Kamakura Museum of History and Culture

Kamakura Museum of History and Culture is a museum in Kamakura, Kanagawa. Kamakura Museum of History and Culture is situated nearby to the manor estate 古我邸, as well as near the cemetery 太田道灌の墓.

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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kamakura Station and Jufuku-ji.

Kamakura Station

Railway station

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Kamakura Station is a railway station on the Yokosuka Line in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company. Kamakura Station is situated 440 metres southeast of Kamakura Museum of History and Culture.

Jufuku-ji

Buddhist temple

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Kikokuzan Kongō Jufuku Zenji, usually known as Jufuku-ji, is a temple of the Kenchō-ji branch of the Rinzai sect and the oldest Zen temple in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Jufuku-ji is situated 320 metres northeast of Kamakura Museum of History and Culture.

Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine

Shinto shrine

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Tsurugaoka Hachimangū is the most important Shinto shrine in the city of Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The shrine is a cultural center of the city of Kamakura and serves as the venue of many of its most important festivals with two museums. Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine is situated 1 km east of Kamakura Museum of History and Culture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kamakura and Yamanouchi.

Kamakura

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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.

Yamanouchi

Neighborhood

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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.

Nikaidō

Neighborhood

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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.

Kamakura Museum of History and Culture

Opening hours: Monday—Saturday 10:00 AM—4:00 PM
Type: Museum
Categories: local museum, building, tourism, public building, and tourist attraction
Location: Kamakura, Kanagawa, Kanto, Japan, East Asia, Asia
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Latitude

35.32241° or 35° 19′ 21″ north

Longitude

139.54752° or 139° 32′ 51″ east

Inception

May 15th, 2017

Roof shape

flat

Open location code

8Q7X8GCX+X2

OpenStreetMap ID

way 568389897

OpenStreetMap feature

building=public

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q30932992

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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Japanese—“Kamakura Museum of History and Culture” goes by many names.

Azerbaijani: “Kamakura Tarix və Mədəniyyət Muzeyi”
French: “musée de la culture et de l’histoire de Kamakura”
French: “Musée de la culture et de l’histoire de Kamakura”
Japanese: “Kamakura rekishi bunka kōryū-kan”
Japanese: “かまくられきしぶんかこうりゅうかん”
Japanese: “鎌倉歴史文化交流館”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include 古我邸 and 太田道灌の墓.

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