This 1 day Kamakura & Enoshima Itinerary is packed with a visit to a small island of Enoshima and visits to 2 Buddhist temples (Kotokuin with Great Buddha and Hase-dera) and 1 Shinto shrine (Tsurugaoka-Hachimangu) in Kamakura.
From the hill-top of Enoshima island, you can enjoy a beautiful scenery of Mt. Fuji when the weather is fine.
Enjoy the culture and the nature in 1 day!
At your hotel in Tokyo or JR Fujisawa station
Fabulous island of Enoshima
Kotokuin Temple, Hase Temple and Turugaoka-Hachimangu Shrine
Shopping at Kamachi-dori street
At JR Kamakura station
You can enjoy visiting wonderful tourist spots and specialties in Kamakura area.
10:00 Fabulous island of Enoshima (small island in Fujisawa-city, access by walk) Climb up to the hill top lighthouse
11:30 lunch at a restaurant in Enoshima area
13:00 make a brief stop at Kamakura High School station, which is very famous as the home of a popular manga "Slam Dunk"
13:30 Kotokuin Temple and Hase Temple
15:30 Tsurugaoka-Hachimangu Shrine
16:15 Komachi-dori shopping street
guide fee
transportation fee (you and guide) 2,500yen (about 23.5USD) from Tokyo
lunch from 1,500yen (from about 13.5USD)
entrance fee 400yen (about 3.5USD) for 2 temples
You will walk at least 6km in the tour.
The itinerary can be modified according to your requests.
I highly recommend Seigo as a Chinese and English guide. We had 1 day tour of Tokyo with Seigo, he is very organised, patient and very nice. He took my family around the top sights of Old Tokyo and would recommend to anyone who wants to know more about the history of Tokyo.