Yamanouchi
Yamanouchi is a neighborhood of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Because of the presence of East Japan Railway Company's Kita-Kamakura Station, it is better known as Kita-Kamakura.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: town located in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan
- Also known as: “Kita-Kamakura”, “Kitakamakura”, and “Yamanouchi, Kamakura”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Engaku-ji and Meigetsu-in.
Engaku-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: Fg2, Public domain.
Zuirokusan Engaku Kōshō Zenji, or Engaku-ji, is one of the most important Zen Buddhist temple complexes in Japan and is ranked second among Kamakura's Five Mountains.
Meigetsu-in
Buddhist temple
Photo: Tarourashima, Public domain.
Fugenzan Meigetsu-in is a Rinzai Zen temple of the Kenchō-ji school in Kita-Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan. It is also known as The Temple of Hydrangeas. The main object of worship is goddess Shō Kannon.
Tokei-ji
Buddhist temple
Photo: Naokijp, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Matsugaoka Tōkei-ji, also known as Kakekomi-dera or Enkiri-dera, is a Buddhist temple and a former vihāra, the only survivor of a network of five nunneries called Amagozan, in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kamakura and Nikaidō.
Kamakura
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Kamakura is a small city in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, Japan. It is a very popular destination among Tokyoites for its beaches, lively center and many temples. It is the perfect place to take a day off from Tokyo's stress.
Nikaidō
Neighborhood
Nikaidō is the name of one of the administrative units of Kamakura, a city located in Kanagawa, Japan, about 50 km south-south-west of Tokyo. Nikaidō lies immediately to the east of Nishi Mikado and Yukinoshita, and used to be called Higashi Mikado.
Sakae-ku
Suburb
Sakae-ku is one of the 18 wards of the city of Yokohama in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 2010, the ward had an estimated population of 124,845 and a density of 6,750 persons per km². The total area was 18.55 km². Sakae-ku is situated 3 km north of Yamanouchi.
Yamanouchi
Latitude
35.33555° or 35° 20′ 8″ northLongitude
139.54851° or 139° 32′ 55″ eastElevation
74 metres (243 feet)Open location code
8Q7X8GPX+6COpenStreetMap ID
node 1800203492OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Persian—“Yamanouchi” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “山之內”
- Chinese: “山之内”
- French: “Yamanouchi”
- Japanese: “Yama-no-uchi”
- Japanese: “やまのうち”
- Japanese: “ヤマノウチ”
- Japanese: “北鎌倉”
- Japanese: “山ノ内”
- Japanese: “山之内”
- Japanese: “山内庄”
- Persian: “یامانوئوچی، کاماکورا”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include 葉祥明美術館 and Bentendo.
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