江ノ嶋
Enoshima
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This photo shows Enoshima in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, with children playing on the beach. It appears in Nihon Fukei Fuzoku Shashincho (Photo Album of Japanese Scenery and Customs), published in 1910, where the English caption describes it as a popular resort near Tokyo.
Enoshima is a small island about 4 kilometers around. At low tide during the biggest tides of the month, a sandbar sometimes appears, and you can walk across from the mainland. The island's Enoshima Shrine is counted among Japan's three great shrines to Benzaiten, a goddess of music and good fortune. In the Edo period, faith in Benzaiten drew crowds from the city of Edo, for whom the island made an easy trip. In 1891 (Meiji 24) the first footbridge was built between the island and the shore, and in 1902 the Enoshima Electric Railway opened between Fujisawa and Katase.
The island hosted the yachting events of the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and the sailing events of the Tokyo Olympics held in 2021 (Reiwa 3). It is still one of Kanagawa's most popular places for an outing, and you can walk to the island over the Enoshima Benten Bridge.
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- Source title
- 『日本風景風俗写真帖』（明治43年11月）
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