Best Kamakura Tour by Yoritomo

27/10/2022

A mean fox🤪

佐助稲荷神社/Sasuke Inari Shrine, Kamakura

22/10/2022

The statue of Yoritomo.

You can see me! hehe

18/10/2022

⛰What is 枯山水/Karesansui?

One of the styles of Japanese garden.

It creates a miniature landscape through carefully composed arrangements of rocks, water features, moss, pruned trees and bushes, and uses gravel or sand that is raked to represent ripples in water.

🪟The history of Karesansui?

Karesansui existed in Japan at least 1000 years ago!

In the Shinto religion, white sand and gravel was used to symbolize purity, and was used around shrines, temples, and palaces

17/10/2022

Have you ever drunk a glass of wine in a temple?🍾

13/10/2022

Feels like you are in Europe, don’t you?
This is in a very traditional Japanese temple!

浄妙寺/Jyomyo ji temple
About 15 minutes by bus from Kamakura station

11/10/2022

報国寺/A bamboo temple🎋

You can see about two thousand bamboo here, it’s actually amazing.
Also you can enjoy Maccha/Japanese tea here.
( Not so many places you can enjoy Japanese tea here in Kamakura.)

If you visit here from Kamakura station, I recommend you to take a bus, but if you do after Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine, maybe you can walk (about 20 minutes )🚶

08/10/2022

Autumn night🌖

In Japan, we recently skip autumn and suddenly winter comes..

But today is a perfect night🌠

06/10/2022

There are many gods who can cure your disease by touching his body.
For example, if you have a problem with your stomach, just touch his stomach.

In 鎌倉宮/Kamakura Gu Shrine, there is a god like that.
He was a brave samurai who gave his life to one of the emperors to help with🥺

Please visit this place when you come to Kamakura!
If you want, I can show you around.

03/10/2022

Kamakura flower #1

02/10/2022

Amazing view from Hase dera temple…
Don’t miss this view when you come to Kamakura🌞

28/09/2022

荏柄天神/Egara Tenjin Shrine

Top 3 major Tenjin shrines in Japan.
Tenjin means the god is 藤原道真/Fujiwara no Michizane, who was a sooo clever scholar.
It is said he came down from the sky in 1104 and this shrine was built.

If you have any exams, you should go and play🙏

27/09/2022

Kamakura street #3

Beautiful morning🌞
Kamakura has so many tiny beautiful streets… cannot wait to find other great ones🚶

25/09/2022

So big, isn’t it?😲
11 meters high and weighs 120 tons!

It is said to have been built around 1250, not by the Kamakura Shogunate but by private initiative, but tis not well known.

Its appearance has not changed in 750 years, as there have been few repairs to date.

In fact, the entire building was covered in gold leaf when it was built, as gold leaf remains in some places.

In the past, the Great Buddha used to be inside the building, but strong winds and earthquakes caused it to collapse, and it is now located outside.

25/09/2022

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24/09/2022

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The sea is for surfers after a typhoon…
At Shichirigahama beach🏄

23/09/2022

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Kamakura street #2
Cloudy but still beautiful…

21/09/2022

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Do you know 流鏑馬/Yabusame?

流鏑馬 is a kind of event that a samurai shoot a bow on a horse🐎

This event has been held at Tsurugaoka Hachiman shrine, Kamakura since 1187 when I started.

A samurai on a horse runs 250m while shooting a bow and you can see it closely!

Unfortunately we didn’t have it this year due to Covid-19 but why don’t you come to see next September?🐴