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Modern Kamakura revolves around its central train station and a couple of touristy streets leading to the town's most important shrine, Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu. The traditional approach to this grand edifice lies along Wakamiya-oji (also known as Dankazura-dori), at its northern end, which runs straight from the sea to the shrine entrance. Shops here peddle a motley collection of souvenirs and crafts, the most famous of which is kamakura-bori , an 800-year-old method of laying lacquer over carved wood. More popular, however, is the more recent hato , a pigeon-shaped French-style biscuit first made by Toshimaya bakers a century ago - follow the trail of yellow and white bags to find their main shop (daily except Wed 9am-7pm) half-way up Dankazura-dori. Shadowing Wakamiya-oji to the west, Komachi-dori is a narrow, pedestrian-only shopping street, packed with more souvenir shops, restaurants and expensive boutiques.
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