Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kamakura Area > Meigetsu-in Meigetsu-in（明月院） Every year in June, after the rain season has begun, and the air gets hot and damp, thousands of visitors from Tokyo and Kamakura surge to the Meigetsu-in temple in Kita-Kamakura. This is the time, when the...Continue Reading
Top > Gardens Overview > Famous Gardens > Kamakura Area > Kenchō-ji Kenchō-ji（建長寺） Kenchō-ji is the oldest Zen training monastery in Japan and holds the highest rank in the Kamakura Five-Mountain system (五山). It was built in the Kamakura period (1192-1337), the construction was finished in 1273. The layout of...Continue Reading
