Day 1
Tokyo Station⇒(50 min., JR Yokosuka Line)⇒Kita-Kamakura Station⇒(2 min., Walking)⇒Engaku-Ji (Touring Time: 60 min.)⇒(5 min. on foot)⇒Tokei-Ji (Touring Time: 30 min.)⇒(5 min. on foot)⇒Jochi-Ji (Touring Time: 30 min.)⇒(10 min. on foot)⇒Kencho-Ji (Touring Time: 40 min.)⇒(15 min. on foot)⇒One Night Stay in KamakuraDay 2
Kamakura Station⇒(12 min., Bus)⇒Jomyo-Ji (Touring Time: 20 min.)⇒(4 min. on foot)⇒Hokoku-Ji (Touring Time: 20 min.)⇒(7 min., Bus)⇒Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu (Touring Time: 40 min.)⇒(35 min., Walking)⇒Zeni-Arai Benten (Touring Time: 30 min.)⇒(25 min., Walking)⇒Kotoku-In(Big Statue of Buddha) (Touring Time: 30 min.)⇒(7 min., Walking)⇒Hase-Dera(Touring Time: 40 min.)⇒(5 min., Walking)⇒Enoden (Enoshima Electric Railway) Hase Station⇒(5 min., Enoden)⇒Kamakura Station
Engakuji is the main temple of the Engakuji school within the Rikai sect of Zen Buddhism.
Known as a thriving convent, the temple offered sanctuary for women escaping unhappy marriages, and who could divorce their husbands if they stayed in the temple for 3 years. It is known as the Enkiri Dera, or a safehouse for ending relationships.
>>Get off at Kitakamakura sta. on the JR line
Surrounded by cypress trees. The temple has an unusual belfry at the main gate and moss covered steps in the back.
>>8 min. walk.
Kenchoji is the main temple in the Kenchoji school within the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism and is the number one of Kamakura's 5 great Zen temples.
>>Take an Enoden bus from Kamakura sta. on the JR line or Enoden line or JR Kita-Kamakura sta. and get off at Kenchoji
Cherry trees line the way to the main hall. Ranked fifth among the Five Great Zen Temples of Kamakura.
>>10 min. by bus to Jomyo-ji bus stop and 3 min. on foot.
This temple is famous for the bamboo forest behind the main road. In the serene air of the bamboo garden nestle stone buddhas and five-tiered pagodas (Gorinto) and you can experience the special atmosphere of a Zen Temple
>>Get off at Kamakura sta. on the JR line or Enoden line, and take a Keikyu bus to Jomyoji
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine was originally in Yuigahama and dedicated to Iwashimizu Shrine in Kyoto.
>>Get off at Kamakura sta. on the JR line or Enoden line
Yoritomo Minamoto was told to build this shrine in a dream he had on the day of the Serpent, in the month of the Serpent, in the year of the Serpent.
>>Get off at Kamakura sta. on the JR or Enoden lines
The Great Buddha is a made of bronze. The art of bronze sculpture was started in 1252 but the exact date of this statue's completion is unclear.
>>Get off at Enoden Hase sta.
This is an old temple dating back to before the establishment of shogunate government.
>>Get off at Enoden Hase sta.