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If you take only one day trip outside Tokyo, it should be to Kamakura, especially if you're unable to include the ancient capitals of Kyoto and Nara in your travels. (If you are going to Kyoto and Nara, I would probably choose Nikko.) Kamakura is a delightful hamlet with no fewer than 65 Buddhist temples and 19 Shinto shrines spread throughout the town and surrounding wooded hills. Most of these were built centuries ago, when a warrior named Yoritomo Minamoto seized political power and established his shogunate government in Kamakura back in 1192. Wanting to set up his seat of government as far away as possible from what he considered to be the corrupt Imperial court in Kyoto, Yoritomo selected Kamakura because it was easy to defend. The village is enclosed on three sides by wooded hills and on the fourth by the sea—a setting that lends a dramatic background to its many temples and shrines.
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PACIFIC CENTURY PLACE MARUN TOKYO
TOKYO 100 6277 Map Distance: 26.7 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: 
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Hilton Tokyo
6-2 Nishi-Shinjuku 6-chome
Tokyo 1600023 Map Distance: 29.2 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class: 
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InterContinental TOKYO BAY
1-16-2, KAIGAN, MINATO-KU
Tokyo 105-8576 Map Distance: 25.6 mi. (from destination center) Hotel Class:
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AttractionsAce World Bag Museum
Taito-ku
1-8-10 Komagata 111-0043 Distance: 27.9 mi. (from destination center)
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Bridgestone Museum of Art (Bridgestone Bijutsukan)
Bridgestone Building, Chuo-ku
1-10-1 Kyobashi Tokyo, Japan Distance: 27.9 mi. (from destination center) Description: This is one of Tokyo's best private art museums, with a small but impressive collection of... Read More
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Bunkamura Museum of Art (The)
2-24-1 Dogenzaka
150-0043 Distance: 27.9 mi. (from destination center)
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