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    荏柄天神
Egara Tenjin
    Life in Kamakura
    • Feb 5, 2020
    • 1 min

    荏柄天神 Egara Tenjin

    This historical stone marker is found beside the second Torii to the entrance of Egara Tenjin Shrine In Nikaido, where it reads: In the...
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    宿谷光則屋敷跡
Mitsunori Sukuya House
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 31, 2020
    • 1 min

    宿谷光則屋敷跡 Mitsunori Sukuya House

    This historical marker is located at the entrance to Kosokuji Temple in Hase.  It reads: Mitsunori Sukuya was an official who served Hōjō...
    9 views
    蓮華寺址
Renge-ji Temple Site
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    蓮華寺址 Renge-ji Temple Site

    Located along the busy street that takes you west of the train station into Sasuke, between the first and second tunnels at 佐助1-13-6, is...
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    太平寺跡
Remains of Taiheiji Temple
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 22, 2020
    • 1 min

    太平寺跡 Remains of Taiheiji Temple

    Located northeast of Hachimangu at 西御門1-11-1 in Nishimikado, next to the front steps of Raikoji Temple, is a stone historical marker that...
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    今宮
Imamiya Shrine (Shingu Shrine)
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 17, 2020
    • 1 min

    今宮 Imamiya Shrine (Shingu Shrine)

    Imamiya Shrine is located at 雪ノ下2-16-25, about a five minute walk north of Hachimangu Shrine.  There at the end of the road you will find...
    11 views
    日蓮聖人辻説法之址
Nichiren Preaching Site
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 15, 2020
    • 1 min

    日蓮聖人辻説法之址 Nichiren Preaching Site

    This stone historical marker is located in the Komachi neighborhood at 小町2-22-11, along the busy street that connects Yukinoshita to...
    7 views
    二十五坊旧蹟
Twenty-five Monks Historical Site
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    二十五坊旧蹟 Twenty-five Monks Historical Site

    Behind Hachimangu and across from the Kamakura Modern Art Annex along the road to Kita Kamakura is a stone historical marker that reads:...
    10 views
    針磨橋
Bridge of Polished Needles
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    針磨橋 Bridge of Polished Needles

    This Sekihi, or stele, is impossible to find.  Just as the main road through Gokurakuji descends into Inamuragasaki, this historical...
    10 views
    大江広元邸址
Ōe Hiromoto Residence
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    大江広元邸址 Ōe Hiromoto Residence

    Near the Akashi Bridge in the Juniso neighborhood along Highway 204, there is a stone historical marker that reads: Ōe was a family of...
    7 views
    稲村崎
Inamuragasaki
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 14, 2020
    • 1 min

    稲村崎 Inamuragasaki

    Just inside the entrance to the beach park at Cape Inamuragasaki is a stone historical marker that reads: On May 21, 1333, it was...
    12 views
    足利公方邸旧蹟
Former Site of Ashikaga Kobō House
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    足利公方邸旧蹟 Former Site of Ashikaga Kobō House

    On the north side of Highway 204 in the Jomyoji neighborhood, just east of the Aotobashi Bridge, you will find his Sekihi, or stele, that...
    9 views
    弁谷
Benigayatsu
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    弁谷 Benigayatsu

    Located at 6-9-23 Zaimokuza up in the neighborhood behind Kōmyōji Temple is a stone historical marker that reads: This was the location...
    14 views
    乱橋
Random Bridge
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 13, 2020
    • 1 min

    乱橋 Random Bridge

    Near the Myochoji Temple in Zaimokuza, there is a stone historical marker near a small stone bridge along the busy bus route that...
    10 views
    染屋太郎大夫時忠邸址Tokitada Someya Mansion
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    染屋太郎大夫時忠邸址Tokitada Someya Mansion

    Located about 20 meters southeast of the intersection where Yuigahama Dōri crosses the road to the Kamakura Museum of Literature, there...
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    松谷寺及佐介文庫址
Shōkoku-ji Temple and Sasuke Library Ruins
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 12, 2020
    • 1 min

    松谷寺及佐介文庫址 Shōkoku-ji Temple and Sasuke Library Ruins

    Located at Sasuke 1-16-17 between the first and second tunnels along the main road west of Kamakura Station, this Sekihi, or stele, is...
    9 views
    大慈寺址
Daiji-ji Temple Site
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 11, 2020
    • 1 min

    大慈寺址 Daiji-ji Temple Site

    About 20 meters north of Highway 204 in the Juniso neighborhood and just northeast of the busy intersection where the road turns towards...
    7 views
    万葉集研究遺跡
Man’yōshū Research Site
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 11, 2020
    • 1 min

    万葉集研究遺跡 Man’yōshū Research Site

    To the left of Myohon-ji Temple about 20 meters, near the stairs that lead to the upper cemetery, is a stone historical marker that...
    11 views
    長楽寺跡
Choraku-ji Temple Ruins
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 11, 2020
    • 1 min

    長楽寺跡 Choraku-ji Temple Ruins

    Take the winding path up to the front gate of the Kamakura Museum of Literature in Hase and you will see a stone historical marker...
    8 views
    町屋址
Machiya Ruins
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    町屋址 Machiya Ruins

    About 50 meters south of Omachi Dōri on the main road into Zaimokuza next to the little red bridge, there is a stone historical marker...
    7 views
    佐竹屋敷跡
Satake Mansion Ruins
    Life in Kamakura
    • Jan 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    佐竹屋敷跡 Satake Mansion Ruins

    At the front gate of Daihōji Temple in the Omachi neighborhood, there is a Sekihi, or stele, that reads: This was originally the home of...
    9 views
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