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Day Trip To Kamakura From Tokyo By Train
  • Tour Category

    Private Tour

  • Tour Types

    Culture, Walking

  • Duration

    1 Day

  • Activity Level

    Easy

  • Language

    English, French, Italian, Spanish

Description

Visit Kamakura, a coastal city by a 1-hour train ride from Tokyo, the capital. Behold the Shinto shrines, Buddhist zen temples, and the 13m-high Buddha statue left standing after the high tsunami of the 15th century. Taste the local specialities of Shirasu/whitebait and matcha tea. 

  • Day Trip to Kamakura with private guide expand_more
    • Kamakura is a historic coastal city just an hour by train from Tokyo. A lot of temples, shrines and hiking trail makes Kamakura a day trip excursion for Tokyoites. In Kamakura, you’ll take the old-style electric train “Enoden” to Hase. Famous for its beautiful garden, it is also home to the impressive 13m-high Buddhist statue of Kamakura and the Hase-Dera Temple.

    • Check out the fantastic views of Kamakura Bay and see the Jizo statues.

    • Try Shirasu, known as whitebait, the speciality of Kamakura for lunch and visit a small bamboo forest to enjoy a cup of hot matcha tea. 

    • Visit one of the most important zen temples in Japan with the Kamakura guide.

    • Make the last stop at the great Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, the most important shrine founded in 1063.

What's Included
  • Kamakura tour guide

  • Transportation

  • Lunch

  • Matcha tea

  • Entrance fees

What's Excluded
  • Other food and drinks

Know before you go

Schedule:

  • Meeting Point: Shimbashi Station

  • Departure from Shimbashi Station

  • Kamakura Daibutsu

  • Hase-Dera temple

  • Lunch in Kamakura shopping street

  • Hokokuji Temple with small bamboo forest and matcha tea break

  • Kenchoji Zen Temple with a meditation garden

  • Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

Cancellation Policy

For cancellations upto 2 days before the tour -

Refund of 80% of the tour price.
Price Details
Per Person
1 To 4 JPY 43570 Per Person

This is a private tour

Starting From

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USD 290 / person