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Kamakura-shi, Japan
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Japan, 〒247-0062 Kanagawa-ken, Kamakura-shi, Yamanouchi, １３６７ 東慶寺
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N35° 20' 6.88" E139° 32' 44.27"
(35.335244444444, 139.54563055556)
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Shōkozan Tōkei-ji (松岡山東慶寺), also known as Kakekomi-dera (駆け込み寺) or Enkiri-dera (縁切り寺), is a Buddhist temple and a former nunnery, the only survivor of a network of five nunneries called Amagozan (尼五山), in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is part of the Rinzai school of Zen's Engaku-ji branch, and was opened by Hōjō Sadatoki in 1285. It is best known as a historic refuge for women who were abused by their husbands. It is for this reason sometimes referred to as the "Divorce Temple".
