Area 38 ha | ||
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Points of interest Enoshima Sea Candle, Enoshima Shrine, Samuel Cocking Garden, Ryuren Bell of Love, Santuario Enoshima Hetsumiya Similar Katase‑Enoshima Station, Enoshima Sea Candle, Enoshima Station, Enoshima Aquarium, Fujisawa Station | ||
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Enoshima (江の島) is a small offshore island, about 4 km in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River which flows into the Sagami Bay of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Administratively, Enoshima is part of the mainland city of Fujisawa, and is linked to the eponymous Katase section of that city by a 600-metre-long (2,000 ft) bridge. Home to some of the closest sandy beaches to Tokyo and Yokohama, the island and adjacent coastline are the hub of a local resort area.
Contents
- 4k travel in japan enoshima seacandle observatory night view shonan
- Map of Enoshima Fujisawa Kanagawa Prefecture 251 0036 Japan
- Enoshima shrine
- History
- Transportation
- Sport
- References
Map of Enoshima, Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture 251-0036, Japan
Enoshima shrine
History
Benzaiten, the goddess of music and entertainment, is enshrined on the island. The island in its entirety is dedicated to the goddess, who is said to have caused it to rise from the bottom of the sea in sixth century. The island is the scene of the Enoshima Engi, a history of the shrines on Enoshima written by the Japanese Buddhist monk Kōkei in 1047 AD.
In 1880, after the Shinto and Buddhism separation order of the new Meiji government had made the land available, much of the uplands was purchased by Samuel Cocking, a British merchant, in his Japanese wife's name. He developed a power plant and extensive botanical gardens including a very large greenhouse. Although the original greenhouse was destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, the botanical garden (now the Samuel Cocking Garden) remains an attraction with over half a million visitors a year.
Enoshima is now the center of Shōnan, a resort area along the coast of Sagami Bay.
Transportation
Enoshima is served by three nearby railway stations: Katase-Enoshima Terminus on the Odakyū Enoshima Line, Enoshima Station on the Enoshima Electric Railway ("Enoden"), and Shōnan-Enoshima Station on the Shonan Monorail.
Sport
Enoshima was the Olympic harbor for the 1964 Summer Olympics. Enoshima will also be the sailing and surfing venue for the 2020 Summer Olympics.