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Kamakura: History, Geography, Events & Regions

Kamakura (鎌倉, Kamakura; ⓘ), officially Kamakura City (鎌倉市, Kamakura-shi), is a city of Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan. It is located in the Kantō region on the island of Honshu. The city has an estimated population of 172,929 (1 September 2020) and a population density of 4,359 people per km2 over the total area of 39.67 km2 (15.32 sq mi). Kamakura was…

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Kamakura topic overview

The analysis highlights History, Geography, Events and Regions as prominent areas in the source structure around Kamakura.

Related topics
248
Source areas
10
Connected nodes
258
Extracted relationships
358
Concept neighborhoods
57
Bridge connections
258

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

History · 90 topics
Notable locations · 57 topics
Geography · 31 topics
Overview · 30 topics
Toponomy · 13 topics
General and cited references · 11 topics
Sister cities · 7 topics
Transportation · 6 topics
Festivals and other events · 2 topics
Education · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Address
18-10 Onarimachi, Kamakura-shi, Kanagawa-ken 248-8686
City settled
November 3, 1939
Country
Japan
First official recorded
1063[citation needed]
Phone number
0467-23-3000
Prefecture
Kanagawa Prefecture

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Toponomy

History

Geography

Notable locations

Festivals and other events

Transportation

Education

Sister cities

General and cited references

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Kamakura connects Entity context

The extracted context around Kamakura shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Kamakura → Akihiko, Akihiro, Annual Events, Aruku, August, Buke, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Charles, Chūkō Shinsho, Chūsei Toshi Kamakura, City's List, Date, DigitalKu, Earthquake, Edmond, English, Events, Everyday Kamakura, Fact Another extracted example is Kamakura → Although, Among Kita-Kamakura's, East Japan Railway Company's, Engaku-ji, Hōjō, Isamu Noguchi, Its, Japan, JR, Kamakura Gozan, Kamakura's Seven Entrances, Kamegayatsu Passes, Kita-Kamakura, Kita-Kamakura Station, Kobukorozaka, Northwest, Ofuna's, Ozu, Rinzai Zen, Sakado-gō. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Kamakura

Top relations

related to General and cited references · 113
Kamakura → Akihiko, Akihiro, Annual Events, Aruku, August, Buke, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Charles, Chūkō Shinsho, Chūsei Toshi Kamakura, City's List, Date, DigitalKu, Earthquake, Edmond, English, Events, Everyday Kamakura, Fact
related to Kita-Kamakura (Yamanouchi) · 26
Kamakura → Although, Among Kita-Kamakura's, East Japan Railway Company's, Engaku-ji, Hōjō, Isamu Noguchi, Its, Japan, JR, Kamakura Gozan, Kamakura's Seven Entrances, Kamegayatsu Passes, Kita-Kamakura, Kita-Kamakura Station, Kobukorozaka, Northwest, Ofuna's, Ozu, Rinzai Zen, Sakado-gō
related to history · 20
Kamakura → AD, BC, During, In, It, Jōmon, Jōraku-ji, Nara, Obsidian, Old Stone Age, Sakae-ku, Sugimoto-dera, The, The Azuma Kagami, Thus, To, Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, Yayoi, Yokohama's Totsuka-ku, Yoritomo's
related to Geography · 19
Kamakura → Again, Azuma Kagami, Before, Entrances, Fujisawa, Hōjō Masako, Inamuragasaki, Izu, Kamakura's Seven Entrances, Kamakura's Seven Mouths, Minamoto, Ofuna, Sagami Bay, Surrounded, Sōtōzan, The, Yoritomo, Yuigahama, Zushi
related to Wakamiya Ōji and the shogunate's six avenues · 18
Kamakura → Between, Built, Geba Yotsukado, Hachiman, Ichi, Kamakura's, Kyoto's Suzaku, Minamoto, Ni, Sagami Bay, San, Shinto, This, Torii, Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū, Wakamiya, Walking, Yoritomo
related to Rail · 17
Kamakura → After, Enoshima Electric Railway, Fujisawa, Gokurakuji Station, Hase Station, Hase-dera, In, JR East's Yokosuka Line, Kamakura Station, Kita-Kamakura Station, Kōtoku-in, Next, One, Our Little Sister, Station, The, This
related to Muromachi and Edo periods · 16
Kamakura → Ashikaga Tadayoshi, Ashikaga Takauji, He, Hōjō, Hōjō Tokiyuki, In, Japanese, Kamakura's, Kanagawa Prefecture, Kantō, Koshigoe, Kyoto, Muromachi, Musashi, Takatoki, The
related to Meiji period and the 20th century · 15
Kamakura → After, Buddhism, Buddhism-related, Buddhist, In, Jufuku-ji, Kamakura's, Meigetsu-in, Meiji Restoration, Niō, Shinto, Some Buddhist, The, Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū's, Zenkō-ji
related to Notable locations · 15
Kamakura → Although, Amida Buddha, Buddhist, Daibutsu, Five Great Zen Temples, Great Buddha, Great Kantō, Japan, Kamakura Gozan, Kōtoku-in, Shinto, Sugimoto-dera, The, This, UNESCO's World Heritage Sites
related to Yagura tombs · 13
Kamakura → An, Buddhist, Hyakuhachi Yagura, Hōjō Masako's, Jufuku-ji's, Kamakura Station, Many, Middle Ages, Minamoto, Sanetomo's, Two, Usually, Yagura

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

city hōjō isbn kantō minamoto period shogunate called temples nichiren tsurugaoka japan japanese also many shrine pass kamakura's one yoritomo

Kamakura relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 358 structured relationships around Kamakura. Examples in this analysis include Kamakura → Address → 18-10 Onarimachi, Kamakura-shi, Kanagawa-ken 248-8686 and Kamakura → City settled → November 3, 1939. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
KamakuraAddress18-10 Onarimachi, Kamakura-shi, Kanagawa-ken 248-86861.00infobox
KamakuraCity settledNovember 3, 19391.00infobox
KamakuraCountryJapan1.00infobox
KamakuraFirst official recorded1063[citation needed]1.00infobox
KamakuraPhone number0467-23-30001.00infobox
KamakuraPrefectureKanagawa Prefecture1.00infobox
KamakuraRegionKantō1.00infobox
KamakuraTime zoneUTC+9 (Japan Standard Time)1.00infobox
KamakuraWebsiteOfficial website1.00infobox
Kamakura– FlowerGentian1.00infobox
Kamakura– TreeYamazakura (Prunus jamasakura)1.00infobox
Kamakura• Density4,359/km2 (11,290/sq mi)1.00infobox
Kamakura• MayorMatsuo Takashi1.00infobox
Kamakura• Total39.67 km2 (15.32 sq mi)1.00infobox
Kamakura• Total172,9291.00infobox
Kamakurais anatural fortress0.90text
Kamakurais atype of grave called yagura0.90text
Kamakurais aprefectural special school.Kamakura Women's University is the city's sole university0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Kamakura bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Shogunate, Period and Japanese. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Kamakura
    • Shogunate
    • Period
    • Japanese
    • Historical
    • Kantō
    • Japan
    • Many
    • Tsurugaoka
    • Temples
    • Hōjō
    • Kyoto
    • However
  • kamakura
    • Shogunate
    • Period
    • Japanese
    • Historical
    • Kantō
    • Japan
    • Many
    • Tsurugaoka
    • Temples
    • Hōjō
    • Kyoto
    • However
  • city
    • Tsurugaoka
    • Hachiman-gū
    • Kamakura
    • Kanagawa
    • Temples
    • Great
    • Kamakura's
    • Kantō
    • Pass
    • Many
    • Shrine
    • Shogunate
  • japan
    • History
    • Shogunate
    • Kanagawa
    • Historical
    • Years
    • Clan
    • First
    • Great
    • Three
    • Yoritomo
    • Kamakura
    • Tsurugaoka
  • kantō region
    • Region
    • Kanagawa
    • Great
    • Kyoto
    • Yagura
    • History
    • Shogunate
    • Period
    • Also
    • Tsurugaoka
    • Power
    • Kamakura's
  • kamakura shogunate
    • History
    • Shogunate
    • Kamakura's
    • Period
    • Kanagawa
    • Japanese
    • Called
    • Region
    • Historical
    • Kyoto
    • Name
    • Years
  • minamoto no yoritomo
    • Yoritomo
    • Hōjō
    • Historical
    • Years
    • Clan
    • Hachiman-gū
    • However
    • Power
    • Shrine
    • Tsurugaoka
    • Shogunate
    • Yuigahama
  • great kantō earthquake
    • Region
    • Temples
    • Great
    • Kantō
    • Pass
    • Clan
    • Kyoto
    • One
    • Kamakura's
    • Kanagawa
    • Tsurugaoka
    • Name

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Kamakura, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Kamakura with History. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Kamakura — History · splits 168 ⟂ 91
Kamakura — Notable locations · splits 201 ⟂ 58
Kamakura — Geography · splits 227 ⟂ 32
Kamakura — Overview · splits 228 ⟂ 31
Kamakura — Toponomy · splits 245 ⟂ 14
Kamakura — General and cited references · splits 247 ⟂ 12
Kamakura — Sister cities · splits 251 ⟂ 8
Kamakura — Transportation · splits 252 ⟂ 7
Kamakura — Festivals and other events · splits 256 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Kamakura

Nodes259
Edges258
Triples358
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.007722
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Kamakura to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History, Geography, Events & Regions, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Kamakura · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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