Kamakura!

1. Left column: Kotokuin Temple (Great Buddha of Kamakura)

Amazing! It's the second tallest Buddha in Japan. For 20 Yen you can walk inside the Buddha as well! 

2. Right column: Hasedera Temple. Elaine and I absolutely LOVED this temple. It just had so much to see. There are beautiful gardens, a small hike filled with hydrangeas that bloom in June, a cave with different paths, a library, and more! 

3. Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine: This shrine was grand and big, there's a big garden with lots of lily pads. It was noted as a "must see" on the map. 

They have a Enoshima kamakura all day rail pass that you can get at the train stations of the Odakyu line and JR East lines. Since we bought the pass we took advantage and went out to the beach area to go to the Enoshima Lighthouse. We were too late to go into the lighthouse but we ate around there!