Kamakura Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Before I get started on this entry I realized that I had forgotten to tell about the Japanese ninja hill that Chrystal & I found ourselves on in Yokosuka while trying to find a parking place. Chrystal wasn't allowed to just take me onto base as we can on hers but instead needed to come in from the outside to the security office and in order ...

Woke up involuntarily early--damn partying tourists in the hostel. They drink and karaoke until 5 AM and then flop into bed. Add in their avidity for anime and hankerings for McDonald's, I'm kinda resentful we're in the same boat. Mind you, I'm not part of partying crowd, but if your trip is all drink (to the point of not remembering what happen...

Still remembering our bike riding experiences in Thailand we opted to rent bikes again to get around Kamakura. Unfortunately the traffic proved to be pretty hairy and some of the better trails between temples were made inaccessible by an excess of stairs. We eventually returned the bikes and continued our explorations on foot. The highlights wer...

This morning Chris went to pick up mom and they came to meet me at my office. After a quick walkthrough of my building we headed downstairs to the Yokosuka line in Tokyo station where we boarded the train for Kamakura. We arrived about 50 minutes later and started our tour by taking a cab to the top of the town's hill to Raitei. We ate here last...

Following our fabulously relaxing day at the Japanese spa, Holly and I spent our next day hiking all over Kamakura looking at shrines and temples. A little surprised at the commute, we arrived in Kamakura 2 hours after leaving Numazu and with quite an appetite. Luckily we were pushed up through the large red gate with the rest of the japanese cr...