{"id":9522,"date":"2026-10-26T06:49:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:49:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wakaremichi.com\/?post_type=route&#038;p=9522"},"modified":"2026-10-26T06:49:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:49:28","slug":"yoritomos-kamakura","status":"publish","type":"route","link":"https:\/\/www.wakaremichi.com\/?route=yoritomos-kamakura&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"Yoritomo\u2019s Kamakura: Walking Where the Shogunate Began"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When people think of the Kamakura shogunate they picture Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, but Yoritomo lived and governed in Okura, just east of it and right next to Wakaremichi. Today it is a quiet residential area, and walking it you trace the center of Kamakura eight hundred years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The route<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Tsurugaoka Hachimangu<\/strong>: the starting point. Leave from the east side of the grounds toward Okura.<\/li><li><strong>Site of the Okura shogunate<\/strong>: a stone marker stands at the southwest corner of Seisen Elementary School. Yoritomo spent some twenty years here and died in this palace.<\/li><li><strong>Grave of Minamoto no Yoritomo<\/strong>: climb the stone steps to the hillside above the palace site.<\/li><li><strong>Egara Tenjin Shrine<\/strong>: Yoritomo is said to have built its hall to guard the shogunate\u2019s unlucky direction.<\/li><li><strong>Site of Yofuku-ji<\/strong>: the site of the temple Yoritomo built after the great temples of Hiraizumi; the origin of the name Nikaido.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A fork in the road<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you still have energy, go on from the site of Yofuku-ji to Zuisen-ji. If you are tired, the bus from Kamakura-gu (Otonomiya) takes you back to Kamakura Station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Opening hours, fees and closing days may change. Please check official information before you go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The site of the Okura shogunate, Yoritomo\u2019s grave, Egara Tenjin and the site of Yofuku-ji. The shogunate began right around Wakaremichi.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","michi":[20],"class_list":["post-9522","route","type-route","status-publish","hentry","michi-valley-path"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wakaremichi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/route\/9522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wakaremichi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/route"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wakaremichi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/route"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wakaremichi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/route\/9522\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9546,"href":"https:\/\/www.wakaremichi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/route\/9522\/revisions\/9546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wakaremichi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"michi","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wakaremichi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmichi&post=9522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}