鎌倉・鶴岡八幡宮の桜並木を歩いてきた, Walking along the avenue of cherry blossom trees of Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine

神奈川県鎌倉市にある鶴岡八幡宮の桜並木を歩いたときの動画です。
鶴岡八幡宮には、段葛と呼ばれる参道があります。鎌倉駅の前にある二ノ鳥居から、鶴岡八幡宮の入口にある三ノ鳥居まで、約450メートルに渡って、車道よりも一段高い歩道が整備されています。その両側には途切れることなく桜の木が植えられており、毎年4月の上旬には桜の花のトンネルになります。
約800年前、鎌倉に政府が置かれていた頃に、参道にしばしば雨水や土砂が流れ込み、歩くのが困難になることがあったため、それを避ける一段高い歩道として整備されたものと考えられています。段葛は、大地震やそれに伴う津波、戦争を経て何度か作り直されているため、現在の姿になったのは約60年前のことです。
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A video of a walk along the avenue of cherry blossom trees at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine has a path called "Dan-Kadura". There is a 450-meter long walkway, one level higher than the roadway, from the Ni-no-Torii (second archway) in front of Kamakura Station to the San-no-Torii (third archway) at the entrance of Tsurugaoka Hachiman Shrine. Cherry blossom trees are planted uninterruptedly on both sides of the walkway, which becomes a tunnel of cherry blossoms in early April every year.
It is believed that the walkway was built about 800 years ago, when the government was established in Kamakura, to avoid rainwater and sand from flowing into the approach to the temple, which often made it difficult to walk on the path. The steps were rebuilt several times after major earthquakes, subsequent tsunamis, and wars, and it was only about 60 years ago that they took on their current appearance.