12 Religion Komyo-ji Temple of Kamakura Tomoko Kamishima Komyo-ji Temple is just a few steps from the sea, and the sea breeze here always seems to purify the temple’s precincts and vi..
12 Temples & Shrines Kamakura's Myohon-ji Temple Larry Knipfing One reason Myohon-ji Temple is so lovely is its isolation. Way up a slope, surrounded by forest. Which is amazing considering it..
7 Temples & Shrines Kamakura's Kakuon-ji Temple Larry Knipfing Kamakura's Kakuon-ji Temple is interesting and pretty. Tours, led by a priest, start at 10:00, 11:00, 13:00, 14:00 and 15:00...
12 Temples & Shrines Kamakura's Hongaku-ji Temple Larry Knipfing Hongaku-ji Temple in Kamakura features an impressive old bell, lotus in pots in the summer, and a festival on New Year's Eve..
18 Temples & Shrines Core of Kamakura, Hachimangu Shrine Takako Sakamoto Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine; the center of Kamakura, the first capital of the samurai.
16 Temples & Shrines Dainari-jinja Peter Sidell Near Odawara station in Japan's Kanagawa prefecture, Dainari-jinja is a large, atmospheric shinto shrine with plenty of interesting..