Kamakura

Adam, Hannah, Leslie and I visited the popular temples in Kamakura. With the arrival of Zen from China starting in the 1100's Buddhism came into the hearts of the people, and they built 5 historic temples to embrace their faith and to be used in every day life. Kamakura is the preservation of this lifestyle. The different buildings are joined together by stone stairways that bring harmony with the natural environment. The small buddha you see beyond the flowers sits among many other duplicate buddha's that honor dead babies. The Great Buddha is a National Treasure, and you can try to get an idea of how big it is by seeing the people gathering around his knees. There are many things to see in Kamakura, but we only had the energy for two since cutie pie was with us. We ate a meal at a little place that had a beautiful carved wood wall that had a tiny door that the waitress crawled through to get to the kitchen to get drinks and food for us. It reminded me of Alice in Wonderland.