"Sharrie's Kamakura Excursion" Yokohama by Sharrie
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YOKOHAMA is Japan's 2nd largest city. It is only an hour by train from Tokyo but it feels less Japanese than Tokyo with a long history of foreign influence (WWII bombing) & the largest Chinatown in Japan. I was here only for dinner & a night stay (on one of my earliest trips to Japan). Other than Chinatown, I don't recall much about this city. Since Yokohama is the nearest city to Kamakura which I visited on a day excursion from Tokyo, I've chosen to combine these 2 cities under one travel page.
KAMAKURA, capital of Japan from 1185 to 1333. Yeah, it was the capital though one can hardly feel it. Today, it's more a seaside town with a legacy of 19 Shinto shrines & 65 Buddhist temples. My main purpose for visiting? To see The Great Buddha!
Kamakura once was as significant as Nara & Kyoto. It was the political center of Japan when Minamoto no Yoritomo (after being named Shogun) established Japan's first Shogunate (military government) here. Later, it was a center of Zen Buddhism in Japan!
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Nice page :)
Completed (I think so). Hai ! Very nice. Arigato gozaimasu !
This is where I live,nice page for Kanagawa Prefecture:-}
Very nice!
Excellent page and pics
very interesting!
Arigato gozaimasu.
Great page again !
lovely photos, a nice page.
Nice Photos.