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Kencho-ji’s beautiful rear garden is
6 "
Sugimoto-dera constructed around a pond supposedly
Temple in the shape of the kanji character for
heart or mind.
⌂ 903 Nikaido § (0467)
22-3463 @ # 8am–
4:30pm daily 8 " Karamon (Chinese gate) leads
to the Hojo, used for services.
Founded in 734, this is the
EXPERIENCE Central Honshu softly thatched hall contains ⌂ 8 Yamanouchi § (0467) a pond supposedly in the
Kencho-ji
oldest temple in Kamakura
Kencho-ji’s beautiful rear
garden is constructed around
and pleasantly informal. The
22-0981 £ Kamakura Stn
three wooden statues of
shape of the kanji character
# 8:30am–4:30pm daily
for heart or mind. To the side
11-faced Kannon, protected
by fero cious guardian figures
of the temple, a tree-lined
Kencho-ji is the foremost of
lane leads to subtemples and
Kamkura’s “five great” Zen
at the temple gateway.
up steps to Hanso-bo – the
temples and the oldest Zen
Founded in 1253, the temple
7 "
originally had seven main
Hokoku-ji training monastery in Japan. temple’s shrine.
buildings and 49 subtemples;
many were destroyed in fires, 9 "
⌂ 2-7-4 Jomyoji § (0467) 22- Meigetsu-in Temple
0762 @ # 9am–4pm daily but ten subtemples remain.
Beside the impressive Sanmon
This Rinzai Zen temple was Gate is the bell, cast in 1255, ⌂ 1-8-9 Yamanouchi
§ (0467) 24-3437
founded in 1334 and boasts a which has a Zen inscription £ Kamakura Stn
lovely bamboo grove, which by the temple’s founder. The # 9am–4pm daily
you can visit for a fee, as well Buddha Hall contains a Jizo
as a pleasant rock garden. The bodhisattva, savior of souls of Known as the “hydrangea
temple’s Sunday-morning the dead. Behind the hall is temple,” Meigetsu-in is
zazen (meditation) sessions the Hatto, where public cere- a small Zen temple with
are open to all. monies are performed. The pretty gardens. As well as

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