Gerry wrote:
 > We'll be arriving late (6 pm, Saturday May 15th) at Narita and want
 > to go to Kamakura for two nights to decompress/turn our schedules
 > around. Then off to points north and south before a return to Tokyo.
 >
 > Any recommendations in Kamakura that are reasonable and inclined to
 > perhaps a bit of off-hour sleeping?
 >
I stayed in that area a couple of years ago; I'll see if I can't find
the name of the place, though it was more of a hotel onsen than ryokan.

 > Now as I continue to ponder the issue, does anyone have a
 > recommendation of a place, in needen't be Kamakura that is relative
 > quiet, outside of Tokyo, rapidly reached by train from Narita that
 > would qualify?  It needn't be a temple haven.
 >
Atami might be a bit crowded at times (it's an onsen resort town), but I 
kinda like the feel of the place. There are a couple of nice places just 
down the Izu Penninsula, but these might be too far.

Have you checked in the town of Narita itself?

John W.