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<span class="date">
2023-04-22
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<p><img src="../../media/content/kamakura/maple.jpg"
style="max-height:300px;object-fit:cover;object-position:0 63%;" /></p>
<p>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.</p>
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<p>Kamakura is a common day-trip from Tokyo and a short 1.5h train ride
from my home near Asakusa. The weather was pretty meh, very cloudy and
it looked like it would rain any moment.</p>
<aside class="notice">
<h1 class="nocapital">
random history sidenote
</h1>
TODO: insert bit about history of the place
</aside>
<p>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-Sandwich<a href="#fn1" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref1"
role="doc-noteref"><sup>1</sup></a>, 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.</p>
<p>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
😄</p>
<p>On my way back to the centre of town, I find a bucket of see-through
plastic umbrellas <a href="#fn2" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref2"
role="doc-noteref"><sup>2</sup></a> 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 <em>what was probably
left behind by his own clients</em>). Naturally I picked one up: This
umbrella would be with me for the next months.</p>
<p>There isn’t really that much to say about the big Buddha<a
href="#fn3" class="footnote-ref" id="fnref3"
role="doc-noteref"><sup>3</sup></a>, in the end it’s just a large statue
(that you can go inside of for a fee).</p>
<p>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 <!-- TODO: what temple --></p>
<p>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.</p>
<!-- TODO: trail map? -->
<section id="footnotes" class="footnotes footnotes-end-of-document"
role="doc-endnotes">
<hr />
<ol>
<li id="fn1"><p>??? <!-- TODO: link to picture --><a href="#fnref1"
class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
<li id="fn2"><p>??? <!-- TODO: add picture link --><a href="#fnref2"
class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
<li id="fn3"><p>??? <!-- TODO: insert link to wikipedia --><a
href="#fnref3" class="footnote-back" role="doc-backlink">↩︎</a></p></li>
</ol>
</section>
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