Enoshima Island is a tourist attraction is located in Kanagawa prefecture, Shonan area. It is very near to Yokohama. I never heard of it until my friend pointed to me a place to go. Sorry for not being able to clearly give the direction as I forgot, but you need to take a local train to I think Fujisawa and change to enoden Enoshima train that is not covered by JR Rail Pass. There are several places of attraction like an Aquarium, near the Island. On the island itself, there are cave, observatory tower, several temples or places to pray as well as restaurants. It is an interesting change from city environment as the streets inside the island are narrows, endless stairs and cats everywhere. Get an Enoshima pass and it will give you access to almost everything.
Let's go to some part of Enoshima..
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| Station at Enoshima |
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| Map Enoshima and Enoshima Island |
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| Station gate which is unusual |
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| From station to Enoshima Island |
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| The bridge leads to Enoshima Island |
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| river bank on the way to Enoshima Island |
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| naked woman statue in the middle of road near station |
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| The bridge towards the island |
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| Street artists on bridge |
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| seagulls on bridge |
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| Food stall in front of restaurant |
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| lots of flavour to choose for soft ice cream |
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| red bean, melon, summer sweet sorbet, banana chocolate milk, wasabi, strawberry milk, raw chocolate cookie among some flavours |
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| This will lead to the upper part of the island |
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| narrow street but very clean |
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| You will see cats everywhere |
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| Dried blow fishes - lots of them |
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| Gate and stair to what i think is the temple to pray for couples |
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| there is escalator if you are too lazy |
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| Prayers hung |
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| Queue to pray and buy amulets |
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| To wash hands before praying |
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| shrine maiden |
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| couples' prayers, some even have drawings and not only in Japanese but overseas visitors can also do this |
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| The city from the island |
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| Cute post lamp with a small heart carved at the top |
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| Second cat.. |
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| the sea side from the island |
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| Street performer |
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| He will go on balancing himself on this things. It was amazing |
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| Up and down in the upper part of the island |
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| Third cat.. |
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| A goddess statue, this island has a legend that involves a goddess saving the island from a dragon therefore there is a shrine dedicated to her |
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| open sea near the Iwaya caves |
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| to the caves - no more stairs! |
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| Doesn't it look like a silhouette of a person sitting down? |
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| The entrance to one of the caves |
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| Inside cave 1 or 2 (can't remember) |
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| this explains the above photo |
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| what is found on the sea here - translates as water jellyfish |
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| what can also be found - hizarakai if i'm not wrong |
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| I found the above! |
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| The island sewer lid |
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| entrance to garden and the observatory tower |
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| i guess for the cats - must be cat's paradise |
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| The observatory tower or sea candle |
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| The lighthouse or the observatory tower - access via stairs or lift |
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| one of the views from the tower |
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| can't believe it, they wear heels |
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| more heels |
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| inside a shop underneath the observatory tower |
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| too cute |
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| View from the top |
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| The first in the world - jellyfish crackers |
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| Long queue for the jellyfish cracker or squid cracker |
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| takoyaki cracker |
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| the way they made it |
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| friendly staff |
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| my portion of jellyfish cracker - it melts too quick on my mouth that i think i didn't eat anything - not really worth the try |
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