The temple is full of green (Photo: Tomoko Kamishima)

Kamakura’s Eisho-ji Temple

Flowers & bamboo at 380 years old nunnery

Tomoko Kamishima   - 1分钟阅读时间

Eisho-ji Temple has been a nunnery since it was established in 1636. The founder of this temple was a woman who once was Tokugawa Ieyasu’s concubine, and also a descendant of a samurai who first built the Edo Castle. The temple’s name was derived from her name, Eisho-in. There are lots of flowers, trees, and a bamboo forest inside the temple grounds. The rendition of the temple crest at the gate is of a floral design - quite appropriate for a nunnery!

Tomoko Kamishima

Tomoko Kamishima @tomoko.kamishima

Japan is a small island nation, but we have a huge number of surprising things to discover here. Many of these delights can be found when you step off the main street onto small side paths. I really enjoy studying about and researching various aspects of traditional Japanese culture, and then sha...