Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A city of southeast Honshu, Japan, on an arm of the Pacific Ocean south of Yokohama. Probably founded in the seventh century, it is a resort, residential suburb, and religious center.
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Examples
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Masao Tamaoki and Kana Mickory hooping on the beach in Kamakura, Japan.
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The video also features Masao and Kana and was filmed at Yuigahama Beach in Kamakura, Japan.
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The statue is also an image of Buddha Amitabha, like the Daibutsu in Kamakura, Japan.
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Customers at the Bowls Cafe in Kamakura, near Tokyo, are taking a keen interest in their green friend’s musings.
Web Translations » Blog Archive » A whole new meaning to “green fingers” 2008
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On landing at Yokohama, one of the first places I went to visit was the great bronze idol of Kamakura, which is but eighteen miles from
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Hurwitz James Kamakura was chosen for its defensive advantages, such as its proximity to mountains and the ocean.
Japanese Historical 2011
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Hurwitz James The house was disassembled and relocated from its original location in 1988 and today is in Kamakura, a town that was a shogun's base of operations centuries ago.
Japanese Historical 2011
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This house in Kamakura, roughly 12 miles from Yokohama, is nestled in a bamboo grove and was once a traditional Japanese restaurant.
Japanese Historical 2011
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On your second day, there's something to be said for going to Kamakura (city. kamakura.kanagawa.jp/english), the leafy, temple-filled mini-Kyoto that's only an hour away from Tokyo by train.
Big in Japan: why Tokyo is top Pico Iyer 2010
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His 1864 "View Near Kamakura Where Major Baldwin and Lieutenant Bird Were Murdered" is an otherwise routine scene of bungalows surrounded by trees.
He Showed Us the Orient That We Wanted to See Lee Lawrence 2011
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