Saturday, November 5, 2011

Guiding an American Man around Kamakura

[Date & Time] Saturday, November 5, at 8:30~13:30
[Spots] Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Jufukuji Temple, Genjiyama Park, Zeniaraibenten Shrine, Sasuke Inari Shrine, Daibutsu (Great Buddha) Hiking Trail, Kotokuin (Great Buddha), and Kamakura Station
[Visitor] An American man in his forties
[Attendant] 1 KSGG member

My guest has been living in Japan for 21 years, who is a younger brother of an American woman whom I guided last October, He said that his sister had lost an SD memory card on which photos of Kamakura taken by her were recorded. So, her kind brother planned to take the photos of Kamakura for his beloved sister by taking part in the same Kamakura guiding tour provided by KSGG. He traced the same route and took photos at the same spots as she had done. I also enjoyed this tour with him, for he seemed as if he had traced her memory. He had visited Kamakura many times. But it was his first visit to Jufukuji Temple and Sasuke Inari Shrine. He looked impressed by the quiet grove and find out a lot of new attractive points of Kamakura. We walked from Kotokuin Temple to Kamakura Station as we had done before and waved goodbye after lunch. Later he reported to me that his sister was very pleased with his photos. He said he would recommend KSGG as a group of volunteer guides to all his friends overseas.