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Private Old Temples Guided Tour in Kamakura 20% OFF
Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
$72
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Overview
The Kamakura Temple Tour offers a unique opportunity to explore ancient temples and serene backstreets away from the crowds. This 3-hour journey is perfect for solo travelers or those with a partner, guided by a licensed professional.
- 🏯 Visit Hokoku-ji Temple, renowned for its stunning bamboo grove, where you can relax with Matcha green tea and traditional sweets (optional, with tea charge).
- 🕉️ Explore Sugimotodera Temple, the oldest in Kamakura, featuring moss-covered stone steps and fascinating Buddhist statues.
- 🚶♂️ Enjoy a peaceful 20-30 minute stroll through the backstreets, discovering the daily life of Kamakura residents.
- ⚔️ Visit Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, the spiritual heart of the Kamakura shogunate, and delve into its rich history with a guided tour.
- 🌳 Experience the changing seasons with different perspectives at the temples and shrines throughout the year.
- 🚕 Includes taxi fare to Hokoku-ji Temple and bus fare (around 300 yen) from Kamakura station, ensuring a smooth journey.
- 💧 Stay refreshed with complimentary bottled water provided during the tour.
- 👟 Comfortable walking shoes are recommended for a 2-3km walk, making it accessible for all fitness levels.
- 💼 Gratuities for your guide are included, allowing you to focus on the experience.
- 📅 Flexible early-morning start time to accommodate your afternoon sightseeing plans.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
Solo
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 3 hours
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Entrance fees of temples for the guide
- Professional Local Tour Guide
- All spots to visit in this course
- Comfortable walking shoes for 2-3km walk
- Gratuities
- Bottled water
- bus fare (around 300 yen) Kamakura station to Houkokuji Temple
- Matcha green tea and traditional Japanese sweets for guests, 600yen/person as of January2023
Meeting point
At the entrance of Starbucks Coffee Kamakura, open from 7AM. The tour guide with a paper "Viator" will be there five minutes before the tour begins. If any concerns about how to get to Kamakura station from downtown Tokyo, please get our advice via e-mail when booking.
Return details
The main entrance gate (the third shrine "Torii" gate) of Kamakura Hachimangu shrine. You can walk to Kamakura Station in ten minutes (750 meters) while enjoying the bustling Komachi Dori street.
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Hokoku-ji TempleA ten-minute taxi ride will take you to this temple. Michelin three-star, famous for its bamboo grove. You will enjoy exploring the temple grounds, garden, and bamboo grove. You could sit down and relax while trying a cup of Matcha green tea and traditional Japanese sweets if you like (optional, with tea charge).
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Sugimotodera TempleA five-minute walk will take you to Sugimoto-dera temple. Michelin two-star. This is the hidden, and oldest temple in Kamakura, founded in mid 8th century. You will enjoy Deva Kings, the moss-covered stone steps, main hall. Good to check the Buddhist statues deep inside the main hall (in a bit of distance).
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A twenty or thirty-minute walk to Kamakura Hachimangu Shrine. This will be a peaceful stroll in the backstreets. You may enjoy learning some of daily life in Kamakura residential area. A few minute stop at the first site of the Samurai Shogunate. Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, a spiritual pillar of the Kamakura shogunate enshrines the god of war. Probably for around twenty minutes, you will enjoy the guided walking tour of grounds, garden, and main building of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine until the end of the tour time.
If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Private Old Temples Guided Tour in Kamakura 20% OFF
Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
$72
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!