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[[Image:Wakamiya.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The section of Wakamiya-ôji approaching [[Tsurugaoka Hachimangu|Tsurugaoka Hachimangû]], lined with [[sakura|cherry trees]].]]
*''Built: late 12th century''
*''Japanese'': 若宮大路 ''(wakamiya ooji)''
Wakamiya-ôji is a major road in [[Kamakura]], which runs from the beach at [[Sagami Bay]], almost stick-straight in a north-northeast direction through the city, to the main entrance of the major [[Shinto shrine]] [[Tsurugaoka Hachimangu|Tsurugaoka Hachimangû]].
The road was originally built in the late 12th century, in conjunction with the opening of the [[Kamakura shogunate]], and named after the [[Minamoto no Yoritomo|shogun's]] young son [[Minamoto no Yoriie|Yoriie]] ("wakamiya" means "young prince"). It forms the center of Kamakura's road network and city plan, and a section between two [[torii]] leading to the shrine, and marked with a pair of stone lion-dogs at the entrance, is lined with [[sakura|cherry trees]].
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==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E9%B6%B4%E5%B2%A1%E5%85%AB%E5%B9%A1%E5%AE%AE&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.321761,139.553179&spn=0.004683,0.010568&sll=35.321761,139.553179&sspn=0.004683,0.010568&t=h&radius=0.36&hq=%E9%B6%B4%E5%B2%A1%E5%85%AB%E5%B9%A1%E5%AE%AE&z=17 Wakamiya-ôji on Google Maps]
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]
[[Category:Geographical Locations]]
*''Built: late 12th century''
*''Japanese'': 若宮大路 ''(wakamiya ooji)''
Wakamiya-ôji is a major road in [[Kamakura]], which runs from the beach at [[Sagami Bay]], almost stick-straight in a north-northeast direction through the city, to the main entrance of the major [[Shinto shrine]] [[Tsurugaoka Hachimangu|Tsurugaoka Hachimangû]].
The road was originally built in the late 12th century, in conjunction with the opening of the [[Kamakura shogunate]], and named after the [[Minamoto no Yoritomo|shogun's]] young son [[Minamoto no Yoriie|Yoriie]] ("wakamiya" means "young prince"). It forms the center of Kamakura's road network and city plan, and a section between two [[torii]] leading to the shrine, and marked with a pair of stone lion-dogs at the entrance, is lined with [[sakura|cherry trees]].
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==External Links==
*[https://maps.google.com/maps?q=%E9%B6%B4%E5%B2%A1%E5%85%AB%E5%B9%A1%E5%AE%AE&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=35.321761,139.553179&spn=0.004683,0.010568&sll=35.321761,139.553179&sspn=0.004683,0.010568&t=h&radius=0.36&hq=%E9%B6%B4%E5%B2%A1%E5%85%AB%E5%B9%A1%E5%AE%AE&z=17 Wakamiya-ôji on Google Maps]
[[Category:Kamakura Period]]
[[Category:Geographical Locations]]