長谷寺 Hase-dera Kamakura

If you're in Kamakura this temple's definitely worth a visit. It was crowded but nothing like a Tokyo subway car. The merging of commercialism and religion in all of these touristed temples is interesting. There are truly devout people visiting these places but they may also be cash carrying tourists at the same time. This temple has a restaurant on the grounds and a yummy stall selling some rice dumplings. I'd imagine if these temples weren't tourist attractions a lot of the history and treasures would be long gone by now.

One area of the temple is dedicated to the worship of a guardian of children which, at least in Japan, means that this photo of many statues is probably really sad...

大仏 Kamakura Daibutsu

I'm not sure how to describe the Great Buddha sculpture at Kamakura. It's huge, it weighs 93 tons, it's probably close to 800 years old, it's survived numerous storms/flooding that have repeatedly destroyed temples that were built around it (so much so that they gave up and have left it in the open air for the last 500 years), and it's iconic of Japan. Kamakura's about an hour from Shinjuku on some trains on the Shonan-Shinjuku line. It's definitely something to see in person. There are only 2 larger Buddha statues in the world and both were completed in the 1990s...