Location: Kamakura
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The 10 Best Museums in Kamakura, Kanto
A village dating back to Yoritomo's shogunate government in 1192, Kamakura lies amid wooded hills filled with Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. Local university students offer free guided tours leaving from Kamakura station. Visit the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, dedicated to the Shinto god of war, patron deity of the shogun's family, and walk inside the Great Buddha.
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1. Kamakura History Studio
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
"Kamakura History Studio" is a very rare paper craft figure "kamakura bushi(samurai)" studio&shop! Thies figure is from the eleventh to forteenth entury,when kamakura was most prosperous. Please enjoy the costumes of the time such as armor and costumes.
2. Kamakura Museum of National Treasures
3. Atelier & Gallery Ricochet
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4.5 based on 3 reviews
RICOCHET is an atelier and gallery with a focus on ceramics in Kita-Kamakura. Online made-to-order, art lessons, painting ceramics sales.
4. Kamakura Museum of History and Culture
5. Artisans Kitakamakura
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4.5 based on 4 reviews
6. Kannon Museum
7. Kamakura Museum of Literature
8. Yo Shomei Art Museum
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4.0 based on 18 reviews
The Kita-Kamakura Yoh Shomei Art Museum opened in 1991 in Kita-Kamakura. Yoh Shomei had been looking for a quiet location full of greenery and no more than an hour from Tokyo by train and found it here in this city rich in history and tradition, and home to such sites as the Buddhist temples of Meigetsuin and Engakuji, famous for their hydrangeas. Here you can see Yoh Shomei’s watercolors, oil paintings, drawings, handwritten phrases and words, and his picture books about a variety of subjects. We hope visitors to the museum will absorb something of the atmosphere of the culture of Kita-Kamakura, which was once the capital of Japan, and at the same time will feel as relaxed as if they were visiting a friend’s home. Please take your time to appreciate the depth of Yoh Shomei’s works and the emotional resonance of his words. As you think about the images in these works, we hope that this will become a site of spiritual exchange between the artist and you, the visitors.
