Rows of cherry trees stand along the approach to Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine located in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture. More than 170 trees are now at peak bloom.

Catching Early Spring in Kamakura Kamakura is located in Kanagawa Prefecture, an hour from Tokyo by train. The city was founded 800 years ago as the first capital in Japan built by the samurai ...

KAMAKURA, Kanagawa Prefecture--In the late afternoon one weekday in early September, dozens of tourists crowded around a railway crossing here, a pilgrimage site for fans of the popular ...