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Kanagawa Hidden Gems

Voisine de Tokyo et parfaite pour une escapade d'une journée. Le quartier chinois de Yokohama, le Grand Bouddha de Kamakura au bord de la mer et les sources chaudes de Hakone avec vue sur le mont Fuji : métropole, temples et nature à un pas de la capitale.

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Le flanc côtier de Tokyo : une ancienne capitale des samouraïs à Kamakura, une ville portuaire façonnée par le commerce étranger et des sources thermales dans la caldeira de Hakone.

Climat et meilleure saison

Tempéré et maritime ; étés chauds, hivers doux, neige uniquement sur les hauteurs de Hakone. Agréable toute l'année.

Spécialités culinaires

  • Shirasu (blanchaille)
  • Ramen ie-kei
  • Gastronomie du Chinatown de Yokohama
  • Kamaboko

Lieux emblématiques

  • Grand Bouddha de Kamakura
  • Hakone et lac Ashi
  • Enoshima
  • Front de mer de Yokohama
Shonan Beach — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Shonan

Shonan Beach

The Shonan coast (湘南, Shonan) stretches 30km from Fujisawa to Oiso, encompassing multiple beach towns that embody Japane…

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Updated Aug 2026
Enoshima Island — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Enoshima

Enoshima Island

Enoshima (江の島) is a small island (0.4km²) connected to the Shonan coast by a 600-meter bridge, crowned with shrines, bot…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hakone Yumoto Onsen — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Hakone

Hakone Yumoto Onsen

Hakone-Yumoto (箱根湯本) is Hakone's largest and most accessible onsen town, located at the base of the mountains where the…

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Updated Aug 2026
Yokohama Chinatown — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Yokohama

Yokohama Chinatown

Yokohama Chinatown (横浜中華街, Yokohama Chukagai) is Japan's largest Chinatown, home to over 600 shops and restaurants packe…

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Updated Aug 2026
Minato Mirai 21 — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Yokohama

Minato Mirai 21

Minato Mirai 21 (みなとみらい21, 'Harbor of the Future') is Yokohama's iconic waterfront district featuring modern skyscrapers…

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Updated Aug 2026
Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Yokohama

Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse

The Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse (横浜赤レンガ倉庫, Akarenga Soko) consists of two historic brick warehouses built in 1911 durin…

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Updated Aug 2026
Yokohama Cosmo World — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Yokohama

Yokohama Cosmo World

Yokohama Cosmo World (よこはまコスモワールド) is a mid-sized amusement park in the heart of Minato Mirai, built on reclaimed harbor…

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Updated Aug 2026
Yuigahama Beach — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Kamakura

Yuigahama Beach

Yuigahama Beach (由比ヶ浜) is Kamakura's main swimming beach, a 900-meter crescent of sand facing Sagami Bay with views to E…

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Updated Aug 2026
Kamakura Komachi-dori — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Kamakura

Kamakura Komachi-dori

Komachi-dori (小町通り, Komachi Street) is Kamakura's main pedestrian shopping street, a narrow 350-meter lane packed with 2…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hakone Open-Air Museum — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Hakone

Hakone Open-Air Museum

The Hakone Open-Air Museum (箱根彫刻の森美術館, Chokoku-no-Mori Bijutsukan) is Japan's first open-air museum, established in 1969…

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Updated Aug 2026
Odawara Castle — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Odawara

Odawara Castle

Odawara Castle (小田原城, Odawara-jo) was the stronghold of the Hojo clan during the Sengoku Period (1467–1615), famous for…

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Updated Aug 2026
Cup Noodles Museum — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Yokohama

Cup Noodles Museum

The Cup Noodles Museum (カップヌードルミュージアム) chronicles the invention of instant ramen by Nissin founder Momofuku Ando, who in…

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Updated Aug 2026
Sankeien Garden — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Yokohama

Sankeien Garden

Sankeien Garden (三溪園) is a sprawling 175,000-square-meter traditional Japanese garden created by silk merchant Tomitaro…

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Updated Aug 2026
Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Yokohama

Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum

The Shin-Yokohama Ramen Museum (新横浜ラーメン博物館) is part food court, part cultural museum — a basement complex recreating 195…

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Updated Aug 2026
Fujiko F Fujio Museum — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Kawasaki

Fujiko F Fujio Museum

The Fujiko F Fujio Museum (藤子・F・不二雄ミュージアム) celebrates the work of manga artist Fujiko F Fujio, creator of Doraemon — Jap…

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Updated Aug 2026
Kirin Brewery Yokohama — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Yokohama

Kirin Brewery Yokohama

The Kirin Brewery Yokohama Factory (キリンビール横浜工場) offers guided tours showcasing the beer brewing process from malt select…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hasedera Temple — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Kamakura

Hasedera Temple

Hasedera Temple (長谷寺) is a hillside Buddhist temple famous for its 9.18-meter wooden statue of Kannon (11-faced Goddess…

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Updated Aug 2026
Lake Ashi — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Kanagawa· Hakone

Lake Ashi

Lake Ashi formed when Mt. Kamiyama erupted roughly 3,000 years back, collapsing part of the mountain and damming the Hay…

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Updated Aug 2026
Pola Museum of Art — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Kanagawa· Hakone

Pola Museum of Art

Pola Museum sits 700 meters into Hakone's beech forest, connected to the road by a narrow access drive that discourages…

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Updated Aug 2026
Owakudani Valley — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Hakone

Owakudani Valley

Owakudani (大涌谷, 'Great Boiling Valley') is an active volcanic valley where sulfurous fumes vent from fissures in the roc…

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Updated Aug 2026
Old Tokaido Road — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Hakone

Old Tokaido Road

The Old Tokaido Road (旧東海道, Kyu Tokaido) is a preserved section of the historic highway that connected Edo (Tokyo) and K…

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Updated Aug 2026
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Kamakura

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu (鶴岡八幡宮) is Kamakura's most important Shinto shrine, dedicated to Hachiman (god of warriors and pat…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hakone Shrine — representative image, not a photograph of this location
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Kanagawa· Hakone

Hakone Shrine

The torii gate standing in Lake Ashi's shallows is what phone cameras were invented for, but the shrine complex itself c…

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Updated Aug 2026
Zeniarai Benten Shrine — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Kamakura

Zeniarai Benten Shrine

Zeniarai Benten (銭洗弁財天, 'Money-Washing Benzaiten') is a shrine hidden in a cave where worshippers wash coins and bills i…

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Updated Aug 2026
Yokohama Ramen — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Yokohama

Yokohama Ramen

Yokohama is the birthplace of Iekei Ramen (家系ラーメン, 'family-style ramen'), a distinctive style featuring thick tonkotsu-s…

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Updated Aug 2026
Yokohama Marine Tower — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Yokohama

Yokohama Marine Tower

Yokohama Marine Tower (横浜マリンタワー) is a 106-meter-tall lattice tower originally built as a lighthouse in 1961 to commemora…

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Updated Aug 2026
Great Buddha of Kamakura — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Kamakura

Great Buddha of Kamakura

The Great Buddha of Kamakura (鎌倉大仏, Kamakura Daibutsu) is a 13.35-meter-tall bronze statue of Amida Buddha weighing 121…

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Updated Aug 2026
Hokokuji Temple — representative image, not a photograph of this location
Kanagawa· Kamakura

Hokokuji Temple

Hokokuji Temple (報国寺, 'Temple of Nation Protection') is a small Zen temple famous for its bamboo grove — over 2,000 moso…

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Updated Aug 2026

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