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The shopping lane Komachi-dori before the shops open.
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| Handmade senbei (rice crackers) on Komachi-dori. Hot off the griddle.
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| A short portion of Dankazura path of cherry blossoms, along Wakamiya-oji, which leads up to Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu shrine. This would be very pretty if the cherry trees were in bloom, alas.
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| Third Torii at the end of Dankazura and the entrance to Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu.
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Bridge to the Eastern (sunrise) pond at the entrance to Hachiman-gu.
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| Three islands in the Eastern pond symbolize the victory of Minamoto Yoritomo and the establishment of the Kamakura Shogunate in the 12th century.
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| West (sunset) pond at the entrance to Hachiman-gu. Four islands symbolize death & the defeat of the Taira clan by the Minamoto clan.
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| All of the birds were in the Eastern pond ...and none in the Western pond.
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Hachiman-gu: Water for travelers & pilgrims.
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| Hachiman-gu: Maiden, the Ritual Dancing Stage, with its new copper roof (restoration of Maiden finished last month).
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| The 3rd Kamakura Shogun was a pawn in the power struggles between his grandfather and his mother. He was assassinated here by his nephew in 1219, who hid behind this scary-looking 1000-yr old Gingko tree near the stone steps to the main hall.
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| On guard at the steps to the Hongu (main hall), dedicated to Emperor Ojin (4th century).
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Hachiman-gu: View from the main hall towards Kamakura.
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| Hachiman-gu: Looking out over the rooftops of Wakamiya, the shrine to Emperor Nintoku, the son of Emperor Ojin.
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| Nichiren's house in Kamakura (13th century).
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| Tom and the Daibutsu (Great Buddha).
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