Kotoku-in (Great Buddha of Kamakura)

A 13-meter bronze Buddha that has sat in the open air since its hall was destroyed centuries ago.

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Photo by Yekaterina Golatkina (https://unsplash.com/@beingchinable) on Unsplash

Get directions +81 467-22-0703

Address: 4-2-28 Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0016
Hours: 8:00-16:45
Price: 300 yen (+100 yen to enter interior)
Nearest station: Enoden Line, Hase Station

A 13-meter bronze Buddha sitting in the open air since a 15th-century storm destroyed its hall.

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Day Trip from Tokyo to Kamakura's Great Buddha

Before Kyoto and before Tokyo, there was Kamakura, a fishing town turned military capital where a bronze Buddha has sat outdoors, exposed to the weather, for close to eight centuries. Take the coastal tram and you'll understand why it stayed there.