Futatsubashi
District of Kamakura
in Kamakura Shi of Kanagawa, Japan
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Atsugi Naval Air Facility (12 mi) - Tokyo International Airport (21 mi)
- Oshima Airport (38 mi)
- Narita International Airport (57 mi)
- Hyakuri Airport (77 mi)
- Miyakejima Airport (85 mi)
- Utsunomiya Airport (85 mi)
- Matsumoto Airport (109 mi)
- Fujisan, sacred place and source of artistic inspiration (Unesco heritage, 47 mi)
- Tomioka Silk Mill and Related Sites (Unesco heritage, 75 mi)
- Shrines and Temples of Nikko (Unesco heritage, 99 mi)
- Tokyo Disney Resort (amusement park, (29 mi)
- Kasai-Rinkai Aquarium (amusement park, (29 mi)
- Zushi Marina (marina, (1 mi)
- Yumenoshima Marina (marina, (28 mi)
- Yokohama Bayside Marina (marina, (7 mi)
- Nogeyama Dōbutsuen (zoo, (10 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 35.309 and 139.550 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 35° 18' 32" and E 139° 33' 0"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Yen - JPY
- Spoken languages:
- Japanese
- Local electricity:
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- Local Time: 09:31 PM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Asia/Tokyo
- UTC/GMT offset: 9 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 10:02 am and 11:18 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -28.605 and -48.819 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
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Safety Score: 2,8 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to Japan.
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The district Futatsubashi of Kamakura in Kamakura Shi (Kanagawa) is a district in Japan about 26 mi south of Tokyo, the country's capital city.
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When in this area, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Zushi, Yokosuka, Fujisawa, Yokohama and Chigasaki. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 20°C / 67 °F
| Morning Temperature | 17°C / 63 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
| Night Temperature | 18°C / 64 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 49% |
| Air Pressure | 1013 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Gentle Breeze with 8 km/h (5 mph) from North |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Overcast clouds |
Sunday, 21st of April 2024
19°C (66 °F)
17°C (62 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, overcast clouds.
Monday, 22nd of April 2024
15°C (59 °F)
15°C (59 °F)
Moderate rain, fresh breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 23rd of April 2024
17°C (63 °F)
16°C (60 °F)
Overcast clouds, moderate breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Kamakura Park Hotel
Mercure Yokosuka
Hotel Kamakura Mori
(RYOKAN) Kotsubo Kaigan Rinka
Sotetsu Fresa Inn Yokohama Totsuka
(RYOKAN) Kaihinso Kamakura
Hayamakan (Kanagawa)
Hotel Mets Kamakura Ofuna
Shonan OVA
(RYOKAN) Mishimaya
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Attractions and noteworthy things
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Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū
is the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is at the geographical and cultural center of the city of Kamakura, which has largely grown around it and its 1.8 km approach. It is the venue of many of its most important festivals, and hosts two museums.
Kamakura-gū
is a shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It was erected by Emperor Meiji in 1869 to enshrine the spirit of Prince Morinaga, who was imprisoned and later executed where the shrine now stands in 1335 by order of Ashikaga Tadayoshi. For this reason, the shrine is also known as Ōtōnomiya or Daitōnomiya from the Prince's full name (Ōtōnomiya Morinaga).
Zushi Station
Zushi Station is a railway station in Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company (JR East). It is located 8.4 kilometers from the junction at Ōfuna Station, and 57.8 kilometers from Tokyo Station.
Jimmuji Station
Jimmuji Station is a railway station operated by Keikyu on the Zushi Line located in Zushi, Kanagawa, Japan. It is located 4.1 rail kilometers from the junction at Kanazawa Hakkei Station, and 45.0 rail kilometers from the northern terminus at Shinagawa Station.
Shin-Zushi Station
Shin-Zushi Station is a railway station operated by Keikyū Zushi Line located in Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the southern terminus of the Zushi Line, and is located 5.9 rail kilometers from the Kanazawa Hakkei junction, and 46.8 kilometers from the opposing northern terminus at Shinagawa Station.
An'yō-in (Kamakura)
An'yō-in is a Jōdo shū Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. Famous for its azaleas, it was named after its founder's (great historical figure Hōjō Masako) posthumous name. The main object of worship is Amida Nyorai, but it also enshrines Senju Kannon, Goddess of Mercy. An’yō-in is Number three of the 33 temples of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage circuit.
Tōshō-ji
was the Hōjō clan's family temple in Kamakura during the Kamakura period. Its founder was Taikō Gyōyū and it was constructed in 1237 by Hōjō Yasutoki in memory of his mother, who had her tomb there. According to the Taiheiki, from its foundation until the end of the Kamakura shogunate every regent was buried there. The temple no longer exists, since it was set on fire by the Hōjō themselves when the entire family committed suicide after Nitta Yoshisada's invasion of Kamakura on July 4, 1333.
Ōmachi (Kanagawa)
Ōmachi is a locality (a machi or chō) in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, Japan, defined as the part of town south of the Ebisubashi bridge on the Namerigawa. The part of town north of the same bridge is called Komachi .
Nishi Mikado
is the name of a neighborhood (a chō) in Kamakura, a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, about 50 km south-south-west of Tokyo. Nishi Mikado lies north-east of Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū.
Wakamiya Ōji
is a 1.8 km street in Kamakura, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan, unusual because it is at the same time the city's main avenue and the approach of its largest Shinto shrine, Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū. Over the centuries Wakamiya Ōji has gone thorough an extreme change. A heavily trafficked road today, it used to be, to the contrary, off limits to most people as a sacred space.
Kantō kubō
(also called Kantō gosho, Kamakura kubō, or Kamakura gosho) was a title equivalent to shogun assumed by Ashikaga Motouji after his nomination to Kantō kanrei, or deputy shogun for the Kamakura-fu, in 1349. Motouji transferred his original title to the Uesugi family, which had previously held the hereditary title of shitsuji, and would thereafter provide the Kantō kanrei.
Ōkura Bakufu
(also called Ōkura Gosho is the name of shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo's first government. It took its name from the location in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture, where Yoritomo's palace used to stand. Ōkura in Kamakura is defined as the area comprised between Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, the Asaina Pass, the Namerigawa river and the Zen temple of Zuisen-ji.
Komachi Ōji
is a street in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, that begins at Sujikaebashi (locality named after a bridge which no longer exists) from the Kanazawa Kaidō, crosses Yoko Ōji, passes in front of Hōkai-ji and Honkaku-ji, crosses the Ebisudōbashi Bridge (see photo), Ōmachi Ōji and Kuruma Ōji, reaches Moto Hachiman and Kōmyō-ji, and finally ends in Zaimokuza near Wakaejima. It is believed this is what the Azuma Kagami calls "Komachi Ōji" and other texts "Komachi Kōji".
Yoko Ōji
Yoko Ōji is the name of a short street in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan which begins in front of Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, the city's most important Shinto shrine and ends in front of Hōkai-ji. It is believed to be the street that passed in front of the so-called Ōkura Bakufu, seat of first shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo's first government, which was in turn a section of the old Kanazawa Kaidō.
Ōmachi Ōji
is the name of a street in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, which begins at Geba Yotsukado and ends at the Nagoshi Pass. It takes its name from the district of Ōmachi, which it crosses. At the time of the shogunate it was the most important road that went from east to west. The entertainment and red-light district of the city used to be at the intersection between Komachi Ōji and Ōmachi Ōji.
Nikaidō
is the name of one of the administrative units of Kamakura, a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, about 50 km south-south-west of Tokyo. Nikaidō lies immediately to the east of Nishi Mikado and Yukinoshita, and used to be called Higashi Mikado. The name is still sometimes used. In it lie famous temples and shrines like Zuisen-ji, Egara Tenjinsha, Kamakura-gū and Kakuon-ji. It's in Nikaidō that first Kamakura shogun Minamoto no Yoritomo built Yōfuku-ji, one of his most important temples.
Myōhō–ji
Myōhō–ji is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. It is one of a group of three built near the site in Matsubagayatsu, or the Valley of Pine Needles, where Nichiren, founder of the Buddhist sect that bears his name, is supposed to have had his hut. The temple has also close ties with Prince Morinaga and the Imperial House.
Ankokuron-ji
Ankokuron-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. It is one of a group of three built near the site in Matsubagayatsu (Valley of Pine Needles where Nichiren, founder of the Buddhist sect that bears his name, is supposed to have had his hut.
Chōshō-ji
Chōshō-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren Shū in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. It's one of a group of three built near the site in Matsubagayatsu (Valley of Pine Needles where Nichiren, founder of the Buddhist sect that bears his name, is supposed to have had his hut. The first part of its name derives from the founder's last name, the second is an alternative reading of the characters for Nagakatsu, the founder's first name.
Zuisen-ji
is a Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect in Nikaidō's Momijigayatsu Valley (紅葉ヶ谷, Valley of the Autumn Leaves) near Kamakura, Japan. During the Muromachi period it was the family temple of the Ashikaga rulers of Kamakura: four of the five kubō are buried there in a private cemetery closed to the public and first kubō Ashikaga Motouji's is also known with the name Zuisen-ji-den .
Jōmyō-ji (Kamakura)
is a Zen Buddhist temple of the Rinzai sect, Kenchō-ji school, in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Jōmyō-ji is Number Five of the five temples known as Kamakura Gozan ("Kamakura's Five Mountains"), and the only one of the five not founded by a member of the Hōjō clan. Jōmyō-ji has instead, as nearby Zuisen-ji, deep ties with the Ashikaga clan, and was one of the family's funeral temples. For this reason the family's kamon, or crest, is ubiquitous on its premises.
Hōkai-ji (Kamakura)
is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Often called Hagidera, or "bush-clover temple", because those flowers are numerous in its garden, its existence is directly linked to a famous tragedy that on July 4, 1333 wiped out almost the entire Hōjō clan, ruler of Japan for 135 years.
Sugimoto-dera
Sugimoto-dera is a Buddhist temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, one of the oldest temple in Kamakura and, together with Hōkai-ji, the only one of the Tendai denomination. The temple is Number one of the Bandō Sanjūsankasho pilgrimage circuit. Two of the three statues of goddess Kannon it enshrines are Important Cultural Properties. Sugimotodera is nicknamed Geba Kannon ("Dismount Kannon"), because horsemen never failed to dismount from their steeds when they passed by.
Tomb of Minamoto no Yoritomo
The tomb of Minamoto no Yoritomo (see photo below) is a monument in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, located some hundred meters north of the site where the palace called Ōkura Bakufu, seat of Minamoto no Yoritomo's government, once stood. Although there is no evidence his remains are actually there, it is commonly assumed to be the resting place of Minamoto no Yoritomo, founder and first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate.
Hōkoku-ji
Hōkoku-ji is an old temple in the Kenchō-ji school of the Rinzai sect of Zen Buddhism located in Kamakura, Japan. Famous for its bamboo garden, it is also known as "Bamboo Temple". A statue of Gautama Buddha, called Shaka Nyorai in Japanese, in a sacred hall is the temple's principal image. The original of a statue of Sho Kan'non is on display at the Kamakura Museum of National Treasures.
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Futatsubashi, 二ッ橋
