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Kamakura

We went to Kamakura.

Enoshima Railway (commonly called “Enoden”) runs slowly, but the train is very tight against the adjacent private homes and nearly spaces against them.

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These are “Nio” statues (guardian gods of Deva) at the gate.

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When you enter the garden through the gate, you’ll see the Daibutsu (the great statue of Buddha). Without roof or walls, the statue is exposed to the elements .

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Then, we went to Hasedera Temple.

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There are a great number of statues of Jizo (the Buddhist guardian deity of children).

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I saw these in the garden. How cute they were! These were also statues of Jizo. There were several kinds of Jizo grouped together.

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Here you can see Yuigahama Beach from the temple’s garden.

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This is Yuigahama. Though it was November, there were surfers on the sea. The mountains seen in the distance look like a Hiroshige Ukiyoe print. (Hiroshge was a famous Edo era ukiyoe artist.)

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Next, we went  to Tsurugaokahachimanngu (Tsurugaoka Shrine is dedicated to the god of war).

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This shrine is deeply connected with Minamoto no Yoritomo. (I wondered whether this statue was Yoritomo himself. I wasn’t sure.)

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Finally, this is Zeniaraibenten Shrine. Here, worshippers wash their money and present it the god of fortune in hopes that it will multiply.

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Since this was a one-day trip from Tokyo, we really went slowly and took our time.

Kamakura was a nice place!

 

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