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KanagawaShrines & TemplesThe town of Kamakura was laid out from this shrine outwards. Wakamiya Oji runs dead straight from the main hall to the sea. The shrine was placed first and the city built to match it, the reverse of Kamigamo and Shimogamo in Kyoto, which were there before the capital. Its deity came from Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto, and it was here that Hachiman belief spread through the east as the faith of the warrior class.
KanagawaShrines & TemplesThe only shrine in Japan whose deity is said to ward off misfortune from all eight directions, a character without parallel elsewhere.
KanagawaShrines & TemplesIt faces Lake Ashi, with the Torii of Peace standing in the water. Most worshippers pair it with a visit to Kuzuryu Jinja.
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KanagawaShrines & TemplesAmong the most visited temples in Japan at new year. Known as a Daishi who wards off misfortune, and for the rhythmic sound of sweet-cutting along its approach.
KanagawaShrines & TemplesThree shrines in one: Hetsunomiya, Nakatsunomiya and Okutsunomiya. Counted among the three great Benten shrines of Japan, and revered as a deity of the performing arts.
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KanagawaShrines & TemplesIt runs dead straight from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu to the sea. Yoritomo had it built praying for his wife to give birth safely.
KanagawaShrines & TemplesCalled the tanuki gate, from a legend that a tanuki took the form of the abbot to raise the funds.
KanagawaShrines & TemplesA National Treasure, and the leading example of Zen-style architecture.
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KanagawaShrines & TemplesCoins washed in the spring inside the cave are said to multiply. The custom is traced to a dream that came to Yoritomo.
KanagawaShrines & TemplesVermilion torii line the mountain path. Its deity is said to have urged Yoritomo to raise his army.
KanagawaShrines & TemplesHeld to be the oldest temple in Kamakura, with a striking moss-covered stairway.
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KanagawaShrines & TemplesOver nine metres tall, among the largest wooden Kannon figures in Japan.
KanagawaShrines & TemplesYou can go inside. The seams of the casting show the technique of the time.
KanagawaShrines & TemplesCaves cut by the waves. Kukai and Nichiren are said to have practised here, and it is held to be the origin of Enoshima Jinja.
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KanagawaShrines & TemplesIt enshrines a dragon in the waters of Lake Ashi. Worshippers gather for the monthly rite on the thirteenth.
KanagawaShrines & TemplesIt enshrines Ninomiya Sontoku, standing in a corner of the Odawara Castle grounds.