We enjoyed the finest lunch we have yet had in Japan, a traditional "bento-box" style with cold noodles and dipping sauce, tempura vegetables, rice, and a sort of sweet-rice jello with ground sweetened peanut for dessert. We found it in an unusual location along the walk into Kamakura, just around the corner from a more traditional looking tourist cafe. It is a good thing we were too hungry to make it around the corner!
Unintentionally saving the best for last, we visited the "Great Buddha" at KÅtoku-in known as Daibutsu. Photographs do not do it justice, the statue is massive. And, for ¥20 (about 20 cents) you can go inside the buddha and peer up and out at the sky through windows in his back.
The end of our walking tour was Kamakura's beach, and it was packed. Granted the temperature was probably hovering around 90, with humidity to match, but the number of folks on the beach was staggering. Waikiki beach in Hawaii is the only parallel I have. There was a steady sea breeze, and dozens of sail-boarders were out, taking advantage of it.
On the return trip to Tokyo, we rode the Eno-den along the coast to Fujisawa station and hopped a JR express back to Meguro station and home.
Robert really seemed to enjoy himself today. He watched all of the people at the temples, enjoyed playing with our waiter at lunch, and several ladies in the afternoon who wanted to take his picture. His favorite moments though, were certainly at the the temples. Many of them had broad, flat, stone-paved areas where we could let him out of the stroller to toddle around for a while. All of the sunshine, toddling, and commotion eventually took their toll though, and he slept the whole way back to Tokyo.
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