Our amazing day in Enoshima!

We had a hard time deciding where we actually wanted to go on a day we were both off! Do we go to the zoo, or to Yokohama to see the Rainbow Bridge, Statue of Liberty replica and The China Town or do we go beach? We decided on the beach! But we didn't get the day we expected at all!!! It was way better!

We walked over to Enoshima Island. I thought that the beach was on the island... well I was wrong! After walking up the cute little street with small shops on either side leading up to an amazing shrine. We were both exhausted! It was 38 degrees and without sounding discussing, we were soaked from head to toe! We decided to chill in the shade and get some energy back. We decided that because we were on the island already, we should have a walk around and check it out.

There were beautiful shrines and temples all around the island. I just loved the bright red of the temple again the green tree leaves. I'm still not bored of the intricate detail of the temples.

There were sooooo many hawks circling around the island. Some of them came pretty close but no-one seems bothered by the hawks, I however was fasinated. Also, there were a few big black butterflies... the illusive black butterfly! I swear, I have been trying to photograph them for soooooooooooo long now... they never stop flying... EVER. I wish they would just fly slowly sometimes and maybe stop for 5 seconds so I can get a good picture of them... It is my mission to get a photo of a big black butterfly chilling out on a leaf BEFORE I leave Japan... that is a promise!!!!!!!!!

On Enoshima island there is a a observation tower. It was sooooo nice and peaceful up there, the sun was hot, there was a cool breaze, there were hawks gliding below us and the city haze over the horizon blending the sea into the sky. It felt sureal to look out and see the bridge leading to Japan.

I took lots of photos of the wildlife, nature and the stunning art of the temples on the island

Stunning!!!

This was the view we had of Enoshima beach... looks pretty crowded hey? Well this was at around half past 4 on a Tuesday... I can't imagine what it would be like on the weekend - I also don't intend to find out!

We walked the whole length of the island and visited the caves. To be honest we didn't really understand the meaning of the caves so we didn't really find them interesting. But it was great seeing the water crash against the rocks, and to look out and the sun totally take over the sky that it makes everything bright white!

After we had been to the caves we had some energy food and started up the 10000000000000 steps we had to take to get to the other side of the island. We finally got to the beach at 5:30pm, just in time to watch the sunset. It was beautiful. We had an amazing day, and so unexpected! We are planning our next day off together already!!! We would both strongly recommend going to Enoshima for a day! Great! :-)