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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
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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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
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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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
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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