Ōkura shogunate memorial stone: Take the Keihin Kyūkō Bus from Kamakura Station to Kamakura Shrine, and get off at the Wakaremichi bus stop. The stone is a 1-minute walk away, on the grounds of ...

Kamakura served as a spiritual hub of Zen Buddhism and a center of samurai devotion. Kenchō-ji, the city’s oldest and most ...

The Elusive Samurai is a unique anime that retells the fall of the Kamakura shogunate with humor, brutality, and style. It focuses on the lone survivor of the Hojo clan, Tokiyuki Hojo, and his ...

Quite unexpectedly, the snow-capped tip of Mount Fuji comes into view for a few seconds as the train rushes along, heading south to Kamakura, the former seat of the shogunate, Japan's former ...

Daughters and sons generally had an equal right to inheritance while Minamoto’s family ruled (called the Kamakura shogunate). “There might not have been a Kamakura shogunate without women ...

In the year 1333, the Kamakura Shogunate, which had laid the foundation for the samurai rule of Japan, was destroyed by a rebellion by Takauji Ashikaga, a trusted shogunate vassal. Having lost ...

Minamoto Yoritomo, "the first shogun of the Kamakura shogunate became alarmed at the lack of archery skills his samurai had." Minamoto, as top military commander, promptly organized Yabusame as a ...