Enoshima Pt. 1
Today it was nice and sunny I decided to make a trip down to 江ノ島 (Enoshima). Enoshima (which litterally means "bay's island") is near Kamakura in Kanagawa prefecture. I tried to find a map to compare that with Tokyo, but alas, I couldn't find anything.
Oh and also. This is another 56k-modem-unfriendly post with lots of pictures. Just a warning. And also speaking of pictures, I'd like to say that I figured out that my camera can do videos. Which makes me kind of mad that I am just now finding this out. I mean how many times have I thought to myself "ahh..I wish I could take more than a picture, even just 10 seconds..". Oh well. I haven't quite figured out how to post videos on here but I'll figure it out probably.
This it one of the stations to get to Enoshima. I thought it kind of odd that it looks this way. It's not even that big of a station.
A sign pointing you to the right direction.
A picture of Enoshima from the past. Edo period I'm guessing.
I should have thought earlier to try to take a picture like the one above, but this is the closest thing to it.
The entrance to the island.
not quite sure what these are. Some sort of shelled animal. I saw people grilling them later on.
This is on the right side of the island.
On the way up to the other shrines there was this thing. I've seen this on TV shows a lot in Japan. It's a replica of the one in Italy where Audrey Hepburn had her "Roman Holiday". Every Japanese guy that went past it put his hand in his and acted like it was caught and every time his woman would do a girlish scream. Like in the movie.
A torii gate leading up to the other shrines.
A mural of buddhas being buddha.
A fountain with some turtles.
Some "Ema" (the boards you write your wishes on) near a shrine.
The view of the bridge leading to Enoshima.
Scary statues of Japanese "Oni" (demons).
In one of the washrooms was this sink.
This was the sign for that washroom. Notice the elaborate pictures of "man" and "woman". i guess stick figures weren't good enough for the dragon sink.
I'm going to post another one tommorrow. I figured you might need a break. Afterall, I took 95 pictures...haha. So stay tuned.
Oh and also. This is another 56k-modem-unfriendly post with lots of pictures. Just a warning. And also speaking of pictures, I'd like to say that I figured out that my camera can do videos. Which makes me kind of mad that I am just now finding this out. I mean how many times have I thought to myself "ahh..I wish I could take more than a picture, even just 10 seconds..". Oh well. I haven't quite figured out how to post videos on here but I'll figure it out probably.
This it one of the stations to get to Enoshima. I thought it kind of odd that it looks this way. It's not even that big of a station.
A sign pointing you to the right direction.
A picture of Enoshima from the past. Edo period I'm guessing.
I should have thought earlier to try to take a picture like the one above, but this is the closest thing to it.
The entrance to the island.
not quite sure what these are. Some sort of shelled animal. I saw people grilling them later on.
This is on the right side of the island.
On the way up to the other shrines there was this thing. I've seen this on TV shows a lot in Japan. It's a replica of the one in Italy where Audrey Hepburn had her "Roman Holiday". Every Japanese guy that went past it put his hand in his and acted like it was caught and every time his woman would do a girlish scream. Like in the movie.
A torii gate leading up to the other shrines.
A mural of buddhas being buddha.
A fountain with some turtles.
Some "Ema" (the boards you write your wishes on) near a shrine.
The view of the bridge leading to Enoshima.
Scary statues of Japanese "Oni" (demons).
In one of the washrooms was this sink.
This was the sign for that washroom. Notice the elaborate pictures of "man" and "woman". i guess stick figures weren't good enough for the dragon sink.
I'm going to post another one tommorrow. I figured you might need a break. Afterall, I took 95 pictures...haha. So stay tuned.
posted by Scot @ 21:03
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At 9/6/06 13:10,
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