"Sharrie's Kamakura Excursion" Yokohama by Sharrie

Yokohama Travel Guide: 268 reviews and 783 photos

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!

Intro Updated Jan 14, 2003
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evona Jun 7, 2004 at 7:37 AM

Nice page :)
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Drphoto Apr 17, 2003 at 12:35 AM

Completed (I think so). Hai ! Very nice. Arigato gozaimasu !
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yen_2 Jul 10, 2002 at 6:59 AM

This is where I live,nice page for Kanagawa Prefecture:-}
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Sulgi Mar 19, 2002 at 6:55 PM

Very nice!
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F.Lade Jan 19, 2002 at 4:40 PM

Excellent page and pics
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bonio Jan 5, 2002 at 10:55 AM

very interesting!
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richiecdisc Dec 20, 2001 at 4:46 PM

Arigato gozaimasu.
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patrikske Dec 12, 2001 at 7:14 AM

Great page again !
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RachelMcD Nov 3, 2001 at 3:53 AM

lovely photos, a nice page.
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o00o Oct 23, 2001 at 9:59 PM

Nice Photos.