Kamakura's Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine

The main hall (at the back) and ritual dance stage (front)

of Kamakura's Tsurugaoka Hachimangu shrine





Gone but not forgotten: a large gingko tree that 

predated the shrine stood in the area delineated 

by the roped off circle -- until March 2010




On my first trip to Kamakura
(back in September of last year), I visited five temples and shrines
over the course of a single day. 
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