Mar 2, 2013 - 1 min read

Kamakura Jufuku-ji Temple

Temple has strong connection with Kamakura Shogunate

By Tomoko Kamishima

Community writer

Main hall and white plum blossoms

The grave of Yoritomo’s wife, Masako

The front gate of Jufuku-ji Temple

Main hall of the temple (open to the public only on a few special days each year)

Plum blossoms in spring

Stone decoration at cemetary

Large cave in the cemetery

Graves and bamboo

Path from Jufuku-ji Temple to Genji-yama Park

The view from the hiking course

The grounds that Jufuku-ji now stand on had a strong connection with the Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333). The father of Yoritomo (Yoritomo was the first Kamakura Shogun) once lived here, his wife established this temple, and she and their son Sanetomo (the third Shogun) were buried here. There is a cemetery behind the temple in which numerous caves dug into cliffs shelter gravestones. The cemetery also connects to a hiking course that leads to Kita-Kamakura or Daibutsu through Genji-yama Park. Samurai in the Kamakura Shogunate probably often used this mountain path.

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