Editing Kamakura (section)

=== {{Anchor|Shakado}}Shakadō Pass ===
[[File:Shakado-Pass,-Omachi-side.jpg|thumb|The [[Ōmachi (Kanagawa)|Ōmachi]]-side of the Shakadō Pass]]
Besides the Seven Entrances there is another great pass in the city, the huge {{Nihongo|Shakadō Pass|釈迦堂切通}}, which connects Shakadōgayatsu<ref name="yatsu" /> to the Ōmachi and Nagoe (formerly called Nagoshi) districts.

According to the plaque near the pass itself, the name derives from the fact that third [[Shikken]] [[Hōjō Yasutoki]] built here a Shakadō (a Buddhist temple devoted to [[Gautama Buddha|Shakyamuni]]) dedicated to his father [[Hōjō Yoshitoki|Yoshitoki]]'s memory. The original location of the temple is unclear, but it was closed some time in the middle [[Muromachi period]].<ref name="Kamiya71">Kamiya Vol. 1 (2006/08: 71 – 72)</ref> The [[Buddharupa|Shaka Nyorai]] statue that is supposed to have been its main object of cult has been declared an [[Important Cultural Properties of Japan|Important Cultural Property]] and is conserved at Daien-ji in [[Meguro]], Tokyo.<ref name="Kamiya71" />

Although important, the pass was not considered one of the Entrances because it connected two areas both fully within Kamakura.<ref name="KOT56" /> Its date of creation is unclear, as it is not explicitly mentioned in any historical record, and it could be therefore recent.<ref name="KOT56" /> It seems very likely however that a pass which connected the Kanazawa Road to the Nagoe area called {{Nihongo|Inukakezaka|犬懸坂}} and mentioned in the {{Nihongo|[[Genpei Jōsuiki]]|源平盛哀記}} in relation to an 1180 war in [[Kotsubo]] between the [[Miura clan]] and the [[Hatakeyama clan]] is indeed the Shakadō Pass.<ref name="Kamiya71" /> In any case, the presence of two {{transliteration|ja|[[yagura (tombs)|yagura]]}} tombs within it means that it can be dated to at least the Kamakura period. It was then an important way of transit, but it was also much narrower than today and harder to pass.<ref name="Kamiya71" />

Inside the pass, there are two small {{transliteration|ja|yagura}} tombs containing some {{transliteration|ja|gorintō}}. On the Shakadōgayatsu side of the pass, just before the first houses a small street on the left takes to a large group of {{transliteration|ja|yagura}} called {{transliteration|ja|Shakadōgayatsu Yagura-gun}}.<ref name="Kamiya71" /> There rest the bones of some of the hundreds of Hōjō family members who committed suicide at [[Tōshō-ji]] after the fall of Kamakura in 1333.<ref name="Kamiya71" />

The pass appears many times in some recent Japanese films like [[The Blue Light (2003 film)|"The Blue Light"]], {{transliteration|ja|[[Tada, Kimi o Aishiteru]]}}, and {{Nihongo|{{gloss|Peeping Tom}}|真木栗ノ穴|Makiguri no ana}}. The pass is presently closed to all traffic because of the danger posed by falling rocks.

On April 28, 2010, a day of heavy rain, a large section of rock on the Omachi side of the Shakado Pass gave way, making the road temporarily impassable for pedestrians.