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The Salt Road: From the Kanazawa Kaido to the Asaina Pass
The Kanazawa Kaido through Wakaremichi once carried salt from Mutsura. Follow it to the ancient Asaina Pass.
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A Day at Wakaremichi: Choose Your Path by the Weather
Start at Wakaremichi in the morning. Choose the valleys or the temples by the weather, then the sea in the afternoon.
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The Temple Path on a Rainy Day
Sugimoto-dera, Hokoku-ji and Jomyo-ji: a half day of old temples along the Kanazawa Kaido that look their best in the rain.
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Sugimoto-dera Temple
Said to be the oldest temple in Kamakura, reached by a flight of moss-covered stone steps.
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Jomyo-ji Temple
Fifth of Kamakura’s Five Great Zen Temples. Sit quietly over a dry landscape garden at the Kisenan tearoom.
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Hokoku-ji Temple
The “bamboo temple,” with a grove of more than a thousand moso bamboo. Stop for tea among the stalks.