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Kanagawa travel guide

Kamakura was laid out from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu outwards. Samukawa Jinja, the only shrine in Japan for warding off misfortune from all eight directions; the National Treasure Great Buddha; Hakone; Miura vegetables; and Hakone marquetry. Kanagawa, set out category by category.

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    Sightseeing spots

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    Hakone · Place · candidate to visit

    Hakone Checkpoint

    The hardest stretch of the Tokaido. The stone paving and the cedar avenue survive.

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    Hakone · Place · candidate to visit

    Lake Ashi

    A caldera lake. An inverted Fuji and the Torii of Peace reflect on its surface.

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    Owakudani

    The scar of a steam explosion 3,000 years ago. The black eggs are boiled in the hot spring.

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    Shrines & temples

    Learn the history and culture, and prepare for your visit.

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    Kamakura · Place · candidate to visit

    Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

    The 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.

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    Samukawa · Place · candidate to visit

    Samukawa Jinja

    The only shrine in Japan whose deity is said to ward off misfortune from all eight directions, a character without parallel elsewhere.

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    Hakone · Place · candidate to visit

    Hakone Jinja

    It 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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    Specialties & souvenirs

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    Crafts & industry

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    Nissan Yokohama Plant

    A Nissan plant in Yokohama. In operation since 1935, it makes engines and also has an exhibition on the company's history.

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    Kirin Brewery Yokohama Plant

    A beer brewery in Yokohama. It shows brewing in the place where Japan's beer industry began.

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    Kirin Beverage Shonan Plant

    A beverage plant in Shonan. Visitors can tour the production of black tea drinks.

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    Art & culture

    Widen your travel themes with art and culture entries.

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    Hayama · Place · candidate to visit

    The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama

    Successor to Japan's first public museum of modern art, set where the galleries open straight onto the sea.

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    Kamakura · Place · candidate to visit

    MOMAT Kamakura Annex

    An annex behind the great shrine, kept low behind walls and hedges to sit inside the town's grain.

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    Kamakura Museum

    Junzo Sakakura's 1951 building, a light box lifted over a pond - the starting point of postwar Japanese modernism.

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    100 Regional Revitalization Picks

    100 local highlights chosen by each prefecture. Find candidates in nature, food and experiences.

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    Yokohama · Place · candidate to visit

    Cup Noodles Museum Yokohama

    A hands-on museum at Minato Mirai in Yokohama, telling the story of instant noodles and letting you make your own.

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    Kanagawa · Place · candidate to visit

    Kiyoken Yokohama Factory

    A shumai factory in Yokohama, open for tours of the production line.

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