Category:Wakamiya Ōji
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Wakamiya Ōji (若宮大路, Wakamiya Ōji) is a 1.8 km street in Kamakura, a city in Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan, unusual because it is at the same time the city's main avenue and the approach (sandō (参道, sandō)) of its largest Shinto shrine (Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū). It this last role, it was an essential part of the city's religious life, host to many ceremonies and off limits to common people. Since its construction Wakamiya Ōji has been the backbone of the city's street planning and the center of its cultural life. The street has been declared a Historical Landmark and was chosen as one of the best 100 streets in Japan.
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This category has the following 5 subcategories, out of 5 total.
Media in category "Wakamiya Ōji"
The following 16 files are in this category, out of 16 total.
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1 Chome Yukinoshita, Kamakura-shi, Kanagawa-ken 248-0005, Japan - panoramio - jetsun.jpg 1,936 × 1,296; 722 KB
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A Chance Gathering Streetside.tif 2,865 × 2,000; 16.39 MB
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Hamanootoriiato.JPG 2,288 × 1,712; 695 KB
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Hamanotorii.jpg 3,360 × 2,402; 4.02 MB
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Kanagawa Prefectural Road No.21 in Kamakura, Kanagawa.jpg 1,920 × 1,080; 912 KB
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Reimans of the Hama no Ōtorii.JPG 2,448 × 3,264; 6.29 MB
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Stele-at-Geba Kamakura.jpg 3,872 × 2,592; 3.21 MB
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The lid over the post of Hama no Ōtorii.JPG 3,264 × 2,448; 3.68 MB
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Tsurugaoka Hachimangu 004.jpg 4,288 × 2,848; 7.6 MB
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Turu h kei.jpg 1,340 × 1,690; 274 KB
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Wakamiya Oji in the Edo Period.jpg 980 × 711; 579 KB
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Wakamiya Oji Kamakura in 1868.jpg 2,842 × 1,671; 2.22 MB
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Wakamiya Oji.jpg 3,177 × 2,383; 1.5 MB
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八幡宮前交差点.jpg 800 × 600; 136 KB
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滑川交差点.jpg 800 × 600; 112 KB
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琵琶橋.jpg 3,840 × 2,160; 2.78 MB
