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Enoshima, Island of E (江の島) is a small offshore island, about 4 km (2.5 mi) 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 Katase section of that city by a 389-metre-long (1,276 ft ...
[1] [2] Japan is the fourth-largest island country in the world, behind Australia, Indonesia, and Madagascar. [3] Japan is also the second-most-populous island country in the world, only behind Indonesia. According to a survey conducted by the Japan Coast Guard in 1987, the number of islands in Japan was 6,852. At that time, the survey only ...
Enoshima Aquarium is one of the most famous and popular aquariums in Japan. Enoshima Island; Kugenuma Beach; Site of Oba Castle ruins: good place for Hanami ( cherry-blossom viewing ), around late March. Shirahata Shrine: ja:白旗神社 (藤沢市) Shirahata Jinja is a Shinto shrine, dedicated to Samukawahiko-no-Mikoto and Minamoto no ...
The Enoshima Sea Candle (Japanese: 江の島シーキャンドル), also known as the Shonan Observatory Lighthouse, [1] is an observation tower and lighthouse located in the Samuel Cocking Garden on the small tidal island of Enoshima in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan. [2] The tower has two observation decks, the primary indoor deck and a secondary ...
Enoshima Aquarium or New Enoshima Aquarium (新江ノ島水族館, Shin Enoshima Suizokukan) is a public aquarium located on Katase Beach in Fujisawa City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Its nickname is "Enosui," an abbreviation of the Japanese name.
Matsumae Castle, the northernmost castle in Japan and only castle on the island of Hokkaido, is located on the Oshima peninsula. The climate is humid continental ( Dfa / Dfb ) except along the coast of the Matsumae Peninsula where it is oceanic ( Cfb ,) The hardiness zone is high for an east-coast Northern Hemisphere location at such a latitude ...
The Shonan Monorail (湘南モノレール, Shōnan Monorēru) is a suspended SAFEGE monorail in the cities of Kamakura and Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. It is operated by the Shonan Monorail Co., Ltd. ( 湘南モノレール株式会社 , Shōnan Monorēru Kabushiki-gaisha ) which belongs to Michinori Holdings , and opened on March 7 ...
The Enoshima Engi (江嶋縁起) is a history of the temples and shrines on Enoshima Island in Sagami Bay. It was written in Chinese, the scholarly language of the time, by the Japanese Buddhist monk Kōkei in 1047 AD. The Enoshima Engi consists of two separate parts.