Kamakura, Japan’s most underrated travel destination
Kamakura is Japan’s newly-discovered and trending travel destination. It was one of the ancient capitals of Japan, being the center of the Kamakura Shogunate. The city thus has a rich cultural heritage in the form of Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines. The top places to visit include the wonderful row of red toriis in Sasuke Inari Shrine, the exquisite Buddhist temple of Kencho-ji, as well as the delicious street food in Komachi Street.
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I love Kamakura and would recommend it to anyone in a heartbeat. But I would never say Kamakura itself is underrated, there are already quite a lot of tourists and it is well developed for tourism. (On the contrary, I know quite a few people who went only to see the Great Buddha and then walk Komachi-dori and said Kamakura is overrated for them.)
It depends on what you do. I like to go to the beach, jump in the ocean for a bit and then hike the mountainous woods to some temples and then go to Zeniarai Shrine. Also Enoshima is always great for couples.
So my takeaway would be: Kamakura has many underrated spots.