KANTO
Kamakura
Travel journal from Kamakura, with 19 notes on the places I ate, the dishes I cooked and the sights: Ryukoji Temple, Kamakura-Kokomae Station, Kamakura Farmers' Market and Kamakura Central Food Market, Kamakura-Kokomae Station and the seaside crossing.
Journeys: 2 · Notes: 19
Journeys
Living in Kamakura, Part 2
A hundred-year-old house in the town of the Enoden
Part two of living like a local in Kamakura, in a borrowed house a hundred years old.
Film published 2023.06.04
Living in Kamakura, Part 1
A Kamakura-vegetable breakfast and a walk on Enoshima
I woke up in Kamakura, a seaside town where the Enoden trains run.
Film published 2023.05.28
01
Cook the local flavors once more
Dishes made in borrowed kitchens, and how each one connects to the land.
Kamakura, Kanagawa
A little Kamakura drinking set
At the farmers' market near Kamakura Station, growers from around Kamakura sell "Kamakura vegetables," many varieties in small quantities, grown with as little…
From: A hundred-year-old house in the town of the Enoden
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Kenchin-jiru
A soup of root vegetables and tofu, sautéed in oil before simmering.
From: A Kamakura-vegetable breakfast and a walk on Enoshima
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Kamakura morning set with grilled dried fish
Kenchin-jiru made with Kamakura vegetables, with dried fish from the market shop grilled alongside.
From: A Kamakura-vegetable breakfast and a walk on Enoshima
02
A little of each town’s story
Sights, specialties and how the towns came to be: small cultural notes beside each journey.
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Enoshima Electric Railway (Enoden)
Japan's sixth electric railway, which began service on September 1, 1902 between Fujisawa and Katase (now Enoshima).
From: A hundred-year-old house in the town of the Enoden
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Ryukoji Temple
A Nichiren-school temple two minutes' walk from Enoshima Station, at the start of the stretch where the Enoden runs along the road.
From: A hundred-year-old house in the town of the Enoden
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Kamakura-Kokomae Station
An Enoden station with the Shonan sea spreading out right in front of the platform.
From: A hundred-year-old house in the town of the Enoden
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Kamakura Farmers' Market and Kamakura Central Food Market
A few minutes' walk from the east exit of Kamakura Station, this farmers' market has been running since 1928 and is affectionately known as Renbai.
From: A hundred-year-old house in the town of the Enoden
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Enoden Monaka
Ougiya's specialty.
From: A hundred-year-old house in the town of the Enoden
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Kamakura-Kokomae Station and the seaside crossing
Kamakura-Kokomae, on the Enoshima Electric Railway, is a station right beside the sea.
From: A Kamakura-vegetable breakfast and a walk on Enoshima
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Kamakura vegetables
A collective name for vegetables grown by farmers around Kamakura.
From: A Kamakura-vegetable breakfast and a walk on Enoshima
Kamakura, Kanagawa
The bronze torii and Zuishinmon gate of Enoshima Shrine
Enoshima Shrine consists of three shrines, Hetsumiya, Nakatsumiya and Okutsumiya, and is counted among Japan's three great Benzaiten shrines.
From: A Kamakura-vegetable breakfast and a walk on Enoshima
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Enoshima-don
Enoshima's signature rice bowl: turban shell simmered in egg and served over rice, offered at many of the island's restaurants.
From: A Kamakura-vegetable breakfast and a walk on Enoshima
03
Places we stopped along the way
What we ate and bought, with shop details checked against published listings.
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Ougiya
A sweets shop dating back to the Edo period, a short walk along the tracks from Enoshima Station, in front of Ryukoji temple.
From: A hundred-year-old house in the town of the Enoden
Kamakura, Kanagawa
The Sunrise Shack, Inamuragasaki
The Japanese flagship of a coffee stand that began in a handmade shack on the North Shore of Hawaii.
From: A hundred-year-old house in the town of the Enoden
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Chuka Taishin, Kamakura
A neighborhood Chinese restaurant about three minutes' walk from Kamakura Station, on the corner of the Kamakura Central Food Market, the same building as the f…
From: A hundred-year-old house in the town of the Enoden
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Kamakura Agricultural Cooperative Market (Rembai)
A farmers' market run by growers from Kamakura and nearby, started in 1928 and said to be Japan's first marché.
From: A Kamakura-vegetable breakfast and a walk on Enoshima
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Yoridocoro (dried-fish shop in the market)
A dried-fish shop in the Kamakura Central Food Market building next to the farmers' market.
From: A Kamakura-vegetable breakfast and a walk on Enoshima
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Nakamuraya Yokan-ten
A Japanese sweets shop on the approach to Enoshima Shrine.
From: A Kamakura-vegetable breakfast and a walk on Enoshima
Kamakura, Kanagawa
Enoshimatei
A restaurant founded in 1909 on the cliffs at the far end of Enoshima.
From: A Kamakura-vegetable breakfast and a walk on Enoshima
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Tsukiji Outer Market, Sumida River Line water bus, Kachidoki Bridge
Journeys: 2 · Notes: 25
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Tsukishima and Tsukuda, Sumiyoshi Shrine, Tsukuda, A shitamachi breakfast: grilled salmon and tofu miso soup
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Kamogawa, Namero on rice, Sauce yakisoba
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