What's not to like about Kamakura or mini-Kyoto as it's called? Nothing! At one point the capital of Japan, Kamakura is now home to a good many deal of shrines and tourist shops. Check out the pictures below for an idea of our day trip before our Tokyo Night Quest began. . .
The first of many photos (thankfully not posted for your sake) of Peter eating his way through Kamakura. Here we are at the nato shop . . . mmm fermented soy bean.
Our first temple stop, the Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine.
We came a day early for the festival but we got to see the Christmas Bamboo Tree getting decorated!
The giant Buddha - Japan's 2nd largest - and greenest as that is what happens to bronze when it sits outside all day for hundreds of years!
My favorite temple of the day - Meigetsu-in. Famous right now for it's endless blooming hydrangeas.
Our first bamboo forest and hopefully not our last. This too was on the grounds of my favorite temple.
Kencho-ji Temple - the oldest Zen training monastery in Japan with the best ceiling art to prove it! (The painting may not have been from 1253 when the temple was built . . . ahem.)
After visiting shrines all day we spent the evening looking for the elusive Love Hotels in Tokyo's shadier districts. Turns out they aren't so elusive at all. Check out the deserted front desk and the vending machine hotel room selection. (And NO we didn't stay!)
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