Kamakura
Kamakura , officially Kamakura City , is a city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. It is located in the Kantō region on the island of Honshu. Wikipedia
Population 172,929 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Japan
- January: 10 h 01 of daylight
- February: 10 h 54 of daylight
- March: 11 h 55 of daylight
- April: 13 h 03 of daylight
- May: 14 h of daylight
- June: 14 h 31 of daylight
- July: 14 h 20 of daylight
- August: 13 h 31 of daylight
- September: 12 h 27 of daylight
- October: 11 h 21 of daylight
- November: 10 h 20 of daylight
- December: 9 h 48 of daylight
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Kamakura Museum of History and Culture Museum · 770 m
- 畠山重保墓 Memorial · 330 m
- 和田塚 Archaeological site · 520 m
- Kamakura City Kawakita Film Memorial Museum Museum · 960 m
- 日本基督教団鎌倉教会会堂 Church · 130 m
- Kitchoan Museum of Art Museum · 540 m
- Kaburagi Kiyokata Memorial Museum of Art Museum · 820 m
- British Antiques Museum in Kamakura Museum · 850 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Eating nearby
All 78 places to eatSomewhere to run
Getting around
More train stations: Zushi 3.3 km, Shonan-Fukasawa 3.4 km, Shonan-Machiya 3.5 km, Zushi・Hayama 3.6 km, Fujimicho 3.8 km, Jimmuji 4.0 km, Nishi-Kamakura 4.2 km, Ōfuna 4.4 km, Ofuna 4.6 km, Kataseyama 4.9 km, Higashi-Zushi 5.0 km, Mejiroyamashita 5.3 km, Mutsuura 5.6 km, Shonan-Enoshima 5.7 km, Hongodai 5.8 km
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