Kamakura Temples Private Guided Tour from Tokyo
Description
Your guide will take you on a concise tour of Kamakura, a delightful, historical city with many important and famous Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. It will take about one hour from Tokyo to get to Kamakura. Once you arrive, you will visit three of the most impressive places in Kamakura: the Great Buddha, the Hase Temple and the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine. You will also have the chance to eat a Japanese lunch as well. Also, this tour is able to customize. We recommend Hokoku-ji temple(it is famous for bamboo groove)
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Itinerary
The Great Buddha The Kotokuin was constructed in 1252. It has a bronze statue “Great Buddha Statue” that stands 13 meters high, sitting cross-legged, robed with drapes in the classical lines reminiscent of ancient Greece, cast in 1292. It sits outside against wooden hills.
This temple is famous for housing a Buddhist statue of Kannon, Goddess of Mercy, with eleven faces and a thousand arms. Each of the eleven faces represents a different phase in the search for enlightenment. The 9.18 meter tall, gilded wooden statue is regarded as one of the largest wooden sculpture in Japan. You can also enjoy the pretty garden with ponds and the Jizo-do Hall with hundreds of small statues of the Jizo Bodhisattva who helps the souls of dead children to reach the paradise.
This shrine was originally built in 1063 and dedicated to the Emperor Ojin (God of War) and the Shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo among others. An interesting fact of this shrine is that it was not only a Shinto "Hachimangu" shrine, but also a Tendai Buddhist temple for most of its history.
Between Tsurugaoka hachimangu Shrine and Kamakura station there is a pretty street with a lot of restaurants and shops selling traditional Japanese souvenirs. You can enjoy eating or shopping there.
Highlights
What's included
Pickup Locations & Times
We will pick you up at your staying hotel. The guide will be waiting for you at lobby of your staying hotel.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The remaining hours are allotted for the travel time.
Reviews(2)
We had a day trip from Tokyo to Kamakura and it was a great experience. Our guide Yukko (Angie) picked us up at the hotel and took us for a full day experience of the ancient town of Kamakura with its beautiful Shrines and Temples, parks and busy shopping streets and breathtaking views. We couldn’t wish for a better guide: Angie is very knowledgeable, caring and attentive. She gave us a very good insight into Japanese tradition and culture and even a little introduction into the structure of the Japanese language. She answered every question we had. She also pointed a great place for lunch- a very cosy small restaurant with excellent traditional Japanese food. We highly recommend this tour and this wonderful guide.
The big Buddha is an amazing sight even though I have seen it several times. Never stops to amaze. Our guide, Anji, was superb. She was very informative and was aware of our physical condition. The heat and humidity made the walking very tiring.
