Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #3 in Kamakura, Japan

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Number of sights 13 sights
Distance 8.1 km
Ascend 240 m
Descend 210 m

Explore Kamakura in Japan with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in KamakuraIndividual Sights in Kamakura

Sight 1: Gokurakuji Temple

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Gokuraku-ji (極楽寺) is a Buddhist temple of the Shingon sect located in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was founded in 1259 by Ninshō (1217-1303) and has been restored and rebuilt many times since then.

Wikipedia: Gokuraku-ji (Kamakura) (EN)

1397 meters / 17 minutes

Sight 2: Hase-dera temple

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Hase-dera temple 三人日 / CC BY-SA 3.0

Hase-dera , commonly called the Hase-kannon (長谷観音) is one of the Buddhist temples in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, famous for housing a massive wooden statue of Kannon.

Wikipedia: Hase-dera (Kamakura) (EN), Website

505 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Kosokuji Temple

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Kosokuji Temple 三人日 / CC BY-SA 3.0

Kosokuji Temple is a temple of Nichiren Buddhism located in the Nagatani of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Gyotoki. The former main temple is Hikiya Myohonji. Ikegami and Totomi store law.

Wikipedia: 光則寺 (JA)

1156 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 4: Great Buddha of Kamakura

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Kotoku -in is a temple of the Jodo sect in Hase, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The main god is the Kamakura Daibutsu of the national treasure copper Amida Nyorai sitting statue. It is officially called Otoyama Kotokuin Seisenji Temple. Both the opening (founder) and the opening (first priest) are unknown.

Wikipedia: 鎌倉大仏 (JA)

367 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 5: Kōtoku-in

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Kōtoku-in (高徳院) is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect, in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its mountain name is Taiizan (大異山), and its common temple name is Shōjōsen-ji (清浄泉寺).

Wikipedia: Kōtoku-in (EN), Website

662 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: 甘縄神明神社

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Amanawa Shinmei Shrine was founded in 710 and is the oldest Shinto shrine in Kamakura. It is dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu. According to the ancient document History of Amanawa-ji Shinmei-gū kept by the shrine, the founder of the shrine is famous priest Gyōki; a powerful and rich man named Tokitada Someya supported the construction.

Wikipedia: Amanawa Shinmei Shrine (EN)

483 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: 鎌倉文学館

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The Kamakura Museum of Literature is a small museum in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, that contains material about writers who have lived, died, or were active in the city of Kamakura itself. The museum displays personal effects, manuscripts, first editions, and documents owned by well over a hundred writers of Japanese literature, including Natsume Sōseki and Kawabata Yasunari, as well as film director Yasujirō Ozu. The villa that hosts the museum, its large garden and its rose garden are also of great interest.

Wikipedia: Kamakura Museum of Literature (EN)

1510 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 8: Enmeiji Temple

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Enmeiji Temple is a temple of the Jodo sect located in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture.

Wikipedia: 延命寺 (鎌倉市) (JA)

545 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 9: 安養院

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安養院

Gionzan An’yō-in Chōraku-ji (祇園山安養院長楽寺) is a Jōdo shū Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. Famous for its rhododendrons, it was named after its founder's posthumous name. The main object of worship is Amida Nyorai, but it also enshrines Senju Kannon, Goddess of Mercy. An’yō-in is Number three of the 33 temples of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage circuit.

Wikipedia: An'yō-in (Kamakura) (EN)

410 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: 常栄寺(ぼたもち寺)

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Joeiji Temple is a Nichiren Buddhist temple located in Omachi, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Hui Yun Mountain. In the 11th year of Keicho (1606), the Soan, which had existed since the Kamakura period, was opened by Nichiyu-nun, and Nichi-jojin opened the mountain. The honzon is the Three Treasures Ancestor. Due to the auspiciousness described later, it is known as Botamochi Temple (Peony Mochi Temple). The former main temple is Hikiya Myohonji Temple, Ikegami and Kagurazaka Hoen.

Wikipedia: 常栄寺 (鎌倉市) (JA)

304 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Hongaku-ji Temple

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Hongakuji Temple is the main temple of Nichiren Buddhism in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. The name of the mountain is Mt. Myogon. It is also called "Higashi Minobu" because it divided the remains of Nichiren at Kuonji Temple on Mt. Minobu. It is located near Kamakura Station, and across the street from Komachi Oji (Tsuji Kyoho Street) is the Chokozan Myohonji Temple, the main temple of Nichiren Buddhism.

Wikipedia: 本覚寺 (鎌倉市) (JA)

232 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: 大巧寺

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Daigyoji Temple is a single temple of the Nichiren Buddhist sect located in Komachi, Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. It is known as a temple that does not have a specific Dan family and prays for safe birth. The former main temple is Hikiya Myohonji.

Wikipedia: 大巧寺 (JA)

559 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 13: Myohonji Temple

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Myohonji Temple

Myōhon-ji (妙本寺) is one of the oldest Nichiren sect temples in Kamakura, Kanagawa. Its official name is Chōkō-zan Myōhon-ji (長興山妙本寺). "Chōkō" comes from the posthumous name of Nichiren's father and "Myōhon" from his mother's.

Wikipedia: Myōhon-ji (EN)

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