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is the name of a street in
Kamakura is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Kamakura has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 persons per km² over the total area of . Kamakura was designated as a city on 3 November 1939. Kamak ...
, Kanagawa, Japan, which begins at Geba Yotsukado and ends at the Nagoshi Pass.Kamakura Shōkō Kaigijo It takes its name from the district of Ōmachi, which it crosses. At the time of the shogunate it was the most important road that went from east to west. The entertainment and
red-light district A red-light district or pleasure district is a part of an urban area where a concentration of prostitution and sex-oriented businesses, such as sex shops, strip clubs, and adult theaters, are found. In most cases, red-light districts are particu ...
of the city used to be at the intersection between
Komachi Ōji is a street in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, that begins at (locality named after a bridge which no longer existsA guide to KamakuraYukinoshitaretrieved on January 13, 2009) from the Kanazawa Kaidō, crosses Yoko Ōji, passes in front of Hōkai-ji ...
and Ōmachi Ōji. The branch of the street that from the intersection goes in the opposite direction is called
Yuigahama is a beach near Kamakura, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The relation between the beach and its neighboring areas is complex. Although Yuigahama is legally the entire 3.2 km beach that goes from Inamuragasaki, which separates it from ...
Ōdori (Yuigahama Avenue). On it stand temples like An'yō-in and
Ankokuron-ji is a Buddhist temple of the Nichiren sect in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan.Harada (2007:88) It is one of a group of three built near the site in Matsubagayatsu (The ending "ヶ谷", common in place names and usually read "-gaya", in Kamakura is norm ...
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