One Day Tour of Kamakura from Tokyo

Itinerary

1. You will be picked up at 9am at your hotel in Tokyo and get to Kamakura by train (approx. 1 hour ride).

2. Great Buddha (Kotokuin Temple): The Famous Great Buddha of Japan

3. Hase Temple: It is called the "Temple of Flower" and is also known as the Hasekannon.

4. Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine: The Symbol of Kamakura is the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura.

5. Komachi-Dori: A large shopping street in Kamakura that spreads from the rotary in front of Kamakura to the Hachimangu.

6. You will be dropped back to your hotel in Tokyo at around 4-5pm.

The Great Buddha The Kotokuin was constructed in 1252 and is a bronze statue that stands 13 meters high. It sits outside against wooden hills.

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine This shrine was originally built in 1063 and dedicated to the Emperor Ojin (God of War) and the Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo among others. An interesting fact of this shrine is that it was not only a Shinto "Hachimangu" shrine, but also a Tendai Buddhist temple for most of its history.

Hase Temple This temple is famous for housing a Buddhist statue of Kannon with eleven faces and a thousand arms. Each of the eleven faces represents a different phase in the search for enlightenment.

Komachi-D

ori This is the shopping street that started out as a market in front of the shrine and is now famous for having over 250 restaurants, boutiques, et cetera.