Location: Kamakura
Top Things to do in Kamakura
Top 10 Things to do Good for a Rainy Day in Kamakura, Kanto
A village dating back to Yoritomo's shogunate government in 1192, Kamakura lies amid wooded hills filled with Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. Local university students offer free guided tours leaving from Kamakura station. Visit the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, dedicated to the Shinto god of war, patron deity of the shogun's family, and walk inside the Great Buddha.
Restaurants in Kamakura
1. Ebisuya Kamakura
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 405 reviews
Enjoy Japanese history, traditions, and the seasonal beauties from a rickshaw with our staff's omotenashi (hospitality). Our staff, with a rich knowledge of the city, will help make a special memory for your trip. We will take you to see interesting things you would not find in guidebooks or on websites.
2. Samurai Project
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5.0 based on 55 reviews
SAMURAI Project offers premium programs to experience the genuine Japanese Culture. The old Zen temple Kigen-in will be reserved as a venue exclusively for this program. 1. Zen meditation with the lecture of the Zen philosophy and the art 2. Swordsmanship program to realize the concept of Kenzen-Ichinyo 3. Learn how to appreciate the Japanese sword with the swordsmith master “Masamune”
Reviewed By Muneta
座禅、静かな畳敷きの寺での本格的な座禅は今回が初めてだった。15分ほどの座禅を三回行う、胡座をかいても良いし、椅子に座っての座禅でも良い。和尚さんの禅の心の話を前後に聞けば、世の中の些事を忘れ、スッキリと新たな力をもらった気がします。筆で円相を描いたり、お茶も和菓子と一服いただけます。一度の体験をお勧めします。This was my first time of doing Zazen(Meditation)at special Tatami-mat room in the Buddhism temple,where has very calm feeling. It takes just 15 minutes with crossed-legged-seated(or on small-chair-sitting ) as one cycle practice—you do three cycles. Before and After you can listen to priests’s special speech in English. Simultaneously you can experience wrighting caligulafer(only one ideographs, Chinese character )and enjoy simple tea with Japanese sweets as well.I feel I could be free from any worldly sins and get mysterious energy after that . I recommend you to try it when you are in Kamakura.
3. Kamakura City Tourist Information Center
4. Meigetsuin (Hydrangea Temple)
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4.0 based on 422 reviews
Reviewed By 840gabrielh - Bellaire, United States
Located close to city center, this somewhat hidden park represents an oasis of tranquility and serenity. As you enter the gate, you cross a little bridge and scend towards the garden, a few dozen feet above street level. By the time you reach the first few hydrangea bushes, you are surrounded by trees, bushes and the garden. The path meanders between the hydrangeas and other, beautiful flowers and eventually opens up to a clearing, where this well preserved Zen Buddhist temple stands, surrounded by the usual gift and souvenir shops and the sshops that sell prayers you eventually place in the appropriate places around the temple. There are a few benches, where you can rest and watch humanity pass by. One of the nicer stops in our visit.
5. Komyo-ji Temple
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4.0 based on 70 reviews
Reviewed By H96TNjohnl
Komyojji is of the most impressive temples in Kamakura, with two Japanese gardens - a pond garden and a dry zen garden on the other side of the main temple building. What's more there is no entry fee as it is still a real temple and monstery and they want to keep it as a temple and not a "tourist attraction". Better yet, they are very involved in community acitivites, and host a monthly recycle flea market. Komyoji's gardens have been listed in book "HIdden Gardens of Japan" available from Amazon Japan and Kinokuniya USA online. Bus #40 goes right to Komyoji from Kamakura Station. Afterwards, hop over to Zaimokuza Beach about 80 meters from the temple, one of the very best beaches in Kamakura.
6. Enoshima Electric Railway
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4.0 based on 1,159 reviews
Reviewed By Shaun1965 - Oxenford, Australia
After getting the train down from Tokyo, you pass through the turnstiles and use the pasimo card to get around. This train takes you along the bay to easy access for the giant Buddha.
7. Kamakura Museum of Literature
8. Shonan Monorail
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4.0 based on 213 reviews
Reviewed By wesleywaisiu - Singapore, Singapore
First time to see and ride on the suspended monorail, it’s fun as you can see the street down below. However, the ride is a bit bumpy, make sure to hold the handrail.
9. Toshimaya Honten
10. Kitakamakura old private house Museum
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