Kamakura & Enoshima Day Trip from Tokyo

Kotoku-in

📍 Hase, Kamakura

The Great Buddha of Kamakura — 13 metres of bronze sitting in the open air, not inside a hall.

Hase-dera

📍 Hase, Kamakura

Hillside temple a short walk from the Great Buddha, with a terrace view over Sagami Bay.

Komachi-dori

📍 Komachi Street, Kamakura

Snack street running from Kamakura Station — eat your way down it; shirasu (whitebait) is the local specialty.

Enoden Kamakura Station

📍 Kamakura Station

Ride the little Enoden coastal train toward Enoshima — it threads between houses, then runs right beside the sea.

Enoshima

📍 Enoshima, Fujisawa

Stay for sunset: on a clear evening Mount Fuji goes black against an orange sky, right off the water. The photograph of the trip.