Life in KamakuraFeb 5, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 31, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 22, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 22, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 17, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 15, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 14, 20201 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:...
Life in KamakuraJan 14, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 14, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 14, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 13, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 13, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 13, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 12, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 12, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 11, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 11, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 11, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 10, 20201 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...
Life in KamakuraJan 10, 20201 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...