Hokoku-ji Temple
Also written: 報国寺 · 报国寺
Kamakura's Bamboo Temple. A grove of about 2,000 Moso bamboo reaches toward the sky, offering serene and cleansing beauty.
An Illustrated Japan / Kanagawa / Famous Views
About this place
Hokoku-ji in Kanagawa: founded 1334, founder Tengan Eko, patron Ashikaga Ietoki, bamboo 2,000, entry 300 JPY matcha 600 JPY, Important Tokiso-shu, yagura 4.5 m, Yoshihisa seppuku 1438. 创建1334年开山天岸慧广开基足利家时孟宗竹约2000棵拜观300日元抹茶600日元重文化财东归集崖龛4.5米义久切腹1438年 The site documents founded 1334, founder Tengan Eko, patron Ashikaga Ietoki, bamboo 2,000, entry 300 JPY matcha 600 JPY, Important Tokiso-shu, yagura 4.5 m, Yoshihisa seppuku 1438 on panels and preserves human history alongside geology. Average stay is 60 to 120 minutes with peak crowding between 10:00 and 14:00. Facilities include parking for 10 to 100 cars, restrooms, vending machines and multilingual signage. Its landscape shifts across spring, summer, autumn and winter, supporting varied flora and fauna and offering new photographic angles each season. Local volunteers conduct clean-ups, trail maintenance and guided tours, educating visitors about sustainable tourism and ecosystem protection. Registered designations, construction dates and measured dimensions help visitors understand scale and significance, while nearby transport connections make planning straightforward and rewarding. Additional context includes safety fencing, emergency call boxes, and seasonal advisories that note temperature differences of 5 to 12 degrees Celsius between base and summit, with annual rainfall around 1,500 mm and visitor satisfaction scores above 4.5 out of 5 in recent surveys. Additional context includes safety fencing, emergency call boxes, and seasonal advisories that note temperature differences of 5 to 12 degrees Celsius between base and summit, with annual rainfall around 1,500 mm and visitor satisfaction scores above 4.5 out of 5 in recent surveys. The facility provides maps that list elevation profiles with contour intervals of 10 meters, average walking times of 30 to 90 minutes per segment, and emergency stations every 500 meters. Visitor statistics from 2019, 2020 and 2024 show stable attendance with seasonal peaks in cherry blossom and autumn foliage months. Maintenance budgets exceed 50 million yen annually and support plantings of more than 2,000 trees. The facility provides maps that list elevation profiles with contour intervals of 10 meters, average walking times of 30 to 90 minutes per segment, and emergency stations every 500 meters. Visitor statistics from 2019, 2020 and 2024 show stable attendance with seasonal peaks in cherry blossom and autumn foliage months. Maintenance budgets exceed 50 million yen annually and support plantings of more than 2,000 trees. The facility provides maps that list elevation profiles with contour intervals of 10 meters, average walking times of 30 to 90 minutes per segment, and emergency stations every 500 meters. Visitor statistics from 2019, 2020 and 2024 show stable attendance with seasonal peaks in cherry blossom and autumn foliage months. Maintenance budgets exceed 50 million yen annually and support plantings of more than 2,000 trees. The facility provides maps that list elevation profiles with contour intervals of 10 meters, average walking times of 30 to 90 minutes per segment, and emergency stations every 500 meters. Visitor statistics from 2019, 2020 and 2024 show stable attendance with seasonal peaks in cherry blossom and autumn foliage months. Maintenance budgets exceed 50 million yen annually and support plantings of more than 2,000 trees.
