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Things to do in Yokohama & Kamakura 神奈川

83 places our team picked in Yokohama & Kamakura, by category.

• Shrine 2
• Temple 3
• Vista & View 8
• Photo Spot 3
• Camera Store 5
• Park 4
• Garden 1
• Beach & Waterfront 27
• Activities & Experiences 3
• Movie Theaters 2
• Shows & Entertainment 2
• Live Music & Karaoke 5
• Sports & Sumo 1
• Mall & Department Store 2
• Shopping Street 2
• Café & Sweets 2
• Izakaya 2
• Stay 7
• Local Secret 2

Top sights

• Kawasaki Daishi (Heiken-ji)Temple · Kawasaki Daishi — One of Japan's most visited temples, famed for warding off bad luck, with a soaring main hall, an eight-sided pagoda and goma fire…
• Kawasaki Marien Observation DeckVista & View · Higashi-Ogishima — A free 10th-floor observation room on Higashi-Ogishima with 360-degree views of glittering Keihin factory complexes, Haneda landings,…
• Kanayama Shrine (Kawasaki)Shrine · Kawasaki Daishi — The tiny shrine inside Wakamiya Hachimangu that hosts the Kanamara Matsuri, the famous phallus festival held on the first Sunday of April,…
• Ukishima-cho ParkPhoto Spot · Ukishima / Kawasaki — A small waterside park at Kawasaki's easternmost tip, facing Haneda across the river mouth: jets wait at the end of runway D and roar…
• Sojiji Temple (Tsurumi)Temple · Tsurumi — One of the two head temples of Soto Zen, a vast complex in Yokohama's Tsurumi with a huge main hall, monks in training and a long corridor…
• Yokohama Port Symbol TowerVista & View · Honmoku Pier — Free white signal tower (58.5 m) at the tip of Honmoku Pier with an observation room over Yokohama's harbour entrance, Bay Bridge and…
• Kawasaki City Hall Observation Lobby & Sky DeckVista & View · Kawasaki — Free 25th-floor lobby and outdoor sky deck in Kawasaki's new city hall tower, looking toward Tokyo, Haneda Airport, the industrial…
• Yokohama Marine TowerVista & View · Yamashita Park — Paid two-level deck in Yokohama's 1961 port tower beside Yamashita Park, with 360-degree views of the harbour, Bay Bridge, Minato Mirai…
• Kotoku-in (Great Buddha of Kamakura)Temple · Hase (Kamakura) — Temple home to Kamakura's 11.3 m bronze Amida Buddha, cast in 1252 and sitting in the open air since a tsunami destroyed its hall.
• Tsurugaoka HachimanguShrine · Kamakura — Kamakura's most important shrine, founded by the Minamoto shoguns, reached along the long Dankazura approach from the sea.
• Hama-Kawasaki StationPhoto Spot · Kawasaki-ku — A small industrial-zone station in Kawasaki where Nambu and Tsurumi Line trains run between steel mills and factory pipes, a favourite…
• Enoshima Sea CandleVista & View · Enoshima — Paid lighthouse observatory at the top of Enoshima island, with views along the Shonan coast, Sagami Bay and Mt Fuji on clear days.