🐲New Year’s Hatsumode🐉at Kamakura2026

🎍This day marksthe Start of A NEW YEAR👘🪭🧧Why not get up early on New Year's Day take a deserted train and refresh yourself in the clear air of a temple?

The New Year's Eve Bell at Kenchoji Temple starts at 11:45pm on New Year's Eve, and a memorial service is held at the National Treasure temple bell where the bell is struck by a monk. The temple is open all day from 4:30pm on New Year's Eve to 4:30pm on New Year's Day, and admission is free.

On this New Year's Day morning, Rinzai sect(the Zen sect)monks from all over the country gather, and the sight of the monks walking in a line on the stone pavement of the spacious temple grounds shrouded in mist in the silent air, makes you feel like your mind is being sharpened👥🫧
The monks then recite sutras in unison in the Buddhist hall.
This sight also makes you feel the beginning of the year once again🎍
After that, you can enter a place 2.3 times the size of the Tokyo Dome. You can see the gardens of the Hojo, and after a 20-minute walk up the stairs at the back, you can go to Hanzobo where about 12 Tengu statues are enshrined where prayers are held, and on clear days you can see Mt. Fuji🗻🪭

And Let’s eat😋🥢🍲Kenchinjiru at the restaurant in the Temple.
［Menu］Kenchinjiru (Kenchin Soup), Vegetable soup,soba,sake etc…

😋about Kenchinjiru (Kenchin Soup)
is a local dish from Kamakura City, and is a vegetarian dish that originated at Kenchoji Temple.
Kenchinjiru contains a lot of vegetables. Vegetables are rich in vitamins and minerals that keep the body in good condition, and dietary fiber that cleanses the stomach.
And Let’s go to “Engakuji Temple”.
A New Year celebrated amidst the tranquil atmosphere is truly exceptional.
🛖 The “Shariden Hall”, a national treasure.
This day is SPECIAL exhibition‼️
It’s the only building in Kamakura City designated as a National Treasure and the oldest Zen Buddhist architectural structure in Japan.
It would be a fitting occasion to view it on the day the new year begins🙏wishing for a wonderful year ahead🧧

🎍Shin nen Word
●初詣(Hatsumode)
Hatsumode, or the first visit of the year to shrines or temples, is one of the customs in Japan.
●大晦日(Oomisoka)
New Year’s Eve
●除夜の鐘(joya no kane)
New Year's Eve bell
At Buddhist temples, huge bells are hit 108 times during midnight to get rid of all evil desires.
※Kamakura Station is very crowded on New Year's Day, so I will show you how to walk to Kamakura Station or Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine.

• ⇧Nihongo
  建長寺の除夜の鐘は、大晦日の23時45分から、建長寺では国宝の梵鐘にて除夜の法要があり、僧侶によって鐘が撞かれます。大晦日の16:30から元日の16:30まで終日開門していて拝観料は無料です。
  そんな元旦の朝は、全国から臨済宗の僧侶が集まり、静粛な空気のなか霧に包まれた広い境内の石畳みを僧侶が並んで歩く姿は心が研ぎ澄まされた気持ちになります。そして、僧侶たちが仏殿で一斉にお経をあげるのです。
  その光景も、また、一年の始まりをあらためて感じさせられます。
  その後は、広さ東京ドームの2.3倍。方丈の庭園を見たり、また、20分ほど歩いた奥にある階段を上ると約12体の天狗像祀られる「半蔵坊」ではご祈祷もあり、空気の澄んだ日には富士山も拝めます。
  そして、その後は建長寺で有名な食事「けんちん汁」を食べに行きましょう😋
  そして、「円覚寺」へ行きましょう。
  静寂に包まれて迎える新年は格別ですね。
  🛖 国宝「舎利殿」
  この日は特別公開‼️
  鎌倉市内で唯一国宝に指定されている、日本最古の禅宗建築です。
  新年を迎えるこの日に拝観するのは、まさにうってつけのチャンスです🙏素敵な一年になりますように🧧

※鎌倉駅は、元旦はとても混み合います。だから、鎌倉駅、または、鶴岡八幡宮まで歩ける道をお教え致します。

🪭Schedule
Kita-Kamakura Sta.(JR北鎌倉駅)
⇒ Kenchoji Temple(建長寺)⇒😋restaurant ⇒Engakuji Temple(円覚寺)

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◇Meeting Time：10:00am
◇Meeting place：JR Kita-Kamakura Station(JR北鎌倉駅)
JR Yokosuka Line(For Zushi or Kurihama)
◇Gathering point：West exit (西口)
・If you are coming from Tokyo direction, it's better to take in the Front car.
・The toilet is inside the station before you exit the west exit.
(東京方面から来る場合は、先頭車両に乗り、駅の先頭の階段を降り、円覚寺とは反対側の「右側」の改札口を出た西口です。駅内にトイレもあります)
◇Participation fee：¥1,500
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📩To participants
Please access to this LINE below to contact me for meeting arrangements for this event.
📩 : Hatsumode2026

⭐︎Notice
If the day, heavy snow and rain will be canceled. Then I will tell you the day before on the Messages.

＊Disclaimer and Important Notes ＊
I am not professional guide and not trained not for rescuing.Please check your own condition and be responsible for your own safety when deciding to participate in any events.And might cause injury if not carefully perform.I am not responsible any incidents and injury or if you cause injury to third parties during the activities.Please be responsible for your safety during the activities so that you won't cause troubles to other tour and other fellow participants.