Tsurugaoka Jingu

Built to commenerate the shogun who protected Kamakura - the capital of Japan in the 16th centure. He built the whole stretch of toriis down to the see to pray for the preganancy of his wife.

Flock of birds going home during sundown...

Thousand-yr-old gingko tree at the foot of the stairs of the shrine. Too bad when we went in 2004, the leaves have all dropped... This is the pic taken in 2003, when we went during an earlier period...