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神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

The town of Kamakura was laid out from this shrine outwards. Wakamiya Oji runs dead straight from the main hall to the sea. The shrine was placed firs…

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Samukawa Jinja

寒川町鎌倉・湘南

The only shrine in Japan whose deity is said to ward off misfortune from all eight directions, a character without parallel elsewhere.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Hakone Jinja

箱根町県西

It faces Lake Ashi, with the Torii of Peace standing in the water. Most worshippers pair it with a visit to Kuzuryu Jinja.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Kotokuin

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

A seated Amida Nyorai, a National Treasure. It once sat inside a great hall, but tsunami and typhoons took the building, and it has stood in the open …

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Kenchoji

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

Held to be the first full Zen temple in Japan, and first of the five great Zen temples of Kamakura.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Kawasaki Daishi

川崎市横浜・川崎

Among the most visited temples in Japan at new year. Known as a Daishi who wards off misfortune, and for the rhythmic sound of sweet-cutting along its…

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Enoshima Jinja

藤沢市鎌倉・湘南

Three shrines in one: Hetsunomiya, Nakatsunomiya and Okutsunomiya. Counted among the three great Benten shrines of Japan, and revered as a deity of th…

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Engakuji

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

Its Shariden is a National Treasure and the leading example of Zen-style architecture. The bell is a National Treasure too.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Hasedera

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

It enshrines an eleven-headed Kannon among the largest wooden figures in Japan. Known for its hydrangeas.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Wakamiya Oji

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

It runs dead straight from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu to the sea. Yoritomo had it built praying for his wife to give birth safely.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Kenchoji Sanmon

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

Called the tanuki gate, from a legend that a tanuki took the form of the abbot to raise the funds.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Engakuji Shariden

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

A National Treasure, and the leading example of Zen-style architecture.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Meigetsuin

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

The hydrangea temple, known for the garden framed by its round window.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Hokokuji

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

A grove of about 2,000 moso bamboo. It is called the bamboo temple.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Zeniarai Benzaiten

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

Coins washed in the spring inside the cave are said to multiply. The custom is traced to a dream that came to Yoritomo.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Sasuke Inari Jinja

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

Vermilion torii line the mountain path. Its deity is said to have urged Yoritomo to raise his army.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Sugimotodera

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

Held to be the oldest temple in Kamakura, with a striking moss-covered stairway.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Tokeiji

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

It was once an enkiridera, where a woman could obtain a divorce. That refuge worked for six hundred years.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Hasedera Kannon

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

Over nine metres tall, among the largest wooden Kannon figures in Japan.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Daibutsu Tainai

鎌倉市鎌倉・湘南

You can go inside. The seams of the casting show the technique of the time.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Enoshima Iwaya

藤沢市鎌倉・湘南

Caves cut by the waves. Kukai and Nichiren are said to have practised here, and it is held to be the origin of Enoshima Jinja.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Ryukoji

藤沢市鎌倉・湘南

Where Nichiren was nearly executed, in the incident known as the Tatsunokuchi persecution.

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Kuzuryu Jinja

箱根町県西

It enshrines a dragon in the waters of Lake Ashi. Worshippers gather for the monthly rite on the thirteenth.

神奈川県 · Shrines & temples

Hotoku Ninomiya Jinja

小田原市県西

It enshrines Ninomiya Sontoku, standing in a corner of the Odawara Castle grounds.