Most people are well aware that the Edo shogunate’s seat of power was Edo Castle, but what of the Kamakura shogunate? The focus of NHK’s new historical taiga drama serial Kamakura-dono no 13-nin (The ...

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture—For years, a humble little railway crossing at Kamakura-Koko-Mae Station on the Enoshima Electric Railway Line here has become an unlikely symbol of the ills of ...

A single oyster escabeche, marinated overnight and topped with tiny cubes of dashi gelatin and pearls of Belgian caviar, arrives on a porcelain plate flanked by fresh, tender Brussels sprouts ohitashi ...

A condominium development project near the site of a historic 13th-century shogun's office has sparked controversy in a popular Japanese tourist destination. The location, once central to the Hojo ...

The grounds of Kamakura’s shrines and temples are rich in color throughout the year. As summer fades, bush clover and red spider lilies bloom, followed by the golden glow of ginkgo trees and the fiery ...

People visit the historical drama museum that was set up at Kamakura Bunkakan Tsurugaoka Museum on the grounds of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine, in the Yukinoshita area of Kamakura. (Mainichi/Shigeyuki ...

Being a tourist can be thirsty work, even in the genteel surrounds of Kamakura. Just an hour south of Tokyo, the former samurai capital of Japan offers green hills, sea views, leafy backstreets and no ...

Famed for its Great Buddha as well as its seasonally changing landscape, particularly the hydrangeas that appear at the start of summer and the multicoloured splendour of autumn leaves, Japan’s first ...

At Alameda’s corner of Santa Clara Avenue and Broadway and named for a city that centuries ago served as the de facto capital of Japan, Kamakura was a go-to restaurant for lovers of Japanese cuisine ...