YOKOHAMA
Yokohama is the main port for Tokyo and has docks that sprawl for miles. It is one of the few places in Japan that has a Chinatown, due to it’s close trade links with China. We visited a temple featuring a giant Buddha (Kamakura Daibutsu) and a Shinto Shrine.
The cruise terminal at Yokohama with Yokohama Bay Bridge in background
View downtown from ship
Japanese Coastguard ships
Yokohama Landmark Tower
Beach on the journey to see the Buddha statue
Great Buddha of Kamakura
The symbol of Kanagawa's historic town and a National Treasure of Japan. Designated as Japan's National Treasure, the bronze statue of Amitabha Buddha, which is the principal image of Kotoku-in, is commonly known as the Great Buddha of Kamakura (Kamakura Daibutsu in Japanese).
Kamakura Yuigahama Beach on the way to the Great Buddha
One of two gate guardians at the entrance to the temple
The second gate guardian
The Great Buddha of Kamakura
Giant sandals It is said that the sandals represent the powers of Niō, the Herculean guardians of Buddhist temples
Maruyama Inari Shrine
Maruyama Inari Shrine is the oldest shrine on the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu grounds in Kamakura. The Shinto deity of rice, agriculture, and prosperity, Inari is enshrined here. Its building is also the oldest surviving structure at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu. It dates back to the Muromachi period (1336-1573) and is designated an Important Cultural Property. It was moved from a nearby location, and the hill it now stands on consists of gravel and rocks taken from the mountainside when the Main Shrine was constructed just east of here in 1191.
Japanese postbox
Small tables or stools for sale
Japanese fashion (especially for midde-aged women) is very conservative
Electrified local railway line
Tori Gate
Quite a few steps to climb!
Prayers or wishes
Temple shop
A container for prayers
Twisting stairs confuse evil spirits!
One of the Fox guardians
May be fire buckets...
Colourful prayer envelopes
A calm pool and bridge
Saki barrels for blessing
Pine tree shadow
Purifying water station
Ladies in Kimonos in the restaurant
Pretty Japanese girl
Maybe souvenir scarves?
Cookies in the shape of doves - Hato Sabure
Unusual vending machine
Stairways at the coffee shop
View towards the Main Street in Kamakura
