Day 13 – My Trip to Japan

  Posted on June 17, 2014  by Leslie Blythe  2 comments

Day 13 – My Trip to Japan

We visited Kamakura, which is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, about 31 miles south-south-west of Tokyo.  

Kamakura is renowned for the famous Daibutsu. Daibutsu means great Buddha statue and its formal name is Amida-nyorai-zazou. The Buddha statue here was made in 1252 and is the largest outdoor Buddha in the world. It weighs 121 tons. It is a wonderful statue, not only for its size but also as a sculpture that has retained its appearance since it was cast.

It used to be housed inside a building, but the building was washed away by a tsunami at the end of the 15th century, and since then it has remained outside.

This is inside the Buddha.

We had lunch at Osoba Yui, Kamakura.  It was one of the most tranquil settings I have ever had lunch.  The food was exquisitely beautiful and delicious.

Shoes off, thank goodness I got a pedicure!

You could have hot soba noodles or…..

cold soba noodles.

Here is Nami’s Cold Soba Noodles recipe.