Kamakura Travel Blogs

I had a good time this day.  We caught the train to Kamakura (it took about 20 minutes).  Once we got off we ate at this great Hawiian Burger spot on the way to the beach.  After that we walked down to the water.  they had a little hula show.  It was windy and the sand was …

Today is my last day in Tokyo.  Tomorrow I leave for Nikko, a couple hours to the north and tucked into the mountains.  So naturally I spent my last day outside of the city.  (I know, makes sense to me too.)This morning I took a train to Kamakura and did LOTTSSSSS of walking.  …

Kamakura, Japan is not far from Tokyo and well worth a day trip to see The Big Buddha and a Temple that is within walking distance from the Big Buddha.  If you not sure how to get there just go to a train station (or subway) and ask any young person; you will find out they are very friendly an…

Forced myself out of bed around 11:30 and dragged myself across the street to the train station to go down to Kamakura on a noonish train.  Bought a sandwich at a kiosk and ate that on the way down as I needed something (why did I drink Tequila shots last night!)  Got down to Kamakura a l…

I went on a day picnic from Tokyo with my friends. Instead of taking the shorter route thru Tokyo, we took the longer but more scenic Enoden Electric Railways from Shinjuku to Kamakura via Fujisaw. It was a fascnitaing journey thru old towns. We visited the Large Daibutsu Buddha statue, played around a bit on the dirty but quite beach and even managed a short visit to a graveyard at Tokeiji...another interesting weekend in Tokyo!

Hiromi had talked to Jana and at the end of April and we agreed to go to Kamakura to check out a couple of the temples/shrines there and to see the huge Buddha that they have. So we did that on today.   I should state that I have found I am really getting into the traditional Japanese archit…

Bon, alors, qu'est-ce que j'ai fait qui vaut la peine d'etre mentionne cette journee-la. Disons que ca a commence en force avec un Remi qui tentait de faire developper ses photos. Trop drole. La fille ne comprenait rien, et moi encore moins. Vous auriez du me voir essayer de mimer que je les voulai…

It was pretty cold.We'd just come from the ice festival.The Diabutsu at Kamakura is around 650 years old.it's huge, but make sure you don't go on a national holiday. Or a sunday really, unless it's one before a national holiday.Its impossible to move if you do.Do visit the great Canon on the hill.T…

it's also a trip 2 years ago! for a reason ,i travel alone for 3 months !

I left the snowy mountains of Tohoku and returned to civilization.

Today I returned to Kamakura (again... ) to hike the Diabutsu hiking course. I was really looking forward to it because it went through several more sites as compared to the Ten-En course I had done earlier.

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Well, I was traveling to Yokohama for a long weekend and I read that Kamakura rivals Nikko for beauty and culture, so since I have already been to Nikko, I went to check out what all the fuss is about.  First off, its about an hour ride to Kamakura from Yokohama so it is not too bad.  I w…

Just a short train ride from Tokyo is a great beach town. Kamakura has temples, a large sitting Budda, good food, shopping, hiking, beaches and surfing. The hotels are not to expensive but I was just there for the day. The sunset pictures are from Endoshima a short scenic train ride away.

Before leaving for East Timor, I spent about 10 days in Japan with my husband in early March. We visited Tokyo, where I came from, Kyoto, and Nara.