14Jan
Japan Trip 2011 – Day 5 (Kamakura: Hase-dera)
Posted by Reltair | Category: Japan | 10 Comments
We left early in the morning on Day 5 to travel to Kamakura.
The train car was quite empty.
Upon arriving in Kamakura, we had our first experience of the small-town feel in Japan.
The first destination was to visit Hase-dera.
On the upper section of the temple grounds, you could see the coast along with the city.
Next up is The Great Buddha of Kamakura!
Japan Trip 2011 – Day 5 (The Great Buddha of Kamakura)
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Japan Trip 2011 – Day 1
Those are some awesome pictures of Hase-dera; it looks like a beautiful place to visit.
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Reltair Reply:
January 16th, 2012 at 8:58 pm
That it is, although the temple grounds isn’t that big…so it doesn’t take that long to see it all. >_<
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For some reason I love that “small-town feel”. It makes me feel at ease.
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Reltair Reply:
January 16th, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Yup, away from all the hustle and bustle of Tokyo.
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looks like a sleepy little town, reminds me some of Gero in Gifu prefecture from the pictures. Except Kamakura is by the ocean and Gero is in a valley surrounded by lots of mountains. Either way, beautiful place to visit and slow things down.
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Reltair Reply:
January 16th, 2012 at 9:01 pm
Aww man, Gero looks like a lovely place to visit. I’ll have to go there sometime!
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WD40 Reply:
January 17th, 2012 at 8:43 pm
The place is really far out there, so there’s not much to see beside’s nature but it’s still beautiful out there. takes the majority of a day to get there by train from Tokyo.
Tho it’s on the pricier side of things, Suimeikan is a great modern type ryokan with very nice onsen, even an outdoor one. Stayed there for 2 nite, friend had his wedding there on the 2nd nite. it’s literally right next to the train station there’s a path that goes down under the tracks and right into the front parking lot.
Also, near the far north of the town next to the historic outdoor village museum there’s a bunch of stalls that sell stuff, and there’s an old woman who sells the ABSOLUTLY BEST Sake i’ve ever had in my life.
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Reltair Reply:
January 17th, 2012 at 9:35 pm
Thanks for all the insight and recommendations!
I’ll definitely keep Gero in mind when planning my future Japan trips. The onsen at Suimeikan looks awesome. The ryokan I stayed at in Hakone only had indoor ones, so I want to try an outdoor one in the future.
I’ll be sure to try out this sake when I’m there.
Wow, I got to take a look at that place! You ever going to Yokosuka? I live there, and it’s pretty chill. You should visit the battle ship they have over there.
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Reltair Reply:
January 19th, 2012 at 9:09 pm
Nope, but I’ll be sure to add it to my list of places to visit for my future trips to Japan. ^_^
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