Kamakura, the cultural capital of Japan

Kamakura, one of the ancient cities of Japan, was founded in 1180.

The city is surrounded on three sides by wooded mountains, and from the south overlooks the Gulf of Sagami. The climate of Kamakura is mild. It is an ideal winter and summer resort.

The founder of Kamakura is Minamoto, but Yaritomo. In 1180, he brought his troops to Kamakura and made it his residence: surrounded by mountains and the sea, Kamakura represented a natural fortress, easily defended from enemies. Here settled the bakufu, a government subordinate to the shogun. After the fall of the Kamakur shogunate, which lasted from 1185 to 1333, the former capital fell into disrepair and became an ordinary village, and only in the Meiji era began its new life, after it began to attract artists and writers.

174 temples, various museums and art galleries that gives the right to call this city the cultural capital of Japan.

We will be able to visit only the most iconic places of Kamakura. The temple of Tsurugaoka Hachiman, the temple of Kentyo-ji, as well as walk along the pedestrian street of Komati, you can buy souvenirs and ride a rickshaw.

Kamakura is also known for the bronze statue of Daibutsu – the Great Buddha, the second largest in Japan (the first is in Nara).