Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Island Enoshima

Enoshima (江の島) is a small island, about 4 km in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River, which flows into Sagami Bay in Japan. Part of the city of Fujisawa, it is linked to the Katase section of the same city on the mainland by a 600 meter-long bridge. Adjacent to the closest beach to Tokyo and Yokohama, the island and the nearby coast are the hub of a popular resort area. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1772x2028, 597 KB) Source: http://visipix. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1772x2028, 597 KB) Source: http://visipix. ... Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese: 歌川国芳) (1798 - 1861) was one of the last great masters of the Japanese woodblock print. ... The Katase River (片瀬川) is the name of a segment of a river in Shonan, which is in central Japan, about 50 kilometers southwest of Tokyo. ... Sagami Bay (相模湾, Sagami-wan), also known as the Sagami Gulf or Sagami Sea, lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, with the Miura Peninsula to its east and the Izu Peninsula to its west. ... , Fujisawa (藤沢市 Fujisawa-shi) is a city located in Kanagawa, Japan. ...   , literally Eastern capital) is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, the home of the Japanese Imperial Family, and the de facto[1] capital of Japan. ... For the town of Yokohama in Aomori Prefecture, see Yokohama, Aomori. ... A Tourist destination is a city, town or other area the economy of which is dependent to a significant extent on the revenues accruing from Tourism. ...

Benzaiten, the goddess of music and entertainment, is also enshrined on the island. Enoshima is the center of Shonan, a resort area along the coast of Sagami Bay known for its scenic beauty. Benzaiten (弁才天, 弁財天) is the Japanese name of goddess Sarasvati (Saraswati). ... Shonan (湘南) is the name of a holiday region along the Sagami Bay shore in midland Japan. ...

The island is the scene of the Enoshima Engi, a history of the shrines on Enoshima written by the Japanese Buddhist monk Kokei in 1047 AD. The Enoshima Engi (江嶋縁起) is a history of the temples and shrines on Enoshima Island in Sagami Bay. ... Kokei (also Kogei; 皇慶: 977?-1049), the author of the Enoshima Engi, was an eminent Japanese Buddhist monk. ... Events William the Conqueror, with assistance from King Henry I of France, secured control of Normandy by defeating the rebel Norman barons at Caen the Battle of Val-ès-Dunes Births Deaths October 9 - Pope Clement II Categories: 1047 ...

In 1880 after the 'Abolish the Buddha. Destroy Sakyamuni' policy 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 greenhouse was destroyed in the 1923 earthquake, the botanical gardens remain an attraction with over half a million visitors a year. Shinto ) is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... The 1923 Great Kanto earthquake ) struck the Kanto plain on the Japanese main island of Honshu at 11:58 on the morning of September 1, 1923. ...

Enoshima is served by three railway stations: Katase-Enoshima Station on the Odakyu Enoshima Line of the Odakyu Electric Railway, Enoshima Station on the Enoshima Electric Railway and Shonan Enoshima Station on the Shonan Monorail. Katase-Enoshima Station Katase-Enoshima Station (片瀬江ノ島駅) is the southern terminal of the Odakyu Enoshima Line of the Odakyu Electric Railway. ... The Odakyū Enoshima Line ) is a spur off the the Odakyū Electric Railways Odawara Line in Japan. ... Near Higashi-Kitazawa Station The Odakyu Electric Railway Co. ... This train at Kamakura Station is bound for Fujisawa Enoden operates buses from stations like Kamakura Enoden Kamakura Station is adjacent to JR Kamakura Station. ... The Shonan Monorail (湘南モノレール) is a suspended SAFEGE monorail located in Kanagawa prefecture, South of Tokyo. ...

Ehoshima Island

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Tourism Attractions

• Enoshima Shrine
• Enoshima Tropical Botanical Garden
• Enoshima Lighthouse
• Enoshima Iwaya Cave

External links

• (English) Photos of Enoshima at japantouring.com
• (English) Enoshima Jinja Shrine
• Enoshima travel guide from Wikitravel