Kamakura

Built around a defensible network of narrow valleys between wooded hills and Sagami Bay, Kamakura grew into the seat of the Kamakura shogunate, Japan’s first military government. Its coastal position south of Yokohama still gives the city a close relationship with both the sea and steep, temple-dotted slopes. Tsurugaoka Hachimangu remains Kamakura’s principal Shinto shrine, while Kotoku-in houses the Great Buddha, a monumental bronze image of Amida. Buddhist temples, Shinto sites and old approach roads recall the era when warriors governed Japan from here; Yuigahama’s shore adds a relaxed seaside dimension. Find related webcams along Sagami Bay and on the Miura Peninsula to build a fuller picture of Kamakura and its coast.

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