12 Culture Zeniarai Benzaiten Shrine, Kamakura Adeline Ong This is one of the famous Shinto shrines and location of a miraculous spring in Kamakura. Washing money in the spring is supposed..
10 Culture Kamakura Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Josef Diermair Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine is a small shrine compared to Kyoto-size shrines, but charming and very alive.
Food Kamakura Sushi Shop - Kimi Tomoko Kamishima Sushi-dokoro Kimi is a really nice sushi restaurant just in front of Kamakura Station. Before or after you do sightseeing, this..
Food Kamakura Sausage Larry Knipfing After a morning of walking around Kamakura, you might find yourself famished. For 350 yen and five minutes of your time, Kamakura..
Food Kamakura’s Utsuki Robatayaki Larry Knipfing Utsuki (卯月) on Komachi-Dori in Kamakura is far and away my favorite restaurant, and that’s saying something since I have liv..
Culture Zen at Kamakura's Kencho-ji Temple Tomoko Kamishima It was Saturday afternoon and I was at Kencho-ji Temple in Kita-Kamakura. A few minutes before two o’clock a bell rang to sign..
Food Kita-kamakura's Kyorai-an Tomoko Kamishima Although most Zen practitioners do not eat meat, the stew here is Zen-like because it is quite simple: Big chunks of meat and carrots..
Culture Myohon-ji Temple Larry Knipfing Myohon-ji is an absolutely gorgeous temple, just ten minutes on foot from Kamakura Station. The funny thing is, most people do..