Historical Kanegasaki Shrine in Tsuruga, Fukui Takako Sakamoto At first, two prominent samurai in the Kamakura Period, Nitta Yoshisada... , had supported Emperor Go-Daigo and fought together to overthrow the Kamakura
Culture Fujishima Shrine, Fukui Takako Sakamoto Background Nitta Yoshisada was one of the eminent samurai in the Kamakura... Period of Japan who contributed to overthrowing the Kamakura Shogunate
Historical Shinobu Mottling Rock, Fukushima Stephanie Marley have together made Shinobu a vastly recognized and esteemed location of utamakura... Utamakura is a place-name used in waka (traditional Japanese poetry) which
Festivals Oto Matsuri 2027 Saturday - Feb 6th A festival with a history of more than 1400 years Kamikura Shrine, Shingu, Wakayama
Museums Kurihama’s Perry Park Tomoko Kamishima the important meeting near Edo, but Japan insisted on holding it near Kamakura... consented to holding a diplomatic meeting at Yokohama (closer to Edo than Kamakura
Historical Enoshima-jinja Shrine Tomoko Kamishima in 1206 by the order of Minamoto-no-Sanetomo (the third Shogun of the Kamakura... In 1190, five years after a Samurai government was established in Kamakura
Culture Sasuke Inari Shrine Sasuke Inari Shrine is a Shinto shrine in Kamakura and the site of the Hidden Village of Kamakura. It is located very near the Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku..
12 Temples & Shrines Sugimoto Dera's "Nio" Statues Larry Knipfing I love to visit Kamakura's Sugimoto Dera, mainly for the great unobstructed view at its main gate of the pair of "Nio" guardian statues.