Kamakura City - the best choice for a trip to the suburbs of Tokyo, where you can easily visit many popular attractions

Kamakura City is a small city located on the west side of Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is only an hour's drive from Tokyo and can be easily connected to the Enoden Railway. The transportation is extremely convenient, and there are many famous attractions in the city, so it is very popular with tourists.

Recommended attractions include:
Great Buddha of Kamakura
The Great Buddha of Kamakura, located in Kotoku-in Temple, is a national treasure of Japan and one of the three largest bronze Buddha statues in Japan. It is solemn, sacred and highly respected.

Hasedera Temple:
The full name is Haiguangshan Jisho Changgu Temple, also known as "Hase Guanyin", which enshrines the "Eleven-faced Guanyin Bodhisattva statue". From the temple, you can overlook the streets of Kamakura and admire the colorful hydrangeas.

In front of Kamakura High School:
This is the classic scene from the famous manga "A Man Should Enter the Bottle", where Hanamichi Sakuragi and Haruko Akagi greeted each other. The overlapping effect of the azure coast and the Enoden is also worth taking photos of.

Gokura Komachi Street:
This is a must-visit shopping street in Kamakura. It is very lively with shopping, restaurants, snacks and souvenir shops.

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Post by benkwan | Oct 3, 2024