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The is a river that goes from the Asaina Pass in northern Kamakura, Kanagawa to the beach in Yuigahama, for a total length of about 8 km.〔 Although Yuigahama is in fact the name of the entire 3.2 km beach that goes from Inamuragasaki to Zaimokuza's Iijima cape, the name is usually used just for its half west of the Namerigawa river's estuary, while the eastern half is called .〔Kamakura Shōkō Kaigijo (2008:33)〕 The name comes from the way it flows, kind of "licking" ("nameru" in Japanese) the stones at its bottom.〔 Only during the summer, during the bathing season, the river's estuary is crossed by a wooden bridge (in the photo). Although very short, the river is called by locals with six different names according to the neighborhood it crosses.〔 From the Asaina Pass to Jōmyō-ji it's about a meter wide and is called .〔 After the temple's gate it takes the name Namerigawa, becomes wider and follows the course of the Kanazawa Road.〔 Near the Omidōbashi Bridge it changes name again becoming the in honor of Buddhist monk Mongaku, who used to live nearby.〔 From Tōshōjibashi to Komachi it's called .〔 In the last few hundred meters of his course, from Ichi no Torii (Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū's first ''torii'' gate) to the sea it assumes two names, first and finally .〔Kusumoto (2000:176-177)〕 The name Namerigawa however is today the only one truly necessary〔(Komachi/Yukinoshita/Nishimikado ) article by the Kamakura Citizen Network, accessed on September 16, 2008〕 The stele on the bridge in Komachi, next to Hongaku-ji's gate, says.〔Original Japanese text available (here ) 〕
== Aoto Fujitsuna's coins == The Taiheiki mentions the Namerigawa in a story well known to all in Kamakura.〔Mutsu (1995:64)〕 The stele on the spot near Tōshō-ji where events are supposed to have taken place describes the story as follows:〔Original Japanese text available (here ) 〕
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