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Tsurugaoka Hachimangū is the most important Shinto shrine in Kamakura, and the city's cultural centre: many of its biggest festivals are held here, and it has two museums. For most of its history it was both a Hachiman shrine and, later, a Tendai Buddhist temple. A story tells that the priest Nichiren came here to reprimand the god Hachiman just before his execution was due at Shichirigahama beach. The ginkgo tree that stood near the entrance for a thousand years was uprooted by a storm on 10 March 2010.
The gates are open from early morning until 20:00 all year, so the shrine fits at either end of a day; the treasure hall keeps shorter hours. Kamakura Station is about 1 km away in a straight line.
Kenchō-ji is only about 0.6 km off, Engaku-ji about 1.5 km, and Kotoku-in Great Buddha about 2.1 km.
Written by japan-spots.com (2026-09-22) from the sources credited on this page. Distances are straight lines between map positions.
Photos
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own licence — see credits
- TsurugaokaHachimangu by ulysses powers in Kamakura — ulysses_powers from Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Kanagawa · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source · resized
- Sorei Jinja- Tsurugaoka Hachimangu — Urashimataro · Public domain · source · resized
- Shirahata-Jinja Tsurugaoka Hachimangu — Urashimataro · Public domain · source · resized
- Lisy przed chramem shintoistycznym — Wicki · Public domain · source · resized
- Komainu-pair — Tarourashima · Public domain · source · resized
- Kamakura, Tsurugaoka (2005) 09 — LBM1948 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source · resized
- Kaguraden-Hachimangu Kamakura — Urashimataro · Public domain · source · resized
- Junior shrine - Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū - Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan - DSC08324 — Daderot · CC0 · source · resized
- Genpeiike20120716 — 三人日 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source · resized
- Efu no Tachi — AleksandrGertsen · Public domain · source · resized
What this place is
Tsurugaoka Hachimangū (鶴岡八幡宮) is the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is a cultural center of the city of Kamakura and serves as the venue of many of its most important festivals with two museums. For most of its history, it served both as a Hachiman shrine, and in latter years a Tendai Buddhist temple typical of Japanese Buddhist architecture. The famed Buddhist priest Nichiren Daishonin once reputedly visited the shrine to reprimand the kami Hachiman just before his execution at Shichirigahama beach. A former one thousand-year-old ginkgo tree near its entrance was uprooted by a storm on 10 March 2010. The shrine continues to serve as one of the Important Cultural Properties of Japan.
Visitor information checked: 2026-09-15 · Tsurugaoka Hachimangū: visiting hours
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What to expect at this type of place: Shrine
Nearby station
Nearby station: Kamakura (Yokosuka Line), about 1000 m from the spot in a straight line.
Worked out on 2026-09-14 from this place’s map position, using HeartRails Express station data and station names from Wikidata. The distance is a straight line, not a walking route, and says nothing about buses, transfers or timetables — plan the trip on Google Maps.
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