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Published: April 22nd 2006
Saturday Amy and I decided to go on a day trip to Kamakura. We caught the Shinkansen from Shizuoka, then a couple of local trains which altogether took about 2 hours.
There was a festival on at the main shrine in the city which is surrounded by beautiful gardens. We were lucky to also see two couples getting married!
We then checked out the Great Buddha of Kamakura. For 25 cents we also went inside it! It was constructed in 1252 and was originally located inside a large temple hall but at the end of the 15th century the temple buildings were washed away by a tsunami tidal wave!
I loved the main shopping street of Kamakura, lots of funny things to see (namely tail man) and every food shop had free samples!!! The honey juice was a winner!
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Interesting photos!
what great photos! You must have had an interesting time here. Apparently there are 1001 golden buddhas to see in kyoto that are good too, not to mention many tori gates too