Kamakura

Kamakura is today a rather small coastal city with a high number of seasonal festivals and ancient buddhist and shinto shrines and temples. Although Kamakura is rather small today, it is often described in history books as a former de facto capital of Japan. It was the nations most populous settlement from 1200 to 1300 AD, as the seat of the shogunate and the regency during the kamakura period. (The period is known for the emergence of the samurai, the warrior caste, and for the establishment of feudalism in Japan).

We went to see the great buddha statue, the Sasuke Inari Shrine and the Zeniarai Benten Shrine (money washing shrine). We walked around a lot, and enjoyed seeing the houses and ways of life in Kamakura. It seems like a comfortable life, and I’m guessing a good one with all the tourist coming to leave their money there. I would definitely recommend visiting Kamakura.