Hokkedo

 This is the site of Minamoto Yoritomo's grave. Minamoto Yoritomo was the first Shogun of Japan, and he chose Kamakura as the capital. This hilltop used to have Minamoto's temple, which housed his body. Samurai would come here to worship in the temple and venerate the Shogun. The temple was later destroyed.

This pillar marks the suspected location of the temple.

Sugimoto-dera

 Walking up to the temple.

Sugimoto-dera is the oldest temple in Kamakura. It was established in the 8th century.

 These guys are scary.

 Millinophile noted that their muscle-definition-and-beer-belly combination was rather impressive, if you think about it.

 An incense burner.

 The main temple (the roof is thatched).

 Looking down the stairs of the temple.

 This Buddha likes pinwheels.

 A side shrine.

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Repair remain strong in Japan, as evidenced by this Honda shop across from Sugimoto-dera. 

The Bamboo Temple

 Hokokuji Temple, also called the Bamboo Temple.

 The bamboo forest was pretty impressive.

 We suspect these are the Seven Lucky (Shinto) Gods of Japan.

 An actual Zen garden.

Kurihama Flower Park

Millinophile and Chickadee went to Kurihama Flower Park for their Spring Festival, but it was raining, so the Festival was canceled. On the plus side, the park was basically deserted. 

 So many bicycles. And part of Millinophile's finger.

 A shrine we passed on the way to the park.

 A giant field of poppies. You can come and pick the poppies in October, apparently.

 The other end of the poppy field.

 The poppy field from above. You can also see part of the city of Kurihama in the mist.

 At the top of the park is Adventureland, which boasts this large statue of Godzilla.

 "Endress Summer" Hydrangeas.

 Caterpillar!

 These water fountains are really hard to drink out of.

 The ocean.

 These smelled terrible.

 The greenhouse had all sorts of interesting succulents.

 This is a mutant daisy, with two flower heads on one stem.

 A chrysalis.

Fuzzy caterpillar.

 A beatle.

Some scary stairs we climbed down.