Kanagawa travel guides: Kamakura’s temples and hydrangeas, Hakone’s hot springs and museums, and coastal day trips an hour from Tokyo.
Two of Kamakura's best luck shrines share one wooded valley: wash your money at Zeniarai Benten, then climb the 49 torii to Sasuke Inari. Hours, offerings, legends and the walk — all verified against shrine sources.
GREEN×EXPO 2027 opens 19 March 2027 at a Yokohama site with no station of its own. The four shuttle stations, ticket prices, the 18 September reservation date, and an honest go-wait-skip verdict.
A day-use hot spring in a 1938 building moved over the mountains, with Mount Fuji and Lake Ashi in the same view. Verified 2026 prices, the tattoo rule, and how to get there.
Current prices and hours for the Great Buddha, Hasedera, Hachimangu and the rest — plus the quiet streets between them and three walking routes I actually use.
Minatoan Konandai in Yokohama serves a roughly 1kg Fujisan-mori soba for the same price as a regular bowl. A 50-year chain with freshly cut noodles - menu, hours, access.
Calbee Kitchen Ebina SA is one of just 10 Calbee+ stores nationwide and the only one on the Tomei Expressway between Tokyo and Mt. Fuji. Fresh-fried Poteriko (the hot version of Jagariko, ¥340) and hot Pizza Potato (¥430) served 7:00-21:00 daily. Best Tue-Thu mid-morning.
Yokohama InterContinental + Cosmo Clock 21 sit 400m apart in Minato Mirai. Stay at the sail-shape hotel (Bay-view twin typically ¥25,000-40,000), ride the 112m Ferris wheel (¥900) at sunset, return to see the wheel from your room window. Same harbour panorama from two altitudes in one evening.
About 5,000 hydrangeas planted along 10.6 km of agricultural roads through the rice paddies of Kaisei Town in western Kanagawa. The 39th annual Ajisai Matsuri runs June 6–14, 2026. Hydrangea + paddy + Tanzawa + Fuji is a four-layer landscape that does not exist at any temple-based ajisai site.
Two temples share the name Hasedera — one in Kamakura with ~2,500 plants peaking early–mid June, one in Nara with ~3,000 plants peaking late June–early July. Same name, same 8th-century origin, two completely different ajisai experiences. Visited both. Side-by-side.
A 4 PM to 9 PM guide to Enoshima — Pacific sunset, Sea Candle observation tower, raw shirasu bowls on Nakamise-dori, and the dragon-palace-style Katase-Enoshima Station at night. Complements the existing day-walker guide.
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