Kamakura 鎌倉市

Just about 50 km south of Tokyo lies Kamakura, a city, that could easily fill up an entire book of history. This city's countless temples and monuments, out of which most are Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines, guarantee a day trip to remember. The town itself is pretty small with a little center district with shops and restaurants, and as you further walk or bike to different sights, you can actually catch a glimpse of traditional neighbourhoods. The seaside on the other hand, that's also said to attract tourists, was not looking too inviting to be honest...but I guess the fact that we had just been lounging the past couple of months in tropical paradises had something to do with the fact that the Japanese beach didn't quite do the trick for us ;) Go figure. 

But what it comes to history (if you didn't get an overdose of it by now) and having a day "off" of busy Tokyo, we thoroughly enjoyed a day out walking around this small town. And again, we could only say that the Japanese towns we had seen so far and their environments are really closely in touch with nature - something we all loved about this country...

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