Best around Kamakura Spot List

This is a park overlooking Yokosuka Ironworks, to whose construction French engineer Léonce Verny contributed. The park is characterized by a French geometric garden.

One-stop purchase of popular Japanese products.

Famous for the Great Buddha of Kamakura which weighs 121 tonnes, Kotoku-in is a Buddhist temple of the Jodo-shu sect.

Enoshima is an island in Fujisawa City in Kanagawa Prefecture that is connected to the mainland by a bridge. The island has an observation deck, shrines and restaurants. You will enjoy strolling along the entrance path to the shrine.

A fishing port at the tip of Miura Peninsula in Kanagawa famous for landing tuna. A great place to enjoy tuna dishes.

Many years of coastal erosion caused the creation of these natural caves. Let's light some candles and explore the caves.

This is a large garden full of tropical atmosphere on Enoshima Island. It was loved by the British import-export merchant Samuel Cocking.

This is a historically valuable temple that has National Treasures within its magnificent scenery that makes good use of nature. Zazen seated meditation meetings are held on weekends.

A place where you can take fantastic pictures of the sea and Enoshima

This is one of the three greatest commemorative ships in the world. It has been preserved as a symbol of the nation’s pride that attained the victory in the naval battle for defending national independence.

A Shinto shrine known for Zeniarai Spring, one of five ”remarkable waters” in Kamakura, where it is said that visitors can multiply their money by simply washing it.

The Perry Memorial Hall is a museum that illustrates the Perry Expedition (1853－1854), which paved the way to the opening of Japan, and the history leading to it through dioramas and historical documents.

A park built in Kurihama in commemoration of the landing of Commodore Matthew C. Perry of the United States Navy.

The principal object of worship at Ennoji Temple is Enma Daio. It also enshrines the Ten Judges of Hell. You can experience an ancient view of the afterlife here.

One of the coasts representing the Shonan area (southwestern Kanagawa Prefecture). Also known as the setting for Soseki Natsume's novel ”Kokoro.”

A bathing beach in Kamakura with a shallow sandy beach and calm waves. It is also popular among surfers. It was selected as one of the 88 best bathing beaches in Japan.

A 3-minute walk to Morito Beach. Food cooked with local fish is served for dinner. Inside the hotel are the local fish restaurant Masakichi, a bar and a Starbucks.

A small but practical hotel. All guest rooms are equipped with a bath and a toilet. Nice European style rooms and Japanese style rooms for 3-6 people are available. It is located in a quiet area just behind Kamakura Station and very convenient to stay for sightseeing.

It is located in a convenient place in front of Ni-no-Torii of Wakamiya Oji. All of the rooms are twin rooms, but can be used for 1 to 3 people. There is a Chinese restaurant Kamakura Yamashita Hanten, and their plan where meal and lodging come as a set is popular.

It stands by a quiet seashore, adjacent to Hayama imperial villa. You can see the great sunset over Mount Fuji, and have a beautiful view. It is convenient as a starting point for a trip towards the history, literature and flowers of Miura peninsula or Kamakura.