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Kamakura, Kanagawa
city in Kanagawa prefecture, Japan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kamakura (鎌倉市, Kamakura-shi) is a city in Kanagawa, Japan. It is about 50 kilometres (31 mi) south of Tokyo.[1] It was the functioning capital of Japan during the Kamakura period (1203-1333).[2]
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Kanji | 鎌倉市 | ||||
Hiragana | かまくらし | ||||
Katakana | カマクラシ | ||||
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In 1250, Kamakura was the 4th largest city in the world with 200,000 people.[3] The other two large cities in Japan at this time were Kyoto and Nara.[4]
Kamakura was made a municipality on November 3, 1939.
Today, Kamakura is famous as an upper-class area for people to live. This is because of the history and because it is close to the mountains and the sea.