We had not been to Enoshima for a number of years, and since then we were on foot we thought it was time for a revisit. Especially as it was due to be a sunny day.

Kym had planned the route for the day. We left early to get the train down (including a couple of changes) to Ofune – with the specific purpose to catch the hanging monorail. Yes folks if you are into public transport this is the place to come. We had caught this last time we visited and had got off at a number of stops and photographed each one (okay mildly excessive).. so this time around we really only needed to enjoy the journey today – which we did. If you do catch this make sure to sit on the right hand side so you have the opportunity to see Mt Fuji.

At the end we rambled down the road, past the Enoden station towards the beach. Here we took a short boat ride to the island for a different experience – and the view (which was in a previous post) was more spectacular.

As Enoshima is an island, there is a path which will take you from one side to the other – just beware there are a lot of stairs both up and down if you come to the island by boat.

We went up to the lookout on the island (also could not remember doing this previously) for the view of Kamakura and Mt Fuji.

We stopped for lunch. shirasu – small whitebait fish is a specialty of the island, which was super tasty.

Afterwards Kym and I shared a croissant x soft serve ice cream (Hokkaido milk flavour) – this definitely should be done more often., but it does need a good croissant as the base.

We had just enough time to dip our feet in the water… it wasn’t too cold either.

After cleaning our feet (hooray for the small towel – if you visit Japan carrying one with you is a must), we ambled to the Enoden station and caught it to Hase station to visit Kotoku-in (Buddhist temple). You can even go inside the statue… so we did (who knows when we will return here).

… next up was a coffee shop stop. Thankfully we had a plan B (plan A was full). Which was a delightful experience, as we all enjoyed a drink and the homemade cakes. Kym even bought some coffee beans it was that enjoyable.

… after a delightful day out we headed for the Enoden to start the journey back to the hotel.