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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.

11 spots

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
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
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
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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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
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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