Buddha Selection Hall

Senbatsu-jo (Japanese name), Buddha Selection Hall.  This is a hall where Buddhas are selected.  This building was a Zazen hall built in 1699.

Temple Bell (Ohgane), Japanese National Treasure.  

This bell was donated in 1301 by Sadatoki Hojo for the welfare of Japan.  This is a symbolical temple bell of the Kamakura Era. (1192-1333)

Main Gate To Engakuji, Sanmon (Japanese Name)

 The main gate was rebuilt in the third year of Tenmei Age (1783) by Priest Daiyu Kokushi (Seisetsu), to whom Engaku-ji owed much for re-foundation.   

Buddhist Statue At Engakuji

This is a Buddhist statue at one of the main inside temples at Engakuji.

Buddhist Statue At Engakuji

This is another Buddhist statue inside one of the temples at Engakuji.

Japanese Garden

This is the Japanese garden of Hojo.  Many sculptures have been moved into this garden recently.

General Gate To Kencho-ji

Soumon (Japanese name), This gate originally stood at the Hanji Zanmai-in temple in Kyoto, famous as the storage place for the Imperial family tablets.

Incense, and Andrew

Main Gate To Kencho-ji

Sanmon (Japanese name).  The present gate was built in 1754 by Bantetsu, the chief priest of Kencho-ji at the time.

Bridge To Tsurugaokahachimagu

Although this is not a Buddhist temple, but rather a shrine it is considered one of the five great temples at Kamakura.  It is also a charm point for the visitors of Kamakura..

Japanese Garden At Hasedera

This is a Japanese garden on the walkway to Amida Hall which is the place of the 2.8 meter tall seated Amida Buddha in the middle of the temple.

Jizo Hall

The power of the bodhisattva Jizo (Ksitigarbha) is as great as the blessings of the earth are vast.  Outside, the little statues of Jizo on both sides of the Jizo Hall have been placed there to pray for children who were stillborn, miscarried, or aborted.

Jizo-do (Japanese name), Statues For Aborted Babies

Statue Of Amida Buddha

Daibutsu (Japanese name), The bronze statue of Amida Buddha was cast in 1252 A.D. by the sculptors Ono-Goroemon and Tanji-Hisatomo at the request of Miss Idanono-Tsubone and Priest Joko, who not only originated the idea of building this large statue and the temple covering it, but also collected donations for it as well.

Statue Of Amida Buddha

Daibutsu (Japanese name)

Statue Of Amida Buddha

Daibutsu (Japanese name)