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This week is #Kamakura Matsuri, a festival celebrating the city's history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kamakura/path-yagura.html?s=mb #travel

Yagura, Stone-Carved Samurai Tombs on the Path Around Kamakura — Japan

Yagura are stone-carved tombs dating back to the 1200s and still used for worship and memorials. See several on a trek along the ridge surrounding Kamakura.

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Bob the Traveler 45m ago

This week is #Kamakura Matsuri, a festival celebrating the city's history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kamakura/kencho-ji.html?s=mb #travel

Kenchō-ji — Kamakura — Japan

Kenchō-ji is the oldest and most important of the 'Five Great Mountains' Zen Buddhist temple in Yamanouchi or Kita-Kamakura, near Kamakura.

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Bob the Traveler 1h ago

This week is #Kamakura Matsuri, a festival celebrating the city's history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kamakura/engaku-ji.html?s=mb #travel

Engaku-ji — Kamakura — Japan

Kenpozan Jōchi-ji is an important Zen Buddhist temple, the Second Rank of the 'Five Great Mountains' temples in Yamanouchi, near Kamakura.

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Bob the Traveler 1h ago

This week is #Kamakura Matsuri, a festival celebrating the city's history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kamakura/jochi-ji.html?s=mb #travel

Jōchi-ji — Kamakura — Japan

Kenpōzan Jōchi-ji is a Zen Buddhist temple, the Fourth Rank of the 'Five Great Mountains' temples in Kita-Kamakura, near Kamakura.

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Bob the Traveler 2h ago

This week is #Kamakura Matsuri, a festival celebrating the city's history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kamakura/tokei-ji.html?s=mb #travel

Tōkei-ji — Kamakura — Japan

Tōkei-ji is a Buddhist temple, a former nunnery founded in 1285, in Yamanouchi, near Kamakura. Women could get a divorce by staying here for three years.

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Bob the Traveler 2h ago

This week is #Kamakura Matsuri, a festival celebrating the city's history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kamakura/hachiman-gu.html?s=mb #travel

Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū — Kamakura — Japan

The Shintō shrine Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū is the main feature of Kamakura. It goes back to the Kamakura Shōgunate, when this was the world's 4th largest city.

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Bob the Traveler 3h ago

This week is #Kamakura Matsuri, a festival celebrating the city's history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kamakura/kamakura.html?s=mb #travel

Hanging Out in Kamakura — Japan

Street markets, izakaya, and tachinomiya or stand-up bars in Kamakura. It's close to Tōkyō, go for a few days. Relax, see the history, visit temples.

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Bob the Traveler 3h ago

This week is #Kamakura Matsuri, a festival celebrating the city's history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kamakura/?s=mb #travel

Kamakura — Japan

Kamakura is close to Tōkyō, go for a few days. Important Zen Buddhist temples, huge Daibutsu or Buddha statue, and yagura or stone-carved cave tombs.

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Bob the Traveler 6h ago

This week is #Kamakura Matsuri, a festival celebrating the city's history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kamakura/tachinomiya.html?s=mb #travel

Tachinomiya — Japanese stand-up bars — Kamakura — Japan

A tachinomiya is a stand-up bar in Japan. Small, neighborhood places, maybe with light food. Meet the locals and relax at the tachinomiya.

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Bob the Traveler 7h ago

This week is #Kamakura Matsuri, a festival celebrating the city's history https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/japan/kamakura/yagura.html?s=mb #travel

Yagura, Rock-carved Samurai Tombs — Kamakura — Japan

Some of the yagura or rock-carved samurai-era tombs are in Kamakura town, within easy walking distance from the center.

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