Gare de Kita-Kamakura

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La gare de Kita-Kamakura (北鎌倉駅, Kitakamakura-eki) est une gare de la ligne Yokosuka de la East Japan Railway Company. Elle se situe en bordure de Kamakura, dans la préfecture de Kanagawa, au Japon.

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Kita-Kamakura Station

Kita-Kamakura Station is a railway station on the Yokosuka Line in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, operated by East Japan Railway Company.

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Yamanouchi, Kamakura

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. It lies within the Ofuna administrative subdivision of the city of Kamakura.

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Engaku-ji

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. It is situated in the city of Kamakura, in Kanagawa Prefecture to the south of Tokyo. Founded in 1282 are designated National Treasures. Engaku-ji is one of the twenty-two historic sites included in Kamakura's proposal for inclusion in UNESCO's World Heritage Sites. It is located in Kita-Kamakura, very close to Kita-Kamakura Station on the Yokosuka Line, and indeed the railway tracks cut across the formal entrance to the temple compound, which is by a path beside a pond which is crossed by a small bridge.

Church Historic Site

Tōkei-ji

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. It is part of the Rinzai school of Zen's Engaku-ji branch, and was opened by Hōjō Sadatoki and founding abbess Kakusan-ni in 1285. It is best known as a historic refuge for women abused by their husbands. It is for this reason sometimes referred to as the "Divorce Temple".

Church Historic Site

Jōchi-ji

Kinpōzan Jōchi-ji is a Buddhist Zen temple in Kita-Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It belongs to the Engaku-ji school of the Rinzai sect and is ranked fourth among Kamakura's Five Mountains. The main objects of worship are the three statues of Shaka, Miroku, and Amida Nyorai visible inside the main hall.

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Historique

La gare de Kita-Kamakura a été ouverte le 20 mai 1927 en tant que gare des lignes de la Société gouvernementale des chemins de fer japonais, l'ancêtre avant guerre des Japan National Railways (JNR). Elle permettait la desserte de l'Arsenal Naval de Yokosuka et des installations de la Marine impériale japonaise à Yokosuka. Initialement un arrêt temporaire en activité de mai à octobre, elle devint une réelle gare le 1er octobre 1930 avec la construction du bâtiment encore en usage actuellement. La gare a été reprise par la JR East lors de la privatisation des Japan National Railways le 1er avril 1987.