Hase Temple Kamakura

We left Tokyo today for the first time* and headed toward the former feudal capitol of Kamakura. Managed to find the correct train without much of a problem. An hour train ride later traveling past Yokohama, we arrived at Kamakura station. According to our guidebook, only a 10 minute walk from the station was a small street of shops and one of the …

... make it the perfect city for a walking tour. We'll post pictures when we get back home, but the Daibutsu (Big Buddha) and Hase temple were our two favorites. We had lunch at Mos Burger, an upscale fast food chain that Neil has been craving since his ...

http://www.mustlovejapan.com/area/kamakura/hasedera_kamakura/ Hase temple (長谷寺, hasedera) is also known as Hasekannon (長谷 観音), which is one of the Pure Land Buddhism Temples in Kamakura. The history of ...

... exited the station on opposite side and ended out talking a much longer walk (30 minutes) through the main town of Kamakura finally arriving at the Hase temple (which we were supposed to take a short ride on one of the local historic trains to get to). I ...