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Kawasaki Daishi
Among 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.
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Enoshima Jinja
Three 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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Wakamiya Oji
It runs dead straight from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu to the sea. Yoritomo had it built praying for his wife to give birth safely.
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Kenchoji Sanmon
Called the tanuki gate, from a legend that a tanuki took the form of the abbot to raise the funds.
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Engakuji Shariden
A National Treasure, and the leading example of Zen-style architecture.
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Zeniarai Benzaiten
Coins washed in the spring inside the cave are said to multiply. The custom is traced to a dream that came to Yoritomo.
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Sasuke Inari Jinja
Vermilion torii line the mountain path. Its deity is said to have urged Yoritomo to raise his army.
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Sugimotodera
Held to be the oldest temple in Kamakura, with a striking moss-covered stairway.
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Hasedera Kannon
Over nine metres tall, among the largest wooden Kannon figures in Japan.
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Daibutsu Tainai
You can go inside. The seams of the casting show the technique of the time.
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Enoshima Iwaya
Caves 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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Kuzuryu Jinja
It enshrines a dragon in the waters of Lake Ashi. Worshippers gather for the monthly rite on the thirteenth.
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Hotoku Ninomiya Jinja
It enshrines Ninomiya Sontoku, standing in a corner of the Odawara Castle grounds.
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Oyama Afuri Jinja
Hundreds of thousands climbed here each year on the Oyama pilgrimage of the Edo period. As its other name, the rain-falling mountain, suggests, it was a place to pray for rain.
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KanagawaShrines & TemplesYokohama
Iseyama Kotai Jingu
The Ise of eastern Japan. It was built as the tutelary shrine of the newly opened port of Yokohama.
Hakodate Hachimangu · Shrine
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