Kamakura is located close to Liberty Cove House. You take JR train from Yokosuka station. It takes about 20 minutes.
Kamakura became the political center of Japan, when Minamoto Yoritomo chose the city as the seat for his new military government in 1192. The Kamakura government continued to rule Japan for over a century, first under the Minamoto shogun and then under the Hojo regents.
