Here's the continuation of one of my previous in Kamakura Heritage City. In this posting, I will be story telling about the way up to the Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine. As one of the famous UNESCO World Heritage Site, the shrine is the most important Shinto Shrine in Kanagawa Prefecture. Originally built in Zaimokuza in 1063 by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, it was moved to its present location by the founder of the Kamakura shogunate. During a celebration, many visitors and worshipers will be flocking this city. During in the year 2007 and 2008, I was here for a program in which we were supposed to assess the traffic situation and present a solution to this issue in Kamakura Heritage City. Anyway FYI, photos dated 2007 are photos taken with Sony DSC H-1 while the year 2008 are photos snapped using the Nikon D-60. Enjoy the ride :)
Above the 3 photos were the Danzakura walkway of 1.8 km sandō (参道) which extends all the way from the ocean to the crossway of the Hachimangu Shrine. The walkway divides the two main road and imagine that, the whole 1.8 km walkway are planted with cherry blossom trees. Imagine during the Spring season, the whole 1.8 km walkway are filled with Cherry Blossoms..heavenly..
Too bad I was there for 2 consecutive winter and I'm hoping that I will be able to visit there in the Spring 2011..fingers crossed!
That's where we will end up walking for 1.8 km which is the main entrance.
You will come across this bridge after the entrance. The arched bridge was called Akabashi (Red Bridge), and was reserved only to the shogun while the commoners at that time had to use the flat road.
Mandarin ducks swimming in the pond
During the winter year of 2007, I managed to captured some sleeks instead of snow but from there it looks snowing effect..anyway, I still love it..
Here stood a 1000-year old ginkgo tree which was full of history. It was said that an assassin hid behind this tree and killed the shogun Under heavy snow on the evening of February 12, 1219. In the early hours of March 10, 2010, it was uprooted by a storm. The photo of the uprooted tree could be seen here at Wikipedia.
That's me in a photo with that tree for 2 winter years in a row as a proof. :)
And that's the Hachimangu Tsurugaoka Shrine..not huge but rich with history.
And that's all from me now..hope you're enjoying this post!
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