Japan Travel: Kamakura

Kamakura is a seaside Japanese city just south of Tokyo. The political center of medieval Japan, modern-day Kamakura is a prominent resort town with dozens of Buddhist Zen temples and Shinto shrines. Its most recognizable landmark is the Kotoku-in Temple’s Great Buddha, a roughly 13m-high bronze statue still standing after a 15th-century tsunami. Yuigahama Beach on Sagami Bay is a popular surfing spot.

Kamakura Daibutsu is less than an hour from Shibuya Station by commuter train. Kamakura has two hiking trails and a Shichirigahama beach. 

This link for you to know how to get there.

This is one day trip if you start early in the morning will be better.

On the way you can see they a different type wild flower.

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1. Forests of Engakuji Temple
4. Hasedera Temple
5. Kosokuji Temple
6.  Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
7. Hokokuji Temple (aka Bamboo Temple)

2. Tokeiji and Jochiji Temples

3. Great Daibutsu at Kotoku-in

How to reach there
The Enoden Line (The Enoshima Electric Line)
Travel Pass: The Kamakura Free Kankyo Tegata

• Train:

• Enoden Line: From Kamakura Station to Hase Station.

• Bus:

• Kamakura Sta. East Exit Bus Terminal No.2—Kitakamakura Sta.

• Kamakura Sta. East Exit Bus Terminal No.4—Daitonomiya

• Kamakura Sta. East Exit Bus Terminal No.5—Jomyoji

• Kamakura Sta. East Exit Bus Terminal No.1, 6—Daibutsumae

• Kamakura Sta. East Exit Bus Terminal No.3—Nagoe

Many stations are unmanned and tickets can be bought from vending machines. If you are unable to buy one in time, you can purchase one from the on-board conductor. Pasmo and Suica cards can also be used!

With this pass you can ride as much as you like on the 5 bus routes that run through Kamakura as well as the Enoden Line (within a certain radius). The ticket costs 550 yen for adults and 280 yen for children and can be bought at tourist information centers at Kamakura Station, Enoden Kamakura (east exit), Hase Station, Shonan Keikyu bus station and from certain locations in town (Engakuji Souveneir shop, Kitakamakura Old Private House Museum, Tamagoya Shoten Shop).

For general bus tickets, take a numbered ticket as you board and then simply pay the amount signified on the board above the exit as you leave.