# Zaimokuza > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Zaimokuza > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Zaimokuza.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaimokuza > Source revision: 1350016947 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Town in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan}} thumb|300px|Kōmyō-ji in Zaimokuza {{nihongo|'''Zaimokuza'''|材木座}} is an area within the [Kamakura, Kanagawa](/source/Kamakura%2C_Kanagawa) Pref., in Japan that runs along the sea from Cape Iijima near [Kotsubo](/source/Kotsubo) harbor to the [estuary](/source/estuary) of the [Namerigawa](/source/Namerigawa%2C_Kanagawa). The relation between the beach's name and that of its neighboring areas is complex. Although [Yuigahama](/source/Yuigahama) is in fact the entire 3.2 km beach that goes from [Inamuragasaki](/source/Inamuragasaki) to Zaimokuza's Iijima cape, the name is usually used to indicate just its half west of the [Namerigawa](/source/Namerigawa) river, while the eastern half is called {{nihongo|Zaimokuza Beach|材木座海岸}}.Kamakura's Official Textbook for Culture and Tourism (2008:33) This is the reason why, although the beach gives its name to only the west part of the beachside area, traces of the name Yuigahama can be found also in Zaimokuza (for example in [Moto Hachiman](/source/Moto_Hachiman)'s official name, Yui Wakamiya). [Minamoto no Sanetomo](/source/Minamoto_no_Sanetomo), planning a voyage to China, allegedly had a big ship built here, but then couldn't sail it because of [Sagami Bay](/source/Sagami_Bay)'s shallowness. Zaimokuza during the Kamakura period was a busy port of call for the commerce of lumber, and through it passed much of the material for the construction of Kamakura's famous temples and shrines. This is in fact the origin of its name: ''Zaimoku'' means lumber, and ''[za](/source/Za_(guilds))'' was the guild of timber merchants and craftsmen of the area who served businessmen and temples. When the tide is low, at the west end of the beach are still visible the remains of [Wakae Island](/source/Wakae_Island), the oldest artificial island in the country and the harbor that served both Zaimokuza and Kamakura. ==Historical landmarks== * [Wakae Island](/source/Wakae_Island) or Wakaejima - the remains of a medieval harbor * [Moto Hachiman](/source/Moto_Hachiman), the original location of [Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū](/source/Tsurugaoka_Hachiman-g%C5%AB) * [Kōmyō-ji](/source/K%C5%8Dmy%C5%8D-ji_(Kamakura)) == Notes == ==References== * {{nihongo|Kamakura's Official Textbook for Culture and Tourism|鎌倉観光文化検定公式テキストブック}}, Kamakura Shunshūsha, 2008 {{in lang|ja}}; {{ISBN|978-4-7740-0386-3}} * [https://www.kcn-net.org/e_kama_history/zaimokuza/zaimokuza_1.htm Kamakura: History & Historic Sites] of the Kamakura Citizen Net ==External links== {{coord|35.306244|139.548611|format=dms|display=inline,title|type:landmark_region:JP_scale:10000}} (Zaimokuza Beach) * {{cite news |url=https://www.sankei.com/photo/story/news/201205/sty2012050014-n1.html |title=幸せの“キイロ”い…猫　鎌倉・材木座海岸 |work=Sankei |date=2020-12-06 |language=ja}} Category:Kamakura --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Zaimokuza](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaimokuza) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaimokuza?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.