Meeting Point

Tokyo station or your hotel 30 minutes walk to Tokyo station

Meigetsuin-temple / arrive at the Kitakamakura station

Meigetsuin Temple is a temple of the Kenchoji School of Rinzai Zen Buddhism located in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture. During the hydrangea season, the approximately 2,500 hydrangeas in the garden are in full bloom, and their beauty is breathtaking. In particular, the hydrangeas illuminated at night create a fantastic and very romantic atmosphere.

Jochiji-temple

In addition to the hydrangeas and the famous round window, there are many other attractions on the temple grounds. The dry landscape garden in front of the main hall, the bamboo grove, and the thatched-roof Kaisando-Do (temple hall) are also very atmospheric. There is also the tomb of Hojo Tokiyori, the “Tsurube no Ii,” one of the ten wells in Kamakura, and the “Meigetsuin Yagura,” one of the largest yagura (graves of medieval warriors and monks dug in a hole in a rock wall) in Kamakura.

Kenchoji-temple and Kamegayatsuzaka Cut through

Lunch

Tsuruokahachimangu-shrine

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine is said to offer various benefits such as “luck in victory, work, and success in life,” “easy childbirth,” and “marriage and good fortune. This is because there are several shrines enshrining various deities within the shrine's precincts. It is said to be a powerful power spot because if you visit all the shrines, you can obtain various blessings.

Komachi-street

It is a shopping street that starts right outside the East Exit of Kamakura Station and continues all the way to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine. The small street is filled with the charm of Kamakura, and is lined with stores offering Japanese sweets such as green tea sweets and dango dumplings, seafood stores such as Shonan's specialty shirasu-don (whitebait rice bowl), and restaurants such as old private house cafes.

Ending Point

Koumachi -street