Hilma

Where Hilma would send you

1. 1 Ten'en Hiking Course (Kenchō-ji trailhead) Attraction Sep 9
   Ten'en Hiking Course (Kenchō-ji trailhead)

   ★★★★★ Hilma's pick

   A 5 km forest ridge walk through Kamakura's green heart — cedars, bamboo, shrines, and sudden views of Sagami Bay. Starts behind the oldest Zen temple in town and ends at a temple with a cave shrine. Rain makes it better, not worse.

   8 Yamanouchi, Kamakura, Kanagawa 247-8525, Japan
2. 2 Hase Shokudo Restaurant Sep 9
   Hase Shokudo

   ★★★★ Hilma's pick

   Shirasu-don on a terrace 10 seconds from Hase Station. Nama shirasu — raw whitebait landed that morning — over rice with ginger and soy. Surfboards by the door, sea air at the table, exactly the lunch you want after a morning on the trail.

   2-chōme-17-1 Hase, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0016, Japan
3. 3 Shinji Yamamoto's Potato Prints: Kamakura Natural History Event Sep 9
   Shinji Yamamoto's Potato Prints: Kamakura Natural History

   May 30 – Sep 27 ended

   ★★★★ Hilma's pick

   Woodblock-style prints carved from potatoes, depicting Kamakura's plants and animals — humble, tender, deeply strange. Housed in a 1951 building that's itself an architectural treasure. Runs until September 27, 2026, at the Museum of Modern Art Annex.

   2-8-1 Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0005, Japan

   
4. 4 Hakkōdō Shop Sep 9
   Hakkōdō

   ★★★★ Hilma's pick

   Kamakura-bori lacquerware since the Meiji era, near Tsurugaoka Hachimangū. Watch carvers at work in the back room. Small coasters from ¥3,000, heirloom platters if you're serious.

   2-1-28 Yukinoshita, Kamakura, Kanagawa 248-0005, Japan