Station operating out of a remodeled Japanese home which has watched over the streets of Kamakura and the ocean of Yuigahama for 70 years. Once you take your shoes off and enter the residence-cum-restaurant, you’ll feel like you’re visiting the home of a trusted friend. In the restaurant’s relaxing Japanese-style rooms, you can take your time and enjoy a la carte dishes together with sake and wine. The restaurant doesn’t close for any breaks between when it first opens and closes and thus is also recommended for a late lunch or early dinner.

They serve one of the best soba in Kamakura. Located in a quiet residential area, making it a hidden gem. The restaurant has an adjoining cafe with its retro vibe, just like the main restaurant. We...
Butsunichian

3.5

3 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Kamakura-shi Yamanouchi 434 En Kakuji Uchi

"This Buddhist sub-temple is located on the grounds of the Engakuji temple in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. Built as a mausoleum for Hojo Tokimune, the eighth shogun regent who saved Japan from the Mongolian invasions. Later, shogun regents Hojo Sadatoki and Hojo Takatoki were also laid to rest here. An open base mausoleum with a thatched roof, it enshrines the coffins of Tokimune, Sadatoki, and Takatoki, although the interior may not be freely viewed by visitors. The grounds are also the location of the Ensokuken, a tearoom famous even among the many found in the ancient former capital of Kamakura and also a setting used in Yasunari Kawabata's novel ""Thousand Cranes,"" and here you can enjoy matcha green tea which comes with a Japanese starch confection called rakugan. To view the inside of the Butsunichian, you must pay a separate fee at the Engakuji reception desk."

佛日庵は円覚寺内にあり、その中の開基廟にて、西暦1284年に亡くなられた北条時宗と貞時、高時が祀られています。現在の開基廟は江戸時代の1811年に改築されたとのことです。佛日庵に入るには円覚寺の入場料以外に100円が必要です。静かで厳かな雰囲気がありました。
Chikaramochiya

4.5

100 Reviews

Shopping

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Sakanoshita 18-18

A Japanese sweet shop a seven-minute walk from Hase Station on the Enoshima Electric Railway. The shop is located on the approach to Goryo-jinja Shrine, which is dedicated to the superhumanly strong Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa, hence the shop’s name, which references chikara mochi, rice cakes said to fortify the body, and the Japanese term for someone who is strong. Chikaramochiya’s delicately flavored sweets, carefully homemade without additives, have been popular since the Edo period. The shop’s famed Gongoro chikara mochi are made with smooth strained sweet adzuki bean paste wrapped in mochi rice cake. If you will be eating them the same day, be sure to get the “nama” or fresh type, made with freshly pounded mochi. The gyuhi (rice flour) type keeps for three days and makes a great souvenir.

How could you resist having something from this shop? The smell coming from the kitchen is enticing and then the visual feast. What to choose? Well everyone will tell you the mochi (glutenous sweet...
Komorebi Yamasaki Onsui Pool

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Yamasaki 1330-39

In addition to the 25-meter pool, this facility includes a Jacuzzi, a pool for small children, a training room and a studio. It’s open until 10 pm Monday through Saturday, allowing guests to use it after they get off work. The facility is about a 6-minute walk from the Fujimicho Station on the Shonan Monorail line.
Kamakura Mameya Komachi-dori

4.0

97 Reviews

Shopping

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Yukinoshita 1-5-38

The Komachi-dori Avenue location of this Kamakura bean and legume specialty shop. The store is overflowing with bean and legume snacks of all kinds, including tasty treats made with peanuts, soy beans, and broad beans. An abundance of free samples are also provided. The shop’s small size snack bags, easy to finish in a single sitting, make great souvenirs.

@tripadvisor:I’m not entirely sure why Mameya is listed as a restaurant:it is NOT. It’s a souvenir shop that sells lovely bean snacks. There are several outlets in Kamakura city: one in Komachi...
Umizoi no Kicorishokudo

3.5

6 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Zaimokuza 6-4-7 Yamanouchi Building

Located in Kamakura City. Enjoy this restaurant with wonderful terrace seats that overlook the ocean. Whether day or night, all the dishes are made with local vegetables and fresh fish. Enjoy cafe time from 15:00 with desserts such as the German Baumkuchen cake or French gateau chocolate. Try some of their many courses such as BBQ on the terrace overlooking the ocean or all-you-can-drink.

概要：テラス席なら愛犬同伴可能な鎌倉市材木座のレストラン。相模湾を見渡すことができる絶景のテラス席で、愛犬同伴にて地元食材を使った定食やBBQが楽しめます。海沿いのキコリ食堂は、神奈川県鎌倉市材木座にあるレストランです。目の前は材木座海岸で、テラス席からは相模湾を一望することができます。愛犬対応状況ですが、テラス席なら同伴可能です。屋根があるので、小雨程度であれば十分利用が可能です。なお春...
Ristorante Amalfi

4.5

4 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Prefecture Kamakura City Shichirigahama 1-4-8

This Italian restaurant is on National Route 134 in Shichirigahama, Kamakura City. Their offer features seafood delivered fresh from Misaki harbor and local vegetables with house-made pasta. The open terrace faces Shichirigahama beach, offering views of Zushi, Hayama, Enoshima, Mt. Fuji and more.

Made a reservation for Mother’s Day online and it was great that they had availability. The place was neat and had a great view of the ocean off of Kamakura Beach. The multi course meal was delicious...
Kamakura Museum of Literature

Leisure / Hobbies

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Hase 1-5-3

Located in the Hase neighborhood of Kamakura, the Kamakura Museum of Literature was first opened in 1985 by local volunteers. The museum’s has set as its purpose the collection, preservation, and exhibition of literary works, manuscripts, and personal items from writers connected with Kamakura such as Yasunari Kawabata, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, and Jiro Osaragi. The museum building, donated to the city of Kamakura, was once a villa belonging to Toshinari Maeda built off of his main residence and today it is a designated Tangible Cultural Property. There is also a 600 square meter rose garden on the south side of the garden stretching before the museum which, together with the view of the sea off Shonan in front of the museum, is a popular sightseeing spot.
"Shirasu & Koshigoe's Local Seafood ""Shirasuya"""

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Koshigoe 2-10-13

This seafood restaurant on Koshigoe National Route 134 in Kamakura has a close relationship with the local fishermen's union so fresh seafood cuisine is always available. Sample a variety of cuisine including Shirasuzukushi whitebait set meals, Shonan whitebait Nishoku Rice Bowls with lots of raw and boiled whitebait, and the popular Sanshoku Rice Bowls which piles even more fish onto the Nishoku Rice Bowl.
Taverna Rondino

4.5

60 Reviews

Gourmet / Alcohol

Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture Inamuragasaki 2-6-11

This Italian restaurant located in Inamuragasaki has a distinctive yellow exterior. The design of the stylish restaurant makes a perfect match for the Shonan sea with a high ceiling that creates a very spacious feeling and terrace seating complete with parasols. Combined with its unpretentious Italian food, this place has been a famous Shonan establishment since 1980.

Rondino located in Best Location, front Inamuragaseki Beach. Ive been to this restaurant for over 15 years. I love this restaurant not only for the dishes which is always excellent, but also for...
Shichirigahama

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Shichirigahama

This beach’s name, meaning “seven ri beach,” comes from the fact that it extends seven ri (an ancient Japanese unit of distance approximately 3.9 kilometers long) from Inamuragasaki to the Koyurugi Peninsula. Renowned for its beautiful view of Enoshima and Mt. Fuji, the area frequently appears in ukiyo-e and in the lines of kabuki plays. The area was also once open as a swimming beach, but today swimming is prohibited along its entire length.
Kusaridaishi Shorenji Temple

3.5

2 Reviews

Travel / Tourism

Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Tebiro 5-1-8

This is a Koyasan Shingon sect temple located in Tebiro, Kamakura City of Kanagawa. This temple is endearingly called Kusaridaishi, and is an associate head temple of the Koyasan Shingon sect. The wooden seated statue of Kobodaishi and the sutra box, with lotus arabesques on the dais, and the black lacquer flower shaped pedestal within the precincts are designated Important National Cultural Properties. Every year on June 15, the birth date of Kobodaishi, also called Kukai, during the green foliage festival his birthday is celebrated by pouring sweet tea on the infant image of the saint.

湘南モノレール西鎌倉駅から徒歩で15分ほど大船よりに位置します。地元では「鎖大師」と呼ばれて親しまれています。境内の可愛らしい五輪塔童子に癒やされます。本堂に安置されている愛染明王は本当に美しいです。

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Kanagawa prefecture acts as an extension of the Tokyo metropolis that spills over into coastal towns, most notably Yokohama city, heavily populated and known for its Chinatown and seaside attractions. Just the right distance for a day trip out of Tokyo, Kanagawa is home to some of Tokyo’s most accessible beaches, including around Kamakura, best known for its Big Buddha. Visitors can also travel a little farther afield for a weekend at Hakone onsen town.