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Myohon-ji Temple rock garden, and the temple’s VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
£ Kamakura stn. Tel (0467) 22-0777. Sunday- morning zazen
Open daily. (meditation) sessions are Practical Information
On a hillside of soaring trees, open to all. Kanagawa prefecture.
this temple, with its unusually * 174,000. n at Kamakura
steep, extended roof, is Zuisen-ji Temple stn (0467) 22-3350.
Kama kura’s largest of the @ Tel (0467) 22-1191. _ New Year archery (Jan 5),
Nichiren sect. It was Open daily. & Kamakura Festival (2nd–3rd
established in 1260, in This secluded temple is Sun in Apr), Hachiman-gu
memory of a 1203 massacre. known for its naturalistic Festival (Sep 14–16), Menkake-
gyoretsu (Sep 18), Torch light
garden. Created in 1327
Hokoku-ji Temple by the monk Muso Soseki, Noh (Oct 8–9).
∑ city.kamakura.kanagawa.jp
@ Tel (0467) 22-0762. Open daily. it features a waterfall-fed
& (for bamboo grove). lake, rocks, and sand; a Zen Transport
This Rinzai Zen temple was meditation cave is cut into £ JR and Enoden lines.
founded in 1334. Hokoku-ji’s the cliff. Decorative nar cissi
great attrac tion is its lovely also bloom here in January,
bamboo grove. There is also and Japanese plum trees
a pleasant raked gravel and blossom in February.
YOKOHAMA
Kita-Kamakura
Station
Engaku-ji
Temple
Tokei-ji Hansobo
Temple Shrine
Meigetsu-in Ten-en
Temple Hiking Trail
Jochi-ji
Temple
Kakuon-ji
Choju-ji Kencho-ji Temple Temple
Temple
K AMAKURA-KAIDO
Zuisen-ji
Temple
Enno-ji
Temple Tsurugaoka
Hachiman-gu
Shrine
Kamakura-gu
Shrine
Zeni-Arai
Benten Shrine Prefectural Modern Sugimoto-dera
Art Gallery National Temple
Treasure House
Museum KAN AZAWA-KAIDO Sugimoto-
K O M A C H I - D O R I W A K A M I Y A - O J I KO M A C H I - D O R I Hokai-ji Founded in 734, this is
Sasuke-no Jomio-ji Temple dera Temple
Inari Shrine
@ Tel (0467) 22-3463.
Temple
Open daily. &
one of the oldest temples
Temple
Great Buddha SHIYAKUSHO-DORI Kamakura Hokoku-ji in Kamakura and pleasantly
Hiking Trail Station
Gion-san informal. The softly thatched
Hiking Trail
hall contains three wooden
Myohon-ji statues of 11-faced Kannon,
Temple
protected by fero cious guardian
figures at the temple gateway.
Great Buddha Y U I GA H A M A - D O R I
(Daibutsu)
Wadazuka
Station Myoho-ji
Temple
Hase-dera Yuigahama
Temple Station Nameri R iver Ankokuron-ji
Hase Chosho-ji Temple
Station Temple
YOKOSUKA
N A T I O N A L H I G H W A Y 1 3 4 Kuhon-ji
Yuigahama
Beach Temple
ENOSHIMA
0 meters 500
Azalea-lined steps to the thatched hall at
0 yards 500 Sugimoto-dera temple
For keys to symbols see back flap
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