Clear the Zuhyo Local Quiz and earn the Zuhyo Local title. Want to know Zushi & Hayama even better, or already confident? The tougher courses are next.
Zushi and Hayama share one stretch of shoreline, yet each keeps proper nouns that trip up even frequent visitors. This quiz draws on the beach rules and marine sports of Zushi Beach, Wakaejima — held to be Japan's oldest surviving harbor works — the Nagoe Kiritoshi pass cutting toward Kamakura, the Morito and Isshiki coasts, and the villa culture that once brought nobility to these hills. It is a compact area where old geology, medieval history, and seaside life sit within walking distance of one another. Take the quiz and see how much of a beach walk you can turn into answers.
Q1.With no rail network in Hayama, which stations are the main gateways for buses into the town?
JR Kamakura Station and Enoden Kamakura Station
JR Ofuna Station and Shonan Monorail Ofuna Station
JR Zushi Station and Keikyu Zushi-Hayama Station
JR Yokosuka Station and Keikyu Yokosuka-Chuo Station
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Correct answerJR Zushi Station and Keikyu Zushi-Hayama Station
Hayama Town has no railway line of its own, so JR Zushi Station and Keikyu Zushi-Hayama Station serve as the only gateways for both residents and visitors. From either station, buses run onward toward the beaches, the Imperial Villa, and other parts of town, making a bus transfer an unavoidable step in any trip to Hayama. During the peak summer season, the bus stops outside these stations can draw long queues of beachgoers.
Q2.Which is Japan's oldest surviving port archaeological site?
Nagae-Sakurayama Tumulus Cluster
Wakae Island
The Legendary Site of Rokudai Gozen's Grave
Nagoe Kiridoshi Pass
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Correct answerWakae Island
Wakaejima is an artificial, stone-piled island-like structure that still survives offshore from Zaimokuza Beach, and Zushi City identifies it as Japan's oldest surviving port construction. Built during the Kamakura period, nearly eight centuries ago, parts of its stonework still emerge above the waterline at low tide, offering a rare, tangible trace of medieval harbor engineering.
Q3.Nagoe Kiridoshi Pass was a key route between Kamakura and which area?
Kamakura and Yokohama
Zushi and Enoshima
Hayama and Yokosuka
Kamakura and the Miura Peninsula
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Correct answerKamakura and the Miura Peninsula
Nagoe Kiridoshi is a mountain pass cut through the ridges south of Kamakura, and for centuries it served as a key route linking Kamakura with the Miura Peninsula. The surrounding area still preserves flat terraces and cut cliffs from the medieval period, reflecting the pass's dual role in both the defense of Kamakura and the movement of goods and people across the peninsula.
Q4.What kind of remains, found widely around Nagoe Kiridoshi, are said to preserve the historical landscape of a medieval city's edge?
Remains of an Edo-period post town
Yagura burial caves and cremation sites
Modern-era villa ruins
A medieval castle fortification
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Correct answerYagura burial caves and cremation sites
According to Zushi City's explanation, the area around Nagoe Kiridoshi contains not only flat terraces and cut cliffs but also numerous yagura burial caves and cremation sites. These remains offer valuable clues to what the edge of the medieval city of Kamakura once looked like, showing that the pass carries a historical significance that goes well beyond its role as a simple transit route.
Q5.Among Zushi's city-designated sculptures, which work depicts an Amida triad?
Standing wooden Amida triad
Seated wooden Yakushi Nyorai with standing Nikko and Gakko Bosatsu
Standing wooden Fudo Myoo
Bronze bell dated to Oei 10
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Correct answerStanding wooden Amida triad
Among Zushi City's designated sculptures, the standing wooden Amida triad is the one work that depicts Amida Nyorai together with the two attendant bodhisattvas flanking him. The bronze bell dated to Oei 10, also a city-designated property, is classified as a craft object rather than a sculpture, so answering correctly requires distinguishing between these categories of cultural property.
