Kamakura Town - Lost in Translation

The day started with heavy clouds, always a bad omen.
We were first supposed to go to Shibuya but since rain was announced tomorrow we decided to spend the day outside instead. A far corner city in Tokyo called Kamakura Town is said to be a strong historical ground which attracts tourists. So we decided to go there and save Shibuya for later. Okay, just to make you understand how far it is, usually, we take the subway to a surrounding city, and the ticket usually tops 190 yen, this time, we had to take the train for an hour, buying a 1200 yen ticket (pricey).

Once we got there we had to choose a site since the whole place is filled with historical temples, or shrines, or cemeteries, etc. . .

We didn't have the time to cover them all of course, since the first temple on the map was located to a modest 36 mins of walk site !!

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Then we decided to go check out another site and we crossed through the town, going through an endless boulevard with a path in the middle filled with trees:

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But instead of getting to the next site, we got lost in the town's labyrinth-like streets.
As we walked through the town, we came across the museum of literature; unfortunately, it was closed. All we saw from it was its entrance:



As we traveled through the town a little more, we found another attraction site (some garden), but this time it was open (for 300 yen):



































Did I mention there was a cave in the garden to visit ? It was kinda small though:




After the garden, we got lost in the town again. . .
Yeah, it was painful and tiring to get back on the main road (which we never did btw).
Here's a view of the town from the garden:



To paint it, the town was lifeless, nothing in sight, only small tight houses and nothing more; a resident evil-ish looking place.
Oh and did I mention, in this town, among the countless small streets hidden by the trees, lies the picture of a gawd ? (they call him Boss apparently):



But we westerners know him better as Tommy Lee Jones.

Anyway. We found a train station in the remote part of the town and figured we were 4 stations ! away from our original destination !!

Note that in Tokyo, train stations aren't as close to one another as they are in Montreal. Actually, we were almost in the next city !!

After a bit of waiting, the two-wagoned train got us back to the station of Kamakura.
We decided to have lunch on the main street in a meat restaurent. We took the special from the house, serving an extra 32cm-long sausage; which was excellent btw.

Oh here's a view of Kamakura's main street, which is filled with shops and restaurants:



After lunch, we went back to the train station and headed back for Jimbocho... BUT !!
We took the wrong line heading for our stopover (Tokyo-to station) instead ending up in some far off station I can't recall. . .

So we had to come back all the way to transfer in the subway and finally get home. . .
To celebrate the return I bought some sushi at the family mart next door for only 500 yen:



And that's about it for today.
See you next time!