I recommend you to visit Engaku-ji Temple, because it is worthy to visit and convenient. This temple has been ranked the second among the five most prestagious zen-temples in Kamakura after Kencho-ji Temple. You don't have to walk a long way because Engaku-ji Temple is just in front of Kitakamakura station.
Engaku-ji Temple was founded by Tokimune Hojo, the eighth regent of the Kamakura shogunate. He led the Japanese forces against the Mongolian invasion twice:once in 1274 and in 1281 for the second time. The Mongols failed to invade Japan because of the Japanese forces' resistance with the help of typhoons. In 1282 he founded this temple to remember the victims of the wars.
At the center of the above picture you can see Tokimune's statue.
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