Last Saturday, we visited Kamakura, which is south and a little west of Tokyo and Yokohama. The next few Blog posts will talk about the things we saw in Kamakura.

We first visited the famous bronze Buddha, which was built in 1252 and is over 13 meters tall. A temple used to house the Buddha, but a tsunami washed the building away in the 1400s.

Down the street, we visited Hasedera. This temple is quite large, consisting of ponds, gardens, religious structures, and a cave. The cave features a stone carving of Benten (goddess of Eloquence, Music and Wisdom) as well as carvings of 16 followers of Benten.