A sightseeing route around Kamakura Station—Cafes on Komachi-dori and temples!

Kamakura, with an attractive cityscape and dotted with temples, is a popular sightseeing spot. This one day sightseeing plan is a walking tour beginning at Kamakura Station. It introduces typical shrines and temples as well as places to drop in for some cuisine on Komachi-dori Street as you walk around.

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Update 2023.08.07

DAY1

2023-07-21
- Cafe Terrace Tree Garden
  
  09:30
- Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine
  
  11:00
- Iwata Coffee
  
  13:00
- Kamakura Komachi-dori Street
  
  14:30
- Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
  
  15:00

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DAY1

- Cafe Terrace Tree Garden
  
  09:30
  
  60min
  
  Address
  - Cafe Terrace Tree Garden
  - Cafe Terrace Tree Garden
- Public transportation / Walk
  
  30min
- Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine
  
  11:00
  
  90min
  
  Shrine
  
  (Provided by service)Popularly known as “Zeniarai Benzaiten,” the Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine is located in the Sasuke district of Kamakura City. According to legend, the shrine was founded when, in the evening of the Day of the Snake in the Month of the Snake in 1185, Minamoto no Yoritomo was told in a dream that “If you pray to the Shinto deities and to the Buddha at this spring, peace will come to the land.” Subsequently, after the local ruler Hojo Tokiyori washed coins in the spring while praying for the prosperity of his clan, the belief spread that washing coins in the spring inside the cave would cause that money to increase. This practice is believed to be particularly effective if performed on the day of the temple festival dedicated to the goddess Benten, so the Shrine is usually thronged with worshippers on that day. The spring at the Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine is classed as one of the “Five Famous Springs of Kamakura.”
  
  Address
  
  Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Sasuke 2-25-16
  
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  - Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine
  - Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine
- Public transportation / Walk
  
  30min
- Iwata Coffee
  
  13:00
  
  60min
  
  Other Coffee Shop
  
  (Provided by service)This old shop operating from the entrance of Komachi-dori Street for the past 65 years first opened for business in 1948. It is a café with a history of well-known customers including Yasunari Kawabata. Their famous pancake which takes 30 minutes to cook costs 800 yen. In the wide 88 seat area there is also a courtyard with a retro atmosphere from which one can feel the change of seasons and become relaxed just by gazing at it.
  
  Address
  
  Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Komachi 1-5-7
  
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  - Iwata Coffee
  - Iwata Coffee
- Public transportation / Walk
  
  30min
- Kamakura Komachi-dori Street
  
  14:30
  
  20min
  
  Street
  
  (Provided by service)This street runs parallel to Wakamiya Oji Avenue from the east entrance of Kamakura Station on the JR Yokosuka Line to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine. As it's before the main gate of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, it holds numerous events year-round. It's also a shopping street, with restaurants, traditional souvenir shops, fashion shops, and eateries. It's a popular spot for city walks with visitors to Kamakura.
  
  Address
  
  Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture
  
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  - Kamakura Komachi-dori Street
- Public transportation / Walk
  
  10min
- Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
  
  15:00
  
  120min
  
  Shrine
  
  (Provided by service)Tsurugaoka Hachimangu was called the guardian deity of the samurai of Kamakura. The story of the shrine began when Minamoto no Yoriyoshi transferred the division of the kami (deity) from Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto, where he prayed for good fortune in warfare, to Yuigahama and re-enshrined Hachiman kami as the clan deity of the Minamoto clan after the Oshu region was pacified. Later, when Minamoto no Yoritomo entered Kamakura under the banner of reviving the Minamoto clan, the shrine was moved to its current location, and was later reorganized into two shrines, the upper and lower shrines, befitting the Kamakura shogunate's sosha (headquarters). The shrine is still popular today as a shrine associated with the samurai Genji clan and Minamoto no Yoritomo, and is sometimes counted as one of the three major Hachiman shrines. Yabusame (traditional horseback archery) ritual is held every year in spring and fall, performed by the samurai archer dressed in traditional…
  
  Address
  
  Kanagawa Pref. Kamakurashi Yukinoshita 2-1-31
  
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  - Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
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  - Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
- FINISH
  
  17:00