Kamakura (Place(s) of worship)

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Place(s) of worship

Kamakura Place(s) of worship 5 sections, 71 items and 257 pictures

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Kōtoku-in (16)
高徳院
Kotokuin - Daibutsu

Kamakura period - near 1252
Kōtoku-in (高徳院) is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo shū sect in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Kenchô-ji (22)
建長寺
Kofukuzan Kencho Kokoku Zenji
between 1249 and 1253
Kenchoji is the first Zen temple erected in Kamakura and the pioneer of Zen Buddhism in Japan. It commands the first position in the Five Great Zen-Temples in Kamakura, and is the head of the 500-odd branch temples belonging to the Kenchoji school of the Rinzai Zen sect.

Engaku-ji (21)
円覚寺
Zuirokuzan Engaku Kōshō Zenji - 瑞鹿山円覚興聖禅寺
1828
Zuirokuzan Engaku Kōshō Zenji (瑞鹿山円覚興聖禅寺), or Engaku-ji (円覚寺), is one of the most important Zen Buddhist temple complexes in Japan and is ranked second among Kamakura's Five Mountains.

Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū (9)
鶴岡八幡宮
1191
Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū (鶴岡八幡宮) is the most important shrine in the city of Kamakura This shrine, which used to be also a Buddhist temple and far bigger than today.

Meigetsu-in (3)
福源山明月院

Fugenzan Meigetsu-in (福源山明月院) is a Rinzai Zen temple of the Kenchō-ji school in Kita-Kamakura. Famous for its hydrangeas, it's also known as The Temple of Hydrangeas (ajisai-dera). The main object of worship is goddess Shō Kannon (聖観音).

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