Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kantō Region, Japan
🇯🇵 Kamakura is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Kamakura was designated as a city in 1939.
Kamakura was the de facto capital of Japan from 1185 to 1333 as the seat of the Kamakura Shogunate, and became the nation's most populous settlement from 1200 to 1300 during the Kamakura period. Kamakura is a popular domestic tourist destination in Japan as a coastal city with a high number of seasonal festivals, as well as ancient Buddhist and Shinto shrines and temples.
Kamakura Women's University is the city's sole university.
Transport: Rail JR East's Yokosuka Line has three stations within the city. Ōfuna Station is the northernmost. Next is Kita-Kamakura Station. In the centre of the city is Kamakura Station, the central railway station in the city.
Kamakura Station is the terminal for the Enoshima Electric Railway. This railway runs westward to Fujisawa, and part of its route runs parallel to the seashore. After leaving Kamakura Station, trains make eight more station stops in the city. One of them is Hase Station, closest to Hase-dera and Kōtoku-in. The next station on the line is Gokurakuji Station, one of the settings for the 2014 film Our Little Sister.
Asia/Tokyo/Kanagawa
Kamakura has a population of over 172,929 people. Kamakura also forms part of the wider Kanagawa Prefecture which has a population of over 9,058,094 people.
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