13 Activities Kamakura’s Zaimoku-za Shore Tomoko Kamishima **This is the first of a 5-part series about the area between Kamakura
12 Activities Kamakura’s Koshigoe Fishing Port Tomoko Kamishima Koshigoe Fishing Port stands just in front of Enoshima Island. It has a long history and was first used as a fishing port in the..
Culture Kamakura’s Komyo-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima Komyo-ji is a bit far from Kamakura central, but I love to visit here to... The history of Komyo-ji In 1243, when the Kamakura Shogunate had become
Culture Kamakura’s Egara-tenjin Shrine Tomoko Kamishima Kamakura’s Egara-tenjin Shrine (and indeed ALL tenjin shrines) is unique... In Kamakura 200 years later, things were still so bad that this shrine
Food Kamakura’s Hato-koji Tearoom Tomoko Kamishima would like to introduce a nice, elegant, traditional Japanese tearoom in Kamakura... Hato-koji is just the right place for taking a break while strolling around Kamakura
16 Kamakura's Sasuke Inari Shrine Steve Morton Legend has it that Minamoto Yoritomo, the first Shogun of Kamakura was