Kamakura

[ kah-mah-koo-rah ]

noun

1. a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Sagami Bay: great bronze statue of Buddha.
2. the first period, 1185–1333, during which Japan was ruled by a feudal regime.

Kamakura

/ ˌkæməˈkʊərə /

noun

1. a city in central Japan, on S Honshu: famous for its Great Buddha (Daibutsu), a 13th-century bronze, 15 m (49 ft) high. Pop: 169 714 (2002 est)

Example Sentences

Over-tourism has also become a growing issue at other popular tourist destinations such as Kyoto and Kamakura.

From Seattle Times

He and his wife own a home in Kamakura, Japan, where they had two historical farmhouses disassembled and reassembled on their property.

From Seattle Times

He initially used a different name when checking into a hospital in Kamakura City in Kanagawa, south of Tokyo.

From BBC

Every morning for 10 minutes he listens to a YouTube program by a monk based at a temple in Kamakura.

From Seattle Times

About 30 miles south of Tokyo is the city of Kamakura, where the American composer John Cage was taken soon after arriving on his first visit to Japan, in 1962.

From New York Times