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Real Name: Sharrie
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Sharrie's Kamakura Excursion

by Sharrie - last update: Jan 14, 2003

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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Comments for Sharrie about Yokohama
evona Mon Jun 7, 2004 15:37 UTC
 Nice page :)
Drphoto Thu Apr 17, 2003 08:35 UTC
 Completed (I think so). Hai ! Very nice. Arigato gozaimasu !
yen_2 Wed Jul 10, 2002 14:59 UTC
 This is where I live,nice page for Kanagawa Prefecture:-}
Sulgi Wed Mar 20, 2002 02:55 UTC
 Very nice!
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