One day in Kamakura, Japan

A day through Kamakura’s best-known sights that lie close together: Engaku-ji Temple, Kenchō-ji Temple, Tsurugaoka Hachimangū, Kamakura, Kōtoku-in Temple and Hase-dera Temple. 6 stops, about 4.4 km between them in straight lines; the streets make it longer.

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The route

  1. Engaku-ji TempleTemple or shrine · On the map
  2. Kenchō-ji TempleTemple or shrine · 1 km on from Engaku-ji Temple · On the map
  3. Tsurugaoka HachimangūTemple or shrine · 0.6 km on from Kenchō-ji Temple · On the map
  4. KamakuraArchaeological site · 1.1 km on from Tsurugaoka Hachimangū · On the map
  5. Kōtoku-in TempleTemple or shrine · 1.1 km on from Kamakura · On the map
  6. Hase-dera TempleTemple or shrine · 0.5 km on from Kōtoku-in Temple · On the map

6 stops, 6.9 km on foot along the streets: about 1 h 26 min of walking.

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Photo credits

Pictures from Wikimedia Commons, through each place’s Wikidata entry.

Good to know

  • Each day starts at the best-known place not yet seen and adds the best known within a short walk of it, then puts them in the shortest order. The places come from Wikidata (CC0), ranked by how many Wikipedias have an article about them.
  • The map draws each day’s walk along the streets, routed by Valhalla on OpenStreetMap; the distances beside the stops are straight lines.
  • Opening hours, tickets and closures are not checked: each place’s Wikipedia article has them.

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