# Travel Destinations | Japan Voyage Travel

- [Kencho-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/kencho-ji): Kanagawa, Temple. The first Zen training monastery in Japan, founded in 1253, and ranked first among Kamakura's Five Great Zen Temples.
- [Meigetsuin](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/meigetsuin): Kanagawa, Temple. 'Hydrangea Temple.' 2,500 blue bushes bloom in June, and the deep blue is called 'Meigetsuin Blue.' The circular Window of Enlightenment in the main hall frames the garden behind it.
- [Sankeien Garden](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/sankeien-garden): Kanagawa, Garden. A spacious traditional Japanese garden built by silk merchant Hara Sankei, featuring 17 historic buildings relocated from across Japan including a Kyoto three-story pagoda.
- [Hase-dera](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/hase-dera): Kanagawa, Temple. A hillside temple in Kamakura celebrated for its towering gilded Kannon statue, lush hydrangea gardens, and sweeping views of Sagami Bay.
- [Tsurugaoka Hachimangu](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/tsurugaoka-hachimangu): Kanagawa, Shrine. Kamakura's most important Shinto shrine, situated at the end of a grand tree-lined approach stretching from the coast to the forested hills.
- [Yokohama Cosmoworld](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/yokohama-cosmoworld): Kanagawa, Amusement park. A compact urban amusement park in Minato Mirai built around the Cosmo Clock 21, a giant clock-faced Ferris wheel that is a symbol of the Yokohama waterfront; free to enter, pay per ride.
- [Minato Mirai](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/minato-mirai): Kanagawa, Neighborhood. Yokohama's modern waterfront district with famous landmarks, shopping, and seaside promenades.
- [Hakone Shrine](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/hakone-shrine): Kanagawa, Shrine. A shrine in the cedar forest on the shore of Lake Ashi, moved to this site in 757, with the red Peace Torii standing in the water below it. The shrine is free to visit, but the torii photo spot has a queue on most weekends.
- [Pola Museum of Art](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/pola-museum-of-art): Kanagawa, Museum. A museum in the Sengokuhara woods, opened in 2002, built mostly underground to keep it 8 meters high, with a collection that includes Monet, Renoir, Cezanne, Van Gogh, Picasso and Foujita. Adult tickets are 2,200 yen, and a free shuttle runs from Gora Station.
- [Shichirigahama](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/shichirigahama): Kanagawa, Beach. A 2.9-kilometer surf beach between Inamuragasaki and Koshigoe, with Enoshima and, on clear days, Mt. Fuji to the west. It is not one of Kamakura's swimming beaches. At its western end, the railway crossing by Kamakura-Kokomae Station draws crowds of anime fans, and photographers are asked to stay off the road.
- [Hakone Open-Air Museum](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/hakone-open-air-museum): Kanagawa, Museum. Japan's first open-air art museum, opened in 1969: about 120 sculptures spread over 70,000 square meters of hillside lawns, a Picasso Pavilion and a hot-spring footbath. It is two minutes from Chokoku-no-Mori Station, and adult tickets are 2,000 yen at the gate or 1,800 yen online.
- [Soji-ji](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/soji-ji): Kanagawa, Temple. One of the two head temples of Soto Zen, founded in 1321 on the Noto Peninsula and moved to Tsurumi in Yokohama in 1911. The grounds are free, and a monthly English zazen session costs 500 yen with no booking needed.
- [Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/yokohama-hakkeijima-sea-paradise): Kanagawa, Amusement park. A man-made island in southern Yokohama with four aquariums and a seaside ride area. Walking onto the island is free; you pay for the aquariums and rides, from the Surf Coaster Leviathan over the water to rides added in August 2026.
- [Mount Oyama](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/mount-oyama): Kanagawa, Mountain. A 1,252-meter peak in the Tanzawa range that drew some 200,000 pilgrims a year in the Edo period. A six-minute cable car climbs to the lower shrine of Oyama Afuri Jinja at about 700 meters, and the summit shrine is 90 to 120 minutes further on foot.
- [Battleship Mikasa](https://travel.japanvoyage.jp/travel_destinations/battleship-mikasa): Kanagawa, Museum. The British-built battleship that carried Admiral Togo Heihachiro at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, now fixed in concrete in Mikasa Park and open as a museum ship. Allow 30 to 60 minutes; admission is 800 yen.

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Last updated: 2026-11-10
