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Kamakura sacred place pilgrimage! Introducing spots that are the setting of manga and anime

Kamakura, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the Kanto region, is known as a filming location for a variety of works including anime, manga, dramas, and movies. This time, we will pick up five sacred places in the Kamakura area that appear in anime such as Slam Dunk. We'll also introduce what kind of scenes each sacred place appears in, as well as tips for taking photos at locations similar to those in the story!

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Kamakura Seaside Park Sakanoshita District

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Appears on the cover of the new and reorganized volume 2 of the manga Slam Dunk.
It is located about a 10-minute walk towards the sea from Enoshima Electric Railway's Hase Station, where the railway line runs parallel to the coastline of Sagami Bay.
If you face the east side where the Yokosuka Peninsula spreads out and Sagami Bay is in the background, you can enjoy the same scenery as the popular character in the story riding a road bike over the seaside wall!
Adjust the angle well and take a photo with a composition similar to the front cover picture!
The wall that the characters are running along is located along the coast, so it is extremely dangerous to actually climb it and take photos.
When taking photos, consider taking safety precautions, such as taking photos without climbing on the walls, or setting up books or goods with the same composition to take photos, and enjoy your pilgrimage to holy places.

Railroad crossing at Kamakura Kokomae Station

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Appeared in the opening video of the early Slam Dunk anime version.
In the manga, he appears on his way home from a practice match against Ryohoku High School.
It is one of the most famous as the sacred place of Slam Dunk, and is by far the most popular railroad crossing among the sacred places scattered throughout the Kamakura area.
This is a railroad crossing where the Enoden line and the road towards Mt. Kamakura intersect, and it runs parallel to National Route 134, which runs along Sagami Bay.
Approximately 5 minutes walk from the nearest Enoden Kamakura Koukomae Station.
From the aforementioned Kamakura Seaside Park Sakanoshita area, you can get there in about 20 minutes using the Enoden from the nearest station, Hase Station.
This spot is especially famous for its composition where the main character of the work stands in front of a closed railroad crossing and Sagami Bay spreads out beyond the Enoden train passing by!
In the opening video, the Enoden train running away is the train bound for Fujisawa.
Check the Enoden schedule in advance and take photos and videos with the same composition!
Kanagawa Prefectural Kamakura High School, which is located right next door, is also famous as a sacred place for the same work.
However, since it is a school, entry is of course prohibited.
Let's just enjoy the surrounding atmosphere along with the railroad crossing.

Kugenuma coast

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Appears in the epilogue of the Slam Dunk manga version.
Kugenuma Coast is a coast located on the west side of Enoshima, a popular tourist destination in the Kamakura/Shonan area.
If using the Enoden, it is about a 25 minute walk from Enoden Shonan Kaigan Koen Station.
You can arrive in about 10 minutes on foot from Kugenuma Kaigan Station on the Odakyu Electric Railway.
It is about a 30 minute walk from the above-mentioned railroad crossing at Kamakura Koukomae Station.
Take the Enoden from Kamakura Koukomae Station and get off at Shonan Kaigan Koen Station, then walk from the station to the coast.
At Kugenuma Beach, you can enjoy the same location as the memorable scene at the end of the manga version's final episode, where Hanamichi Sakuragi reads a letter from Haruko Akagi and gazes at Enoshima floating in the Shonan sea with Kaede Rukawa.
When taking photos, the best angle is to frame Enoshima at the far right hand side of the beach.
If you have one or two people with you, you can take photos with the same composition as the work!
Let's both turn our backs to the camera and reenact the famous scene from the end of the story.
If you have time after your pilgrimage to the sacred place, we recommend that you continue to enjoy sightseeing in Enoshima!

Pilgrimage to sacred places in Kamakura!

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This time, we have introduced the Kamakura area and the surrounding Slam Dunk sacred sites in the form of a model course so that you can enjoy sightseeing smoothly.
Meanwhile, in Noshiro City, Akita, which is known as a basketball town, sacred site pilgrimage tours that visit related spots, including the model school of the competing school that appears in the movie version, are gaining popularity.
After enjoying a pilgrimage to the sacred places in Kamakura, be sure to check this out!
Please follow proper etiquette and enjoy a fun pilgrimage to the sacred places.

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