[Winter in Kamakura] One-day tour: 3rd stop: Manpukuji Temple, a temple associated with Minamoto no Yoshitsune

📍Manpukuji Temple 2-4-8 Koshigoe, Kamakura, Kanagawa About 3 minutes walk from Koshigoe Station About 8 minutes walk from Kamakura High School Station About 11 minutes walk from Enoshima Station Opening hours 9:00-17:00 Admission fee 200 yen for adults, 100 yen for junior high school students, free for elementary school students and younger 🅿️Available ✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲✲ ▶️Temple The sliding doors and ceiling paintings are wonderful A temple associated with Minamoto no Yoshitsune This is the temple where Yoshitsune stayed and wrote a letter before entering Kamakura to reconcile with his brother, Yoritomo. ▶️In front of the main hall, there are stone statues of Yoshitsune and Benkei, and they are engraved with "Yoshitsune Koshigoe-jo". When you go up to the right after entering the entrance, there are several rooms where the sliding door paintings depicting Yoshitsune's life are beautifully painted. ▶️The dragon painting on the ceiling is also wonderful, and there are plenty of things to see, such as the ceiling painting of the family crest and Kamakura carvings. #0yentravelJanuary2025 #Kamakura #Kamakurasightseeing #Temple #MinamotonoYoshitsune #Sliding door painting