10 Culture Kamakura Camera Egara Tenjin-sha Shrine Peter Oxley Let's visit Egara Tenjin-sha, an important Shinto shrine dedicated to a poet and scholar who loved plum blossoms.
Culture Ryuko-ji Temple Antique Market Larry Knipfing Ryuko-ji Temple’s antique market is quite good. There is no charge, and sellers’ tables are spread out around the temple grou...
Culture Enoshima: A Day in the Life of an Island Reynald Ventura Enoshima may not be as ‘branded’ a place as its illustrious and UNESCO World Heritage Site applicant neighbor Kamakura City b...
Culture Fascinating Island, Enoshima Tomoko Kamishima Enoshima Island is a hot spot for sightseers that has been well maintained since the Edo era. Before that however, Enoshima w...
Culture Enoshima’s Iwaya Caves Tomoko Kamishima Iwaya are caves on Enoshima island which have been eroded by tides for thousands of years and elevated from the sea by repeat...
Culture Yokohama's Yamate No.111 Tomoko Kamishima The original owner of Yamate No. 111 was John Edward Laffin (a half Japanese, half American, who managed a shipping company a...
Culture The Goddess of the White Robe Larry Knipfing The Goddess of Mercy of the White Robe is pure white and sits high up on a hill overlooking Ofuna Station.
Culture Enoshima's Samuel Cocking Garden Tomoko Kamishima Located at the top of Enoshima Island is the Samuel Cocking Gardens. The gardens themselves are not that interesting, but the...
Culture Yamate History Archives Tomoko Kamishima One of the preserved buildings, the Yamate History Archives (Shiryo-kan 山手資料館 ) now acts as an archive of the old Yamate...
