The city of Kamakura itself is some 30km south of Yokohama, and most visitors would visit for its temples. But since we’d dropped the two temples off our Kamakura itinerary, we had an additional hour to spend in the small city. Kamakura reminds me of the other small cities of I visited during the September trip, and in particular Dazaifu. It’s not actually too laid back nor sedate, but also not nearly as crowded nor bustling with activity like the large cities are.
Pictures!
The moss stairs of Sugimoto-dera is a short 6 minute walk from the Bamboo Grove @ Hokokuji . The entrance leading up to the temple is easy to miss: assuming you’re walking from the Bamboo Grove, keep to the right side of the road, and look for a little step of stairs on your right leading up.Looking down back towards the main road. I found the spot a bit disappointing, as the moss stairs serves more as a somewhat special decoration but itself isn’t a functional series of steps for obvious reasons. Admission fee is ¥200 for adults, ¥100 for children.The quaint-looking Kamakura Station belies the fact that it’s a fairly busy station. The bus terminal is right in front of the station, and there are three buses – 23, 24 and 36 – which will bring you to the Bamboo Grove. The journey itself takes around 10 minutes, and the fare is ¥200 for adults (half that again for children).Exploring one of the many little shops that surround Kamakura Station.Picked up several snacks for the kids here. We also ran into Kaldi Coffee Farm stores in Yokohama Station.Many shops to explore around the Kamakura station area.The first of many, many cans of coffee from vending machines the wife will buy. Interestingly, the average price of canned drinks seems slightly lower than what I normally saw in Kyushu: it was ¥130 vs ¥140.Spotted an overflying bird that was slowly making its way above us in Kamakura. I didn’t have the Tamron 70-200mm f2.8 in the bag, so had to make do with the FE 24-105mm f4.Decors for your Christmas tree.
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