Enoshima Benten Bridge

BEST Getaway Spot from Tokyo (Enoshima)｜Day 103 - Kanagawa

Only a short train ride west of Kamakura, Enoshima (江の島) is a pleasantly touristy island just off coast but connected by bridge with the mainland. The island offers a variety of attractions, including a shrine, park, observation tower and caves. Views of Mount Fuji can be enjoyed on days with good visibility.

Enoshima is divided into a yacht harbor accessible to motorized traffic and a forested hill which can only be explored on foot (and paid escalators) and contains most of the sights. Several shrine buildings, collectively known as Enoshima Shrine, are found around the island and are dedicated to Benten, a popular goddess of good fortune, wealth, music and knowledge. Benten is believed to have created Enoshima before subduing a five headed dragon that had been terrorizing the area.

An interesting aquarium and some of the closest beaches to Tokyo are located on the mainland just off Enoshima. The beaches on either side of the island can become very crowded with sun bathers and swimmers during the summer holidays in July and August, while the long stretches of beach that continue to Chigasaki in the west and Kamakura in the east are popular surfing spots.

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Day trip to Enoshima Island, Kanagawa, Japan - 4K, A&J Japan Travel

Enoshima Island (江の島) is an island in Japan, located on Sagami Bay just off the coast of Kanagawa (神奈川県) prefecture. It is a great and cheap day trip from Tokyo (if you take the right trains!). Enoshima boasts sunny beaches, rugged coastlines, history, stunning views, hiking, and even caves!

Sites we visited include:
Shonan Beach
Benten Shrine
Enoshima Shrine
Samuel Cocking Garden
Enoshima Sea Candle
Love Bell (Koibito no Oka)
Iwaya Caves
Southern Coast of Enoshima Island

Shonan Beach is a great place to relax or get involved in some water sports. Not a great place for picnicking, as Aj learned the hard way - a hawk took his sandwich! We later saw the signs warning about the hawks, but it was too late!

Benten Shrine: Benten is the Enoshima Island's patron goddess of good fortune, wealth, music, and knowledge. You can see the main shrine is free, though for 150 yen to see the Benten statue up close.
Visitors said that if spend money that you washed here, then the money will come back to you - double!

Enoshima Shrine: There are also three Shinto shrines devoted to Benzaiten, a Buddhist goddess.

Samuel Cocking Garden is a small garden near the Sea Candle observatory with a secret passage that runs below the garden.

Enoshima Sea Candle is a lighthouse observatory which has an enclosed observation deck as well as an open observation deck one floor above - it was ridiculously windy on the day we went, but worth it for the uninterrupted 360-degree views of Enoshima!

Love Bell (Koibito no Oka) is Enoshima's take on Paris's now defunct(?) love lock bridge. Couples can ring the bell and attach a lock to the fence - this will ensure they are together forever! It is a bit of a tourist trap, though very sweet and with gorgeous sweeping ocean views!

Iwaya Caves were carved out of the cliffs of Enoshima Island by tidal waves. There are two caves to see - the first is a larger and more impressive, while the second houses a wish-granting dragon. Get ready to crouch, as some of the ceilings are quite low!

The Southern Coast of Enoshima Island was the best part of the trip - the jagged rocky coast allowed you to walk out at your own peril with waves crashing violently against the rocks nearby. The sky at dusk was spectacular with fluffy clouds and rays of sunlight.

Tourists may want to take advantage of the Eno-Pass. For 1000 yen, it grants you access to Enoshima Escar (escalator making it much easier to get to the top!), Enoshima Samuel Cocking Garden, Enoshima Sea Candle (lighthouse observation tower), and Iwaya caves.
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