Photos of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu

Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine is a shrine dedicated to Hachiman God in Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. In 1063, the second year after the end of the first nine years of the campaign (the sixth year of Kanghei), Yoshimoto Minorai proposed to Yamashiro Country (Kyoto Prefecture) Ishimizu Hachimangu Shrine, requesting the establishment of Hachimangu Shrine in Yuhigo Tsuruoka, Kamakura. In 1180 (the fourth year of Zhicheng), the Yuanyori Dynasty entered Kamakura and moved the shrine to its current location, called Tsurugaoka Wakamiya, and Hachiman God became the patron saint of Genji. In 1191 (the second year of Jianjiu) Hachimangu Shrine caught fire, the shogunate built the main palace on the mountain behind the Wakamiya, and rebuilt the Wakamiya. After that, Hachiman God was revered as the guardian of Wumen. On the west side of Wakamiya-dori, which extends straight from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, is Komachi Street, a north-south road. From local specialty food shops such as natto and ham to craft shops such as Kamakura carvings, there are everything from old-fashioned restaurants to western-style cafes. There are more than 200 restaurants and shops lined up from both sides of the road to the depths of the small streets, attracting many shopping crowds.