The Gion-san from Kamakura

9 June 2012 on Muza-chan's Gate to Japan Posted in: Travel    

About 600 meters south-east of Kamakura Station, you can visit one of the oldest shrines from Kamakura - even older than Tsurugaoka Hachimangu - established in 1082 by Yoshimitsu Minamoto, the great-great grandfather of Yoritomo...
 
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