Kamakura Full-Day Walking Tour with Optional Rickshaw Ride from Tokyo

Description

Explore the countryside, temples and shrines outside Tokyo on a full-day walking tour through Kamakura. This fascinating, fully guided excursion takes you to Kamakura's famous Great Buddha and pretty Hase Kannon Temple. You'll also have the option to take a one-hour rickshaw ride or train trip to visit the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine as well as shop for arts and crafts along Komachi Shopping Street.

To begin your full-day walking tour, you'll board local trains to Kamakura and Hase, a suburb within Kamakura, to visit the massive bronze statue of the Great Buddha at Kotokuin Temple. The second largest Buddha statue in Japan, the bronze image measures 37 feet (11.4 meters) and is thought to date back to 1252. You'll then visit the attractive Hase Kannon Temple, with its gilt statue of Kannon. You'll have great views of Hase and the Pacific Ocean from here.

After a Japanese-style lunch at a local restaurant, you have the option of taking an one-hour rickshaw ride or train trip on the Eno-den line to the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine (select your preference when booking).

Here, you'll take a walk along Wakamiya-Oji, the approach to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine lined with cherry trees. Features of the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine include a series of red torii gates, an arched bridge, ponds, a huge gingko tree and the colorful Main Hall standing at the top of 62 stone steps.

After walking back to Kamakura Station via Komachi Shopping Street and its art and craft shops, you'll catch a local train on the Yokosuka Line back to Tokyo.

Additional information

Inclusions

Exclusions

Kamakura Full-Day Walking Tour with Optional Rickshaw Ride from Tokyo

Schedule details

Departure point

Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal or selected hotels in Tokyo

Departure time

9:00am from Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal
or
Hotel pickup at:

• ANA InterContinental Tokyo - 8:20am
• Ariake Washington - 7:55am
• Cerulean Tower Tokyu - 7:40am
• Courtyard by Marriott Tokyo Ginzak - 8:15am
• Daiichi Hotel Tokyo - 8:25am
• Four Seasons (Chinzan-so) - 8:00am
• Ginza Capital (annex) - 8:00am
• Grand Hyatt Tokyo - 8:25am
• Grand Pacific Le Daiba - 8:10am
• Grand Palace - 7:50am
• Grand Prince New Takanawa - 8;20am
• Hamamatsucho Bus Terminal - 9:00am
• Hilton Tokyo (Shinjuku) - 7:55am
• Hyatt Regency - 7:50am
• Imperial (main bldg.) - 8:25am
• Intercontinental Tokyo Bay - 8:30am
• Keio Plaza Tokyo - 8:05am
• Mandarin Oriental - 7:50am
• Metropolitan Tokyo (Ikebukuro) 7:40am
• New Otani (main bldg.) - 7:50am
• New Sanno - 8:05am
• Nikko Tokyo - 8:15am
• Okura (main bldg.) - 8:10am
• Park Hotel Tokyo - 8:20am
• Park Hyatt Tokyo - 7:40am
• Ritz Carlton Hotel - 8:15am
• Royal Park (near TCTA) - 7:50am
• Royal Park Shiodome Tower - 8:25am
• Sheraton Miyako Hotel Tokyo - 7:50am
• Shiba Park - 8:30am
• Shinagawa Prince Hotel (Main Tower) - 8:05am
• Shinjuku Washington - 7:45am
• Sunroute Ariake - 8:00am
• Sunshine City Prince - 7:30am
• Tokyo Dome - 8:20am
• Tokyo Prince - 8:30am
• The Capital Hotel Tokyo - 8:00am
• The Prince Park Tower Tokyo - 8:20am
• Tokyo St. (Hato Bus at Marunouchi South Exit) - 8:15am
• Westin Tokyo - 7:55am
• Yaesu Fujiya - 8:05am

Return details

Tour concludes at Tokyo Station at approximately 5.30pm. Hotel drop off is NOT provided.