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[Kanagawa] Kamakura Private Cultural and Historical Hiking Tour
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- Overview
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- This tour is one of the most popular hiking tours around Tokyo.
- The guide will pick you up at your hotel in Tokyo and take trains to Kita kamakura station. You will find the entrance of Kuzuharaoka/Great Buddha Hiking Course in 5 or 10 mins. This hiking trail is on Mt. Genji which is 1 km long and offers some attractive spots on it, for example, shrines, statues, etc. You can also enjoy Money laundering at Zeniaraibenzaiten Shrine. It is said that performing a ritual coin washing here will multiply your wealth.
- You will see the Great Buddha at the ending point of this trail and go back to your hotel in Tokyo after it.
- What to expect
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Engakuji Temple, or Engaku-ji , is a prominent Zen Buddhist temple located in Kamakura, Japan. It was established in 1282 by Hojo Tokimune, a shogunate regent, as a tribute to those who lost their lives during the Mongol invasions of Japan. The temple is part of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism and is one of the Kamakura Five Great Zen Temples.
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