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    • TravelerEinmal Welt und zurück
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      Day 73

      Ein Tag am Meer - Kamakura 2.0

      November 12, 2022 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C

      Über das Wochenende fahren wir noch einmal nach Kamakura. Uns hatte der Tagesausflug vor über einer Woche so gut gefallen, dass wir entschieden haben, das 'verlängerte Wochenende' 😉 hier zu verbringen. Erstens ist Kamakura nämlich cool, zweitens weil direkt am Strand und drittens hatten wir eh nicht alle Sightseeingpunkte geschafft. Wir schlummern im Hostel und genießen die entspannte Atmosphäre, die Meeresbrise, den Sand und das Salzwasser auf unserer Haut, den Ausblick auf Surfer und Segelboote, und nicht zu letzt die Vorfreude auf leckere Köstlichkeiten ganz gleich ob herzhaft oder süß. Kamakura ist und bleibt ein Schlemmerparadies! Im ersten Blogeintrag bereits erwähnt, müssen wir im Zweiten trotzdem noch einmal darauf hinweisen. Sushi, Tempura, Udon, Ramen, Schweinefleisch mit Sojasoße, Mochi, Eis, Crêpes, Kuchen, Törtchen, gedämpfte Reisbällchen mit rote Bohnenpaste, Dangobällchen mit Sojasoße und zur Krönung ein mehr als durchschnittlicher Kaffee aber Achtung: im Hundecafé!.. was den Kaffee dann wiederum übertrieben lecker und unendlich süß schmecken lässt. Und weil wir alles so fein aufgegessen haben, scheint die Sonne das ganze Wochenende und geht neben dem Fuji im Meer unter. Hach....Read more

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    • TravelerJapan - Radreise
      Day 22

      Enoshima Island

      May 10, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

      Leider bleibt nur wenig Zeit für Enoshima Island. Sehr gerne wäre ich hier noch geblieben, aber durch eine Pause kurz vor dem Essen und längere Essenspause sowie das späte Loskommen heute Morgen bin ich echt genervt, dass wir wegen dem Restprogramm des Tages hier nur eine gute halbe Stunde haben. Jens möchte am Strand entspannen und so verabreden wir uns am Anfang bzw. Ende der Brücke, die dorthin führt. Sehr abgehetzt und gejagt statt zu genießen komme ich dort an. Trotzdem habe ich schöne Eindrücke bekommen. Es gibt dort viele leckere Essensstände und die Tempelanlagen sind auch toll, zu mehr bin ich nicht gekommen. Es war nur ein kurzer Eindruck, aber immerhin, so muss man es sehen. Besonders gefallen hat mir, wie die Menschen vor dem Haupttempel durch einen Ring nach vorgeschriebenem Anlauf durchgelaufen sind. Das war interessant zu beobachten.Read more

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    • TravelerJapan 2018 Trip3
      Day 11

      Day 11 - Yokohama & Enoshima Island

      April 6, 2018 in Japan ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C

      We woke up to a hazy day. No chance to see Mt Fuji. So we decided to day trip to Enoshima Island. We caught the local train south to Ofuna, arriving at 9am. From here we transferred to the Shonan Monorail for an exciting 15min journey to Enoshima 310¥. The monorail is top hung, and an interesting way to travel. The kids called it the rollercoaster train.

      At Enoshima it was very windy and a bit hazy. We walked from the monorail station to the bridge and across to the island. The caves were closed due to damage from the typhoon and therefore the enopass one day ticket was not available. So we walked up all the stairs through the narrow streets ( where a guy in a merc squeezed through) to the top of the island. We paid the 500¥ to go into the gardens and up the sea candle observation tower. You could feel the tower sway in the wind. The view was ok for the hazy day (another place we may have been able to see Fuji from if it was clear). We chose to ride the monorail back to Ofuna again.

      Here we jumped on a train to Yokohama Chinatown, we found a place to each lunch. Not a bad set meal for 800¥, but the waitress serving us was the coldest person we had met so far. Anyway Chinatown was not really our scene so we headed for the waterfront. The Garden Necklace was on again, but not as good as last years. We walk out to the pier and onto the walkway/park that adorns the roof of the cruise ship terminal, the wind was strong. It was then a 1km walk back to Kannai station, and only 5mins to Yokohama arriving back about 3pm.

      Just after 4pm we headed out to Yodabashi so the kids could get some vending machine toys and others on the toy level. Then it was off to Don Quixote for Jason to get his alcohol to take home. We got back to the hotel at 7:30pm all very tired.      Read more

    • Japan 2018
      Day 4

      Enoshima Island

      July 14, 2018 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 31 °C

      We were up at the crack of dawn. Packed up the bag and left it in the hotel for the morning. We had yummy Western breakfast at a place called bills close to Shichirigahama station (they don't refill your coffee they way they do in the states…very sad about that.) Then off to Enoshima station to walk around the island.

      Kamakura and Enoshima are beach towns, with loads of surfers, SUPs, a few dragon boaters and an obsession with Hawaiian things. We walked through the town of Enoshima over to the pedestrian bridge to the island, and then around the island, which has loads of shops and restaurants, a shrine (of course) a lighthouse (referred to as a sea candle) and some caves. Tons of stairs and loads of walking, and at 9 in the morning we were dripping sweat.

      A couple of things I have noticed so far about the Japanese:

      * they linger over their meals like the French. I love this, there’s no wolfing down food in a rush.

      * they are absolutely petrified of the sun. We have been walking for 2 days through Heart of Darkness heat; this is a tropical climate. The Japanese (especially the women) wear hats, long sleeves (sometimes separate sleeves like kids wear in baseball), gloves, scarves over their neck/chest, long pants or leggings under dresses, and carry umbrellas.

      * we are the only Westerners in most places we go. What few Westerners we see aren't American. If course at the hotel this morning Toby was wearing a UT shirt and a guy asked if we were Texans…they were a family of Americans with Japanese ties.      Read more

    • TravelerTokyo 2019
      Day 2

      Cat's Island

      April 18, 2019 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C

      Moving along, we walked to 江之島，the island is famous for having more cats than people living on the island. Kids were super excited, um... at first.
      After we landed on the island, we started to worry, the island was quite big and 1,000 cats?! Um... this would be a long hide & seek game.
      Kids started to complain about seeing more dogs (people walk their dogs on the island) and that it should be called dog island.
      Other than not able to see the cats, we had no complains, the place is beautiful. A nice stroll up & down the hill was enjoyable.
      We enjoyed Apple mango soft ice cream at the top... and so as the floor as someone got too excited and ran with the ice-cream! No worry. We shared!
      On the way down, we finally saw some cats hiding in their secret chamber!! We saw 2 and then spotted another one. Zoe called it Lulu like...
      Then on the way we were able to see a few more and we went into a tea house that feed cats. Under the tree we watched the catd eat and enjoyed our green tea!!
      Volunteers came around sun set to feed the cats! So we saw more! They are big & really really cute!!      Read more

    • TravelerJapan
      Day 10

      Enoshima (cont’d)

      January 7, 2017 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C

      We walked around the island and ate a rice snack that comprised of a prawn placed on a hot plate and then a ladle of rice flour mixture and then the two are compressed together and heated until the rice flour dries to a thin crepe like consistency. Delicious 😋
      We also visited some of the temples on the island as well and our tour guide was Mumi (pronounced Mummy) and she was great company.      Read more

    • TravelerJapońskie wygibasy
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      Day 15

      Enoshima - życie wyspiarskie

      July 20, 2023 in Japan ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C

      Dzisiaj dzień lenia lub jak kto woli odpoczynku. Wciąż jakimś cudem przeszłam 14km, ale zdecydowanie czuje, że odpoczęłam.

      O poranku trochę planowania, a potem dreptam w stronę plaży. Piasek czarny jak noc, małe zaskoczenie.

      Na wyspie zobaczyłam sobie świątynie, siedze na ławce z widokiem na morze i czytam jakieś przewodniki, schodzę ze skał i widzę chmury, które mi zasłaniają górę Fuji! Znowu.

      Potem wspinam się z powrotem, leżę w parku, czytam książkę, oglądam ludzi i morze. Szybkie zakupy w Family Mart, i tym razem leżę na plaży. Popływane, poczytane, spacer i do domu.

      Siedzę sobie z Megumi, gadamy o podróżach i wszystkim, idę spać.      Read more

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    • TravelerJapan
      Day 10

      Enoshima Island

      January 7, 2017 in Japan ⋅ ☀️ 7 °C

      This quaint little island was a great place to visit. Firstly, it was a good walk across the bridge and we became aware of the hawks that would sometimes swoop down and pluck the for out of the hands of visitors whilst they were crossing the bridge. We travelled by train to the seaside town and then walked across to the island.

      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 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.      Read more

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    Enoshima, 江ノ島

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