The Color Palette
TRAVEL GUIDE
Kamakura Kita-Kamakura Kanagawa Japan
Kamakura can be visited on a day trip by train from Tokyo. This is the town where the shogunate has been located since the end of the 12th century, and there are many ancient temples. Surprisingly for foreigners, many people want to live in this place and commute to a company in Tokyo. Especially the area along the sea is popular and is called“ Shonan style”, and it is a relaxing, slow but modern life. The reason for its popularity is that it always has delicious ingredients in a warm climate. And the flowers and plants are beautiful every season. Let’s go around Kamakura to meet beautiful colors.
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MUST SEE
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Noth Kamakura Temple
“Window of Enlightenment” A beautiful place where you can see the quiet and beautiful Kamakura in the world of the circle. Focus your eyes on the circle and maximize the beauty of the scenery. This temple is also known as the “hydrangea temple” and is visited by the largest number of people in June. Not only that, but the cherry blossoms in spring, the irises at the end of May, and the autumn leaves at the end of November are all wonderful. The color palette changes in the changing seasons.
Meigetsuin
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Kamakura Temple
There is the most famous bamboo forest in Kamakura. Walk along the quiet approach to the main hall and dry landscape garden. And to the bamboo forest. It’s not as much as that in Arashiyama, Kyoto. But have bamboo-designed sweets and matcha in the tea room here. It’s a very pleasant and wonderful time.
Houkokuji
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Kamakura Temple
The most popular ancient temple in Kamakura is loved as the “Flower Temple”. Proceed to the walking path next to Kannon-do and go up the mountain to see the colorful hydrangeas, and from the top of the mountain you can see the city of Kamakura. If it rains, it’s not bad. The rainy Hasedera and hydrangea are also wonderful.
Hasedera
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Kamakura Breakfast Restaurant & Food Market
A market where farmers in the suburbs of Kamakura sell their own vegetables. Guests from overseas cannot take vegetables to home, but please take a look at the beautiful and famous “Kamakura Vegetables”. Let’s go after eating the breakfast restaurant “Cobakaba” which is open right next door.
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DRINK
<The Good Goodies>
Kamakura Cafe
One of the few coffee shops around Kamakura Station that is open early in the morning. A nice and sophisticated space, cups and plates are also nice. Coffee and cheesecake are recommended. Let’s start sightseeing with a delicious coffee
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Kamakura Restaurant Cafe
Follow the guide on the map and you will reach the stone gate. There is a very large garden and a Western-style building on a hill. This is one of the three famous Western-style buildings in Kamakura and has a history of 100 years. The wonderful building has a cafe and a restaurant.
Kamakura Heritage Koga Residence
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Kamakura Japanese Restaurant
Beautiful and delicious Anago sushi and rice bowl restaurant. Aanago is Conger eels in a sea. It is located a little far from the center of Kamakura. The restaurant does not accept reservations, so visit during opening hours or call and take a taxi if available. It’s close to Hokokuji Temple, so let’s go sightseeing after a meal.
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Kamakura Japanese Restaurant
A Japanese restaurant in a quiet residential area of Kamakura. This is a restaurant that locals visit more than tourists. Japanese cuisine with only natural ingredients, without using any chemical seasonings. By all means, enjoy watching the skillful cooking at the counter seats.
Kamakura Waku
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Kamakura Hotel
There are few accommodations in Kamakura. Most tourists stay in Yokohama and visit by train. This is a Western-style building built 100 years ago as a celebrity villa. A short walk to Yuigahama. The attraction of Kamakura is the beach in the morning, and it is recommended to walk to the sea before breakfast.
Kaihinso Kamakura