Kamakura
Americannoun
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a city on S Honshu, in central Japan, on Sagami Bay: great bronze statue of Buddha.
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the first period, 1185–1333, during which Japan was ruled by a feudal regime.
noun
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First author of the paper is Renata Poulton Kamakura of Duke University.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 25, 2024
Over-tourism has also become a growing issue at other popular tourist destinations such as Kyoto and Kamakura.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
He initially used a different name when checking into a hospital in Kamakura City in Kanagawa, south of Tokyo.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2024
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 ● Sep. 23, 2023
One of the anxieties which had harassed the government of Kamakura constantly had been the fear that it might one day be overthrown by attack from Kyoto.
From An Introduction to the History of Japan by Katsuro Hara
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