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Exploring temples and Shrine in Kamakura
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Joined 2022
Kamakura is adorable with a lot of old temples and shrines. You can enjoy seeing old structures, gardens, flowers every season and strolling around the town in the countryside. It is located west of Tokyo and accessible by train only for 40 minutes. You can learn Japanese cultural aspects a lot there.
Itinerary
This itinerary can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Send me a message with your requests!
Meeting Point
Kamakura station
- In front of the tourist office at East Exit
Kamakura station
From Shinagawa or Tokyo station, you take JR train for 40 minutes. If you have JR passes, you can use them.
Hase Temple
This is one of famous temples in Kamakura, which enshrines a great wooden statue of eleven-headed Kannon. It's a huge 9m high, one wood golden statue. The structures of the temple and its gardens are beautiful in every season.
Kotokuin Temple and Great Buddha
The Great Image of Buddha outdoor is a symbol of Kamakura and is wonderful statue with the merciful face and beautiful meditation posture. The combination of the Buddha and the mountains in the background is fabulous.
Komachi-dori Street
After seeing souvenir shops, you have one-hour free time for lunch. There're many Japanese snack stands, restaurants and sweet shops along Komachi street.
You can join your guide for lunch, getting her assistance for booking a good Japanese restaurant and ordering food and drinks at the restaurant. If you like to have lunch with your guide, please let her know in advance about that and your food allergy.
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
This is the most famous shrine in the area and accept a lot of visitors. It was the important guardian shrine for Kamakura Shogun family in Kamakura period between 1192 and 1333, when Kamakura was the administrative and military center. It's still popular among people because it's a historical power spot.
Hokokuji Temple, Option: Jomyoji Temple
You visit important and historical Buddhist temples, where you would enjoy to see the bamboo garden, have an experience to enter into a Japanese room, have maccha green tea and small sweet.
You can choose Jomyoji temple or longer walking in Hachimangu Shrine.
Kamakura station
We take JR train to go back to Tokyo.
Your guide assists you and provides information of trains.
Ending Point
Kamakura station
Want to personalize this tour?
This tour can be customized to meet your needs and preferences. Click below to send me a message with your requests.
Inclusions & Exclusions
guide fee, train and buses (guide), entrances (guide)
your JR train return ticket from Tokyo: 1500JPY/person
your transportation in Kamakura: 800JPY/ person (taking a taxi costs a little more)
your entrances : 1100JPY/ person
your food and drink
hotel pick-up and trip to Kamakura station: 3000JPY
Tour Important Information
*In this tour, we walk a lot. It's recommended to wear comfortable clothes and shoes.
*For additional sites for sightseeing, for example including Enoshima Island, changing the itinerary, you can discuss with your guide in advance.
*Due to a bad weather such as heavy rains, it's recommended to take taxies and walk less, and the itinerary might be changed.
Important message from the supplier
I can guide you in Kyoto, Nikko, Hakone if you pay my tranportation fee.
Cancellation Policy
- Free cancellation - 8 days prior to meeting time
- 50% Refund - 3 to 7 days prior to meeting time
- No Refund - Within 2 day(s) prior to meeting time
Joined 2022
About Tour Guide Yuka S.
Hi, I'm Yuka. Welcome to Japan. As a national-licensed guide for about 20 years, I have visited lots of sightseeing places. I'm interested in history, nature, art, music, architecture. I'd like to take you to wonderful places such as old temples and shrines, modern cities, and beautiful areas in Japan. Please feel free to contact me and consult me about your planning itinerary and food restriction. Your interest will give you incredible experiences.
Reviews
Shannon L.
“Unique Experience with great guide”
I highly recommend a food tour in Tokyo with Yuka! She was very easy to coordinate with about the meeting point and my group said it was a real highlight to discover places that they never would have found on their own. They really enjoyed spending time with Yuka too!
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Yuka S.
I'd appreciate your comment and am happy to hear your group enjoyed the food tour. They could accept local Yakitori, Gyoza and Izakaya restaurants I recommended in Shibuya and Shinjuku.
Marc G.
“Very nice tour of Hakone”
Yuka gave us a super nice tour of Hakone, starting with a tram ride, gondolas up and down the mountain with a spectacular view of Mt. Fuji. We were lucky with the weather as it was sunny with few clouds. Thank Yuka for a lovely day.
Yuka S.
Thank you for your kindness and a nice picture, Marc. Today's Fuji is one of the best and so you were so lucky. I had also a good time with your family. I hope you'll enjoy your stay in Japan.
Ruth V.
“tour of hakone”
Although we enjoyed seeing the highlights of Hakone - our guide did not add anything to the experience except to help us b navigate from one sight to another. I think touring Hakone does not need a guide and unfortunately our experience of a guided tour was expensive for simply having an experienced guide navigate for us but provide absolutely no input or information. a very expensive but no value tour.
Yuka S.
I don't think Hakone tour is no value tour. Unfortunately on that day, you didn't see Mt. Fuji due to the weather and you were not satisfied with the tour, but this is a customized tour so you can visit any place you like and most of my guests are happy to go around with me and listen to explanations of Hakone's geography and history.
$231/ per group
More tours by Yuka S.
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Tokyo Exploration 4 hours or more
This tour is suitable for busy guests who have limited time for sightseeing in Tokyo and for guests who like to know details of histories and precise explanations of places and buildings. The planned itinerary includes historical, famous and beautiful places so that you will have unforgettable experiences. It is possible to extend more hours after one hour break.
Tokyo Exploration 4 hours or more
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One-day Excursion to Mt. Fuji Area (from Tokyo)
Mt. Fuji, Five Lakes and Oshino Hakkai are registered as UNESCO's World Heritage sites. In this tour, you can be relaxed in the beautiful nature in Fuji area, enjoy views from Lake Kawaguchi, and take pictures of Mt. Fuji and the red pagoda together at Asakura Sengen Shrine. The view of Mt. Fuji is fantastic if the weather permits. You can also hire a car for six people with a help of the guide.
One-day Excursion to Mt. Fuji Area (from Tokyo)
Other Popular Day Trip Tours in Kamakura
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Kahoko's Excursion from Tokyo to Kamakura
Kamakura is an old enchanting city which used be a capital of Kamakura shogunate , the first shogunate in Japan. There are beautiful and tasteful spots . The most famous and handsome giant Budda, Daibutsu comes first, then Hase temple with an elegant garden and unique cave. After lunch, you'll visit Hokokuji temple famous with wonderful bamboo forest,lastly Tsurugaoka Hachiman shrine with a great view. Also , you can enjoy shopping in Komachi shopping street. You can enjoy a memorable day .
Kahoko's Excursion from Tokyo to Kamakura
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Exciting Kamakura - One Day Tour from Tokyo
Kamakura is called "Kyoto of Eastern Japan", because it used to be the capital of Japan from 12th to 14th century, and the first government by the Shogun, a top of samurai warriors, was located here. Kamakura offers numerous temples, shrines and other historical monuments. In this tour, we will visit three famous temples and one shrine. Personally, I love Kamakura so much and strongly recommend this tour to you, because there are so many beautiful places here.
Exciting Kamakura - One Day Tour from Tokyo
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One day trip to Kamakura
Kamakura is a very popular tourist destination and has a lot of beautiful places such as Buddhist temples with gardens, and Shinto shrines. The city has a lot of Japanese restaurants which offer lovely dishes. We’ll visit some of the most popular spots in Kamakura, such as Hokoku-ji temple (with a bamboo garden), Hase-dera temple (one of the oldest temples in Kamakura), and Kotoku-in temple which is well known for the Great Buddha. I hope you have a lovely day in Kamakura!
One day trip to Kamakura
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The essence of Kamakura - A half-day trip to another world
From Tokyo, only one hour train ride takes you to another world, Kamakura, an ancient capital of samurais.Their spirit of "Zen" still remains anywhere. The passage of time is quite different from the one of megapolis Tokyo. I think three spots express the essence of Kamakura, Great Buddha (Kotoku-in Temple), Bamboo Temple (Hokoku-ji Temple) and First Shogun's Shrine (Tsuru-ga-oka Hachiman Guu).
The essence of Kamakura - A half-day trip to another world
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