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Kamakura City
Kanagawa Prefecture · City
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Kamakura City is an old capital of the samurai, where Minamoto no Yoritomo founded his shogunate (military government). Its temples and shrines, such as Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, the Great Buddha of Kamakura (Kotoku-in Temple), Hase-dera Temple, Kencho-ji Temple and Engaku-ji Temple, are popular, as is the seaside scenery of the Enoden railway and Yuigahama Beach.
Key facts
Source: Statistics Bureau of Japan, 2025 Population Census (population, area and density); area from the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI), Area Statistics of Prefectures and Municipalities (2025). National ranks are among the 1,741 municipalities, ordered by this site from these values.
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Places to visit
Buddhist templeKotoku-in TempleBuddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Shinto shrineTsurugaoka HachimanguShinto shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Buddhist templeEngaku-ji TempleZen Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
Buddhist templeKencho-ji Templetemple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
CapeInamuragasakicape in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
National TreasureGreat Buddha of Kamakura
CoastYuigahamabeach and neighborhood in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
CoastShichirigahamasandy beach in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan
Chosen automatically, most popular first, from landmarks and cultural properties registered in Wikidata (we have not checked whether each is open). Names and descriptions: Wikidata (CC0); photos: Wikimedia Commons (photographer and license under each photo).
Mountains in this city
Mountains whose summit is in this municipality (mountains of 800 m or higher on this site's map, and mountains in the famous-mountain lists). Elevations from Wikidata and other sources.
Neighboring municipalities
Municipalities sharing a boundary (computed from the National Land Numerical Information administrative boundaries, January 2021).
Other municipalities in Kanagawa Prefecture
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