The most popular site in Kamakura
Sorry for the long preface, last Sunday, I went to the observation tour on the slime molds (Myxomycetes) held at the forest park with a large pond at Kamakura City, located about a 20- to 30-minute ride by the local bus from JR Ofuna Station, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Most of the participants were women, including some who had traveled from as far away as Kyoto and Hyogo Prefecture. I took some photos of the slime molds there, but I plan to release them on another blog. Now I’m currently trying to grow the plasmodia (amoeboid forms) from the fruiting bodies I brought back from the site. Let's get to the point, since I went all the way to Kamakura, I visited the Great Buddha of Kamakura located at Kamakura City, Kanagawa Prefecture on the previous day. This large statue locates near-by the place I will visit next day. Actually, I came here on a school trip in junior high school many decades ago, but this is my second time since then. The bronze statue commonly known as Kamakura Da...
