Editing Kamakura (section)

=== Wakamiya Ōji and the shogunate's six avenues ===
{{main article|Wakamiya Ōji}}
[[File:Turu h kei.jpg|thumb|[[Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū]] and the {{transliteration|ja|dankazura}} during the [[Edo period]]]]
Kamakura's defining feature is [[Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū]], a [[Shinto shrine]] in the center of the city. A {{convert|1.8|km|adj=on}} {{Nihongo|road|参道|[[sandō]]}} runs from [[Sagami Bay]] directly to the shrine. This road is known as [[Wakamiya Ōji]], the city's main street. Built by [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]] as an imitation of Kyoto's [[Suzaku Avenue|Suzaku Ōji]], Wakamiya Ōji used to be much wider, delimited on both sides by a {{convert|3|m|ft|adj=mid|-deep}} canal and flanked by pine trees.<ref name="KOT56">Kamakura Shōkō Kaigijo (2008: 56–57)</ref>

Walking from the beach toward the shrine, one passes through three {{transliteration|ja|[[torii]]}}, or Shinto gates, called respectively {{transliteration|ja|[[Wakamiya Ōji#Ichi no Torii|Ichi no Torii]]}} ({{gloss|first gate}}), {{transliteration|ja|[[Wakamiya Ōji#The dankazura and Ni no Torii|Ni no Torii]]}} ({{gloss|second gate}}) and {{transliteration|ja|[[Wakamiya Ōji#San no Torii|San no Torii]]}} ({{gloss|third gate}}). Between the first and the second lies [[Wakamiya Ōji#Geba Yotsukado|Geba Yotsukado]] which, as the name indicates, was the place where riders had to get off their horses in deference to [[Hachiman]] and his shrine.<ref name="KOT56" />

Approximately {{convert|100|m}} after the second {{transliteration|ja|torii}}, the {{transliteration|ja|dankazura}}, a raised pathway flanked by cherry trees that marks the center of Kamakura, begins. The {{transliteration|ja|dankazura}} becomes gradually wider, giving the effect of looking longer than it really is when viewed from the shrine. Its entire length is under the direct administration of the shrine. Minamoto no Yoritomo made his father-in-law [[Hōjō Tokimasa]] and his men carry by hand the stones to build it to pray for the safe delivery of his son [[Minamoto no Yoriie|Yoriie]]. The {{transliteration|ja|dankazura}} used to go all the way to Geba, but it was drastically shortened during the 19th century to make way for the newly constructed [[Yokosuka Line|Yokosuka railroad line]].<ref name="KOT56" />

In Kamakura, wide streets are known as {{Nihongo||大路|Ōji}}, narrower streets as {{Nihongo||小路|Kōji}}, the small streets that connect the two as {{Nihongo||辻子|zushi}}, and intersections as {{Nihongo||辻|tsuji}}. [[Komachi Ōji]] and [[Ima Kōji]] run respectively east and west of Wakamiya Ōji, while [[Yoko Ōji]], the road that passes right under {{transliteration|ja|San no Torii}}, and [[Ōmachi Ōji]], which goes from [[Kotsubo]] to [[Geba River|Geba]] and [[Hase, Nagano|Hase]], run in the east–west direction.<ref name="KOT56" /> Near the remains of [[Wakamiya Ōji#Remains of Hama no Torii|Hama no Ōtorii]] runs Kuruma Ōji Avenue (also called Biwa Koji). These six streets (three running north to south and three east to west) were built at the time of the shogunate and are all still under heavy use. The only one to have been modified is Kuruma Ōji, a segment of which has disappeared.