Kenchō-ji is a Rinzai Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which ranks first among Kamakura's so-called Five Great Zen Temples and is the oldest Zen training monastery in Japan. These t
Kenchō-ji, Sanmon
The dragon painted on the ceiling of the Hattō
From right to left the junipers, the Butsuden, the Hattō, the Karamon and the two buildings composing the Hojō
The Karasu-tengu to whom the Hansōbō is dedicated
Kamakura, Home of the Samurai is a grouping of historic sites concentrated in and around the Japanese city of Kamakura, near Tokyo. The city gave its name to the Kamakura shogunate which governed the
Sign in Kamakura advocating inscription on the World Heritage List (2007)
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine
Approach to Jufuku ji, Kamakura