Hokoku-ji Temple：a bamboo temple in Kamakura

I went on an excursion to Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture with TFG (Tokyo Free Guide) mates on July 3. We started at Kita-kamakura Station and visited shrines and temples in the area. The most impressive one was Hokoku-ji , a Zen temple and the last one we saw.

When arrived I was very tired because we had walked for five hours on a very hot and humid day. But the bamboo garden refreshed me up immediately. The bamboo plants were so vigorous　that they seemed to shoot up to the cloudy skies.

Like most people in the country I love bamboo as well as cherry trees. Many Japanese garden have bamboo plants. I think they give off a certain spirit that enables you to straight up your spine --- especially in the dismal weather of the rainy season.

Hokokuji:
http://www.mustlovejapan.com/subject/hokokuji/