Kamakura and Enoshima

Temple and garden · Kamakura

Hokoku-ji: the bamboo temple with matcha in the grove

A small, quiet bamboo grove, the modest version of Arashiyama, with a tea house inside: matcha and a sweet, sipped among the stalks.

¥1,000 · ≈ $6MapsFull itinerary

Fujiko F. Fujio Museum (Doraemon Museum)

In Kawasaki, between Tokyo and Yokohama. Original drawings, an Anywhere Door on the roof and a themed cafe. There is no ticket office on site: you buy in advance on the official ticket site, which has English, ¥1,000. There are seven entry times a day, every hour on the hour from 10:00 to 16:00, and each entry closes one hour after it starts.

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Yokohama Anpanman Children's Museum

A museum and park for young children around Japan's best-loved hero. Aimed at ages zero to six, and those who come without children will not find it interesting. Floors 2 and 3 require an online ticket for a set time.

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Kamakurakokomae Railway Crossing

The crossing from the opening of Slam Dunk, with the sea behind it. In Kamakura, on the Enoden line. A narrow spot with traffic, so take your photo from the sidewalk and not from the tracks.

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Hase · Temple

Great Buddha of Kamakura

A bronze Buddha 13.35 meters tall that has sat in the open since a tsunami swept away its hall in 1498. ¥300, and for another ¥50 you go inside the statue. A 7-minute walk from Hase Station.

¥300 · ≈ $2MapsSource

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Hase · Temple

Hasedera Temple

A temple on a slope with a gilded wooden Kannon statue 9 meters tall, a dark cave with statues in the rock, a thousand small Jizo statues and a terrace facing Sagami Bay. ¥400. In June the hydrangeas cover the hill and there is a line with numbers.

¥400 · ≈ $3MapsSource

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Central Kamakura · Free

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

The main shrine of Kamakura at the end of an avenue with torii gates, and the center of samurai rule in the 12th century. Free. Wide steps, lotus ponds and a giant ginkgo that fell in a storm in 2010 and started to grow again.

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✓ Price checked September 2026