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Meigetusin temple was founded in 1160 in Kamakura city.
Kamakura is a city in Kanagawa Prefecture,once it was a political capital along with Nara and Kyoto.
It makes an easy day trip from Tokyo.
This temple is one of the most popular autumn leaves viewing spot in Kamakura.

7 December – Best time to see in 2017

I arrived at en entrance of Meigetsuin temple at 8:50, 10 minutes earlier before opening.
Already about 20 persons were waiting for the opening.
It wasn’t so long as the one in the hydrangea season, but I was very surprised by the popularity of this temple.

Ticket counter in an entrance gate.

As soon as I entered, I headed to a main hall(Hojo) to take a picture of the autumn leaves through a circular window.
Already some people made a line to take a picture.
This queue becomes more longer as time goes on.

I took this picture by iPhone 7 Plus without zoom.
Autumn leaves and circular window was far away, so I needed to use a zoom lens for smartphone.

I took this picture with 3.5 times zoom by iPhone with attaching 2x telephoto lens of Switch 6 for iPhone 8 Plus / iPhone 7 Plus.
If you don’t wear any lens to your smartphone, you will need 8 – 10 times zoom.

After finished taking pictures, I moved to the entrance of inner garden which is located at side of the main hall.

This is a ticket counter(500 yen).
You can enter this garden for a limited time in the season of autumn leaves and hydrangea.

Right after getting into the garden, there was a nice photo spot on the right side.
I took this picture by iPhone with 2 times zoom.

Round window of the main hall could be seen from the opposite side.

Autumn leaves with blue & red Jizo statue.
The red colors in this garden was so beautiful!

Got out of the inner garden and I walked around the temple ground more.
There was a bamboo forest with autumn foliage.
It was smaller than the one in Hokokuji temple (30 minutes by bus from here), but calm and beautiful.

Jizo statue with flowers and fall foliage.

A small house and autumn leaves.

Katsura-bashi bridge and autumn foliage near the entrance.
This is also my favorite photo spot in this temple.

This scenery of a small Japanese style house and autumn leaves near Katsura-bashi bridge was beautiful,too.
I could enjoy seeing and taking pictures this year , too.

8 December – Best time to see in 2016

Meigetsuin temple was founded in 14th century.
It is famous for the beautiful scenery of hydrangeas.

But the scenery of autumn leaves is excellent,too.

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Bamboo forest and autumn leaves.

Especially the view of garden through a round window of the main hall is popular.
Peak of red leaves had passed when I went there,but still it was so beautiful.
There were few people that made the line to take photo because I went there early in the morning of the weekday.
But in the weekend it will become more long queue.

To take picture like this, you need to zoom in.

You can enter the garden for a limited time in the season of autumn leaves.
Round window of the main hall could be seen from the opposite side.

Jizo and autumn leaves.
When you visit Meigetsuin in the autumn leaves season, you should go to this garden because you can see more beautiful autumn leaves.

Information

【Opening hour】
June → 8:30～17:00
January – May, July – December → 9:00～16:00

【Admission Fee】
300yen
(You can enter the garden for a limited time in the season of autumn leaves and iris. 500yen)

【Facility】

【Access】
10 minutes walk from Kita Kamakura station of JR Yokosuka line.

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