 The shrine also had to destroy Buddhism-related buildings, for example its tahōtō tower, its , and its shichidō garan.Some Buddhist temples were simply closed, like Zenkō-ji, to which the now-independent Meigetsu-in used to belong.In 1890, the railroad, which until then had arrived just to Ofuna, reached Kamakura bringing in tourists and new residents, and with them a new prosperity.