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Kamakura, Japan

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What is Kamakura

Kamakura (鎌倉) is a small town to the south of Tokyo, Japan.

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"The Kamakura Period was followed by 200 years of vicious civil wars and confusion as daimyo (feudal lords) staked out their fiefdoms throughout the land and strove for supremacy."
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"Shrine and the nearby National Treasure Hall ,which displays important Buddhist art of the Kamakura period."
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"It is sometimes considered a former de facto capital of Japan, as the seat of the Regent and Shogunate during the Kamakura Period."
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"The older Buddhist sects such as Shingon , Tendai and the early schools of the Nara period continued to thrive through the Kamakura period, and even experienced some measure of a revival."
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"The Kamakura Period (1185-1333) saw several invasion attempts by Kublai Khan's Mongol armies."
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"History of Japan . . is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura Shogunate ,officially established in 1192 by the first Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo."
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"The Ashikaga clan was an offshoot of the Minamoto clan who conquered Honshu and dominated the Kamakura Shogunate (1185-1333)."
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"The largest Shinto shrine in otherwise almost solidly Buddhist Kamakura, built by Yoritomo Minamoto (1147-1199) founder of the Kamakura Shogunate and the first Shogun in the Kamakura Period (1185-1333)."
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"Kamakura: A small coastal town surrounded by wooded hills, some 10km (6 miles) south of Tokyo, Kamakura was the seat of Japan's first military government, the Kamakura Shogunate of 1192-1333."
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"region, and from the 12th through 14th centuries the Minamoto shoguns ruled Japan from here under what is known as the Kamakura Shogunate."
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luisete from Spain wrote about Yokohama 3 years, 9 months ago

Visit the Ramen Museum in Yokohama, really superb!

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kikka from Finland wrote about Kōtoku-in 3 years, 4 months ago

Climb inside and see what is in the buddha's head.

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