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I call this one “trip zero”, because it was very much a trial run for +me. The effects of having just moved to Japan for the year were still +fresh and I altogether didn’t feel like exploring quite yet.

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Kamakura being a common day-trip from Tokyo, I took the train from my +home near Asakusa past Yokohama which only takes 1.5h. The weather was +pretty meh, very cloudy and it looked like it would rain any moment.

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The main sight in town (according to most guide books at least) is +the big Buddha1. Naturally I wanted to get that out +of the way first.

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I had left the house earlier without breakfast, so off I went to the +next Lawson to get myself some. For some reason I decided to get a +Katsu-Sandwich2, which is out of character for me - +I usually go for Onigiri - and then to have it on the beach nearby. +Seeing as i was the only person eating anything there should’ve been +hint enough. As soon as I sat down to take a bite, something comes +dashing down past my head. I am obviously startled but not prepared for +the bird to come back to actually pick the sandwich out of my hand this +time around.

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There were a few birds (crows in my interpretation) circling overhead +just waiting for me to unwrap more food. To have my breakfast in peace I +just walk off into town again. Staying away from open spaces for a bit +😄

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On my way back to the centre of town, I find a bucket of see-through +plastic umbrellas 3 outside what looked like a beauty +saloon, with a sign telling passer-bys to take one (in Japanese ofc). I +guess the visibly imminent rain made the shop keeper put them out there +for tourists (conveniently helping him get rid of what was probably +left behind by his own clients). Naturally I picked one up: This +umbrella would be with me for the next months.

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There isn’t really that much to say about the big Buddha, in the end +it’s just a large statue (that you can go inside of for a fee).

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Despite the weather there was a surprising amount of tourists and I +wanted to get out of the bustle, so I followed the street that had let +to the temple area. A bit further I came to +some stairs next to one of the tunnels that lead out of the Kamakura +city area, that cut through the surrounding hills. OrganicMaps told me +there was a hiking path up there, which I could take to circle back +towards the train station.

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