D17: Kamakura
Less than 15 minutes by train from Yokohama, Kamakura became the capital of Japan in 1192 when Minamoto Yoritomo chose the city as the new military governement.
The city is now very famous for its shrines and temples and its Great Buddha. click on lire la suite for more
My friend has already been to Kamakura but she fand it so interesting and beautiful that she's coming back with me.
From the railway station we go directly to Hachimangu shrine, the most important shrine of Kamakura and we pass by Kamakura main avenue.
The shrine was founded in 1063 and is dedicated to Hachiman, the god of the samouraï.
Back to the station we catch the train to visit the other part of the city. Our 1st stop is at Zeniarai Benten where people wash their money. The legend says that washed money will double. I don't know why but when I came back to Denmark and checked my bank account money didn't double but vanished. Strange. May be I didn't wash enough.
Then to the Great Buddha. That's really very impressing and the funny thing is that we can get inside.
from inside
We're going now to the wood and following the hiking trails.
We are now walking along the hill and visiting the Nichiren temples and the Zen Temples.
Par Alice aliceinwonderdanmark, Dimanche 7 Octobre 2007 à 19:31 GMT+2 dans Diary: Japan (article, RSS)
