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is a cape at the western end of Yuigahama (Beach) in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. The cape divides Yuigahama from Shichirigahama (Beach) and Enoshima. Its name seems to stem from its shape, similar to a stack of rice at harvest time (an ).〔 At its foot on the Shichirigahama side there is a park, the .〔 ==History== Because the ancient Tōkaidō highway passed along the sea south of this cape before heading to the Miura Peninsula, before the opening of the Gokuraku Pass Inamuragasaki was the traditional point of entry to Kamakura at the time of the Kamakura shogunate.〔 Now crossed by a road (see photo), it used to be impassable by land and was therefore one of the natural defenses that made Kamakura an impregnable fortress.〔 For this reason, it appears often in the historical record. It is first mentioned in the Genpei Jōsuiki because the Miura clan in 1180 crossed it twice to go rescue Minamoto no Yoritomo at the battle of Ishibashiyama.〔 The troops didn't arrive in time, Yoritomo was defeated and the Miura had to go back the way they had come.〔 The cape then appears in the because its author in 1223 passed it to enter Kamakura.〔 Inamuragasaki is also mentioned in the Azuma Kagami, the Man'yōshū, the Heike Monogatari and the Taiheiki, although the first two call it with its old name, .〔 Finally, Nitta Yoshisada made it immortal in Japanese culture bypassing it on the evening of July 3, 1333〔Gregorian date obtained directly from the original Nengō provided by Kamiya (see references) using (Nengocalc ). The often used date ''May 21, 1333'' (see below) is correct, but lunar.〕 to invade Kamakura, bringing the Kamakura shogunate to an end.〔 For this reason, it has been nominated a Historic Site by the Japanese government.〔Kamiya vol. 1 (2008:236-238)〕 Nitta's forces came down Kamakura Kaidō's northern course (the ), fighting the Hōjō along the way Arrived in Kamakura, they first tried to enter through the Gokuraku, Kobukorozaka and Kewaizaka Passes, but concentrated Hōjō forces managed to stop them.〔〔(Komachi/ Yukinoshita/ Nishimikado ) by the Kamakura Citizen Network, accessed on September 15, 2008〕 Judging it impossible to enter by land, Nitta decided to try bypassing Inamuragasaki.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Inamuragasaki」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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