Spring | Leisurely stroll in Kamakura, admiring the flowers and scenery, and gazing at Mount Fuji
🌟 Kamakura, you sure know how to enjoy yourself!
❤ When it comes to Kamakura in Kanagawa, Japan, many people born in the 80s and 90s think first of the railway crossing in front of Kamakura Koukou, having passed it countless times. Each time they pass by, they recall the familiar and thrilling 'I Want to Shout Out that I Like You'.
👍 Kamakura is a tourist city in Kanagawa. Although it is not large in size, it is bustling with tourists year-round, with crowds of people in every season. Located on the coast, Kamakura also offers distant views of Mount Fuji, and these various factors make it the second most prominent destination in the Kanto region after Tokyo.
🧳 How to enjoy Kamakura:
✅ The Great Buddha of Kamakura, built in the 13th century, is located in Kotoku-in and is a landmark of Kamakura. Made of bronze, it is the second largest seated Buddha statue in Japan.
✅ Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, located in the central area of Kamakura, has developed the city around the Hachimangu shrine. Countless events are held here each year, from festivals to exhibitions, to personal weddings, with a constant stream of visitors. From spring cherry blossoms to summer hydrangeas, to autumn maple leaves, this place is always a favorite for those who enjoy scenery.
✅ Hase-dera, known for its beautiful gardens, is close to the Great Buddha of Kamakura, faces the sea, and offers enchanting views. A hydrangea path makes it a must-visit spot for flower enthusiasts in summer. Other temples like Engaku-ji, Jochi-ji, Kencho-ji, and the Zeniarai Benzaiten Ugafuku Shrine, collectively known as the 'Five Mountains of Kamakura', provide a full day's worth of leisurely exploration.
✅ Komachi Street, Kamakura's famous shopping street, satisfies all needs from the first cup of coffee in the morning to a late-night snack before bed, offering a complete experience of dining, shopping, and entertainment.
✅ Enoshima and the Shonan coast are part of Kamakura's coastline, attracting surfers year-round to enjoy the thrill of the sea. With abundant sunshine in summer, many restaurants and cafes open here, making the beach a great place for leisure and entertainment. Stepping onto Enoshima, you reach a prime spot for viewing Mount Fuji, where you can rest and dine at the observatory while admiring the beauty of Mount Fuji (with a bit of luck).
Kamakura's famous monastery - Changgu Temple, every year to welcome a large number of tourists to visit, the entrance of the green pine was built by the management is very beautiful, with a red background of the forehead, solemn and not lost temperament!
If the purple sun flower in Hakone is full of romance and natural landscape spirituality, then the purple sun flower in the morning bell and evening drums of the Kamakura Temple is full of walls and slopes, and it adds a little Zen... The Kamakura of the purple sun flower season, in addition to the Mingyue Courtyard and Hegang Basong Palace, The most famous is about Changgu Temple, one of Kamakura's hottest purple flowers. There is a hill full of hydrangeas in the bamboo and fir forest, which is said to have to wait in line for an hour or two to arrive at the weekend. Therefore, when we went there, we deliberately chose a non-weekend trip. Changgu Temple has a long history and has a history of 1300 years. Its good fate is very famous and is one of the signboards of Changgu Temple. There are three groups in the temple, and you need to look carefully for flowers and you will have surprises. Another group of land treasures is near the academy and the Tiancattoes, known as the Heqidi Tibetan. Look at it, one is the "good fate Tibetan", one is the "heavenly land Tibetan", how good the connotation, after enjoying the flowers, you may wish to find it, see~
There was a big Kannon statue. There are many Jizo-san, and it is a temple that you can enjoy no matter where you look. The view from here was also superb, so I had a color 々 experience.
The path for Hydras flower in this temple is smaller than Meigetsuin, hence less people and more difficult to access. In the temple is a very huge statue of Kannon Bosatsu. It also has a view to the sea
Kamakura's Changgu Temple is dedicated to Japan's largest wooden Buddha statue, a 9-meter-high eleven-sided Avalokitesvara statue. In June, the Japanese Purple Sun Flower Season, Nagasaki Temple is also a famous flower attraction, the scale is still better than Mingyuan. Peacetime Juruo Temple. Even on weekdays, there are so many people who watch flowers that they need to call in batches. Usually the doorway says how long it takes to wait (but usually not that long. When I get the number, I say 45 minutes, and in fact 20 minutes). The purple sunflowers in the temple are mainly located on both sides of the mountain road behind the main hall, so before it's your turn, you can visit other areas to see the huge Guanyin image and the dense small hides on both sides of the road. Although there are many people enjoying flowers, the detailed Japanese plan the route reasonably. Purple sunflowers on both sides of high and low steps, because of the difference in terrain, can just make the flower bushes block the dense flow of people more than half, so that the photos taken will not show the scene of people than flowers. The route is also one-way walking, allowing only two people to pass through the trail, avoiding people gathering and wandering, shortening the stay time to facilitate later generations. The route to Changgu Temple is from Tokyo Station to Yokosuka Line, or from Shinjuku to Kamakura Station, to Jiangzhi Island Railway to Changgu Temple. Kamakura Buddha is also accessible on foot near Changgu Temple.
There are many statues of Bodhisattva in Changgu Temple. Many people in Changgu Temple in June have to arrive before 9 a.m. because of the splendid purple flowers. I arrived at 10 a.m. in the peak period. It takes 90 minutes to see the purple flowers. I thought there would be fewer people in the evening. I didn't think about going back at 4 o'clock. I had to wait 180 minutes. Finally, I took a picture outside the courtyard and didn't go in. So friends who want to see Ziyanghua must arrive before 9 o'clock to avoid the crowd.