AN OLD CAPITAL, KAMAKURA

 Yoritomo established his Shogunate at Kamakura in 1185AD. The goverment lasted until 1333AD.

 We walked about sightseeing places at Kamakura yesterday.

We looked the sea from Inamuragasaki coast.

 

湘南海岸です。

 

 

If the weather were fine,we could see Mt.Fuji from this cosat.

 

晴れていれば富士山が見えました。

 

 

 

This bird (named Tobi)was looking for a chance to steal something to eat from sightseers.

 

トビが観光客の食べ物を狙ってました。

 

Just before coming to this coast,we took lunch at a buckwheat reatraunt

 

 

 

Left: The entrance gate of this restraunt.

Right: we started to eat  hor d'oeuvres with Japanese liquor(Sake).

 

鎌倉山の「らい亭」です。5万坪の庭園を持ってます。

 

 

There is a about 300,000 square meter garden in this restraunt.

 

 

 

Green dragon in this garden.

 

ウラシマソウです。

 

 

By macro lens.

 

Then we got on a Enoden streetcar and went to see a Great statue of Buddah.

 

 

A street car named Enoden.

 

江ノ電です。

 

 

Kamakura great statue of Buddha.  This statue is about 13 meters high.

 

 

 

There was a double- flowerd cherry tree in this precincts.

 

八重桜、関山です。

 

 

Then we went to Kentyouji Temple by bus.

 

 

 

Kentyouji Temple.

 

建長寺です。屋根がそり上がった禅宗様の寺院です。柱と柱の間にも組み物が有る

「詰組、つめぐみ」も禅宗様の特徴です。

 

 

A bell tower.

 

鐘楼です。梵鐘は国宝です。

 

 

 

 Garyoubingo.  A woman from the upper half of the body,

a bird from the lower  half of the body.

 

迦陵頻伽です。

 

 

Peony trees in this precincts.

 

芍薬です。

 

 

Pink Peony by macro lens.

 

 

A squirrel just appeared and climbed this tree.

 

リスが何かを喰わえて木に登り始めました。

 

Then we went to Tohkeiji Temple.

 

 

 

Tohkeiji Temple.

This temple is very famous as a Buddist temple to which wives ran away for refuge from their husbands in feudal period.

 

東慶寺です。豊臣秀頼の娘、天秀尼のころから明治の初めごろまで駆け込み寺でした。

 

There were many flowers in this precincts.

 

 

Juunihitoe.

 

ジュウニヒトエ（十二単衣）です。

 

 

By macro lens.

 

 

 

Vicia hirsuta.

 

スズメノエンドウです。

 

 

Violet.

 

 

 

By macro lens.

 

 

 

Pasqueflower.

 

オキナグサです。

 

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