Hokokuji - The Bamboo Temple 報国寺

Zen in a Bamboo Forest

Also nicknamed Takedera (bamboo temple), Hokokuji is one of the many Zen temples of Kamakura. A temple rarely visited by foreign tourists, but rich in wonder.


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