1Kamakura Station​

2Eishoji Temple

Eishoji Temple is Kamakura's only convent and was founded by Lady Okachi, a concubine of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun. It stands on the site of a mansion owned by her ancestor, Ota Dokan. The temple has many architectural treasures such as the sammon gate with its fine sculptural decorations, the Buddha hall, the bell tower, the shido hall and its karamon gate. Since the temple prospered with the support of the Tokugawa family, the Tokugawa clan emblem, a three-leaf hollyhock, can be found in the hall and on other buildings

3Kaizoji Temple

Kaizoji Temple can be found deep within Ogigayatsu, with lush greenery all around. Once affiliated with the Shingon sect of Buddhism, the temple now belongs to the Kenchoji school of the Rinzai Zen sect. In 1153, Fujiwara no Nakayoshi (d. 1256) took on responsibility for the temple at the behest of Prince Munetaka (1242–1274), rebuilding the complex in a seven-building layout called shichido garan. However, during the dissolution of the Kamakura shogunate in 1333, all the buildings were destroyed by fire amid the fighting. Consequently, in 1394, Ashikaga Ujimitsu (1359–1398), the second Kamakura Kubo (governor-general of Kamakura), ordered samurai lord Uesugi Ujisada (1374–1416) to…

4Kewaizaka Pass

kewaizaka Pass, located approximately 1.4 km south-west of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, is a "kiridoshi" pass that was built to open a route from Ogigayatsu leading to Kanto region. The extant part of the pass, extending over a length of approximately 0.5 km, was constructed by scraping off one side of the slope. In addition, there remains vestiges left by acts of scraping off the mountain on a large scale and many "yagura" caves along the "kiridoshi" pass.

5Zeniaraibenzaiten Ugafukujinja Shrine

During a famine, Minamoto no Yoritomo offered up prayers to save the people. Ugafukujin, the harvest and fertility deity, appeared to him in a dream and told him about this spring. Hojo Tokiyori also prayed to this god and washed money for prosperity. To this day the spring attracts crowds of people washing money.

6Sasuke Inari Shrine

After passing through dozens of torii gates decorated with red banners and climbing a flight of stairs, you’ll arrive at the Shaden, the main building at the shrine. According to shrine lore, while shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147–1199) was exiled in Izu, he had a dream in which an old man who called himself an “Inari of the Hidden Village of Kamakura” urged him to raise an army; he would later give the man the nickname “Sasuke Inari” (“Helper Inari”) and enshrine him as a token of gratitude.

7Kamakura Station​