From the Kamakura Daibutsu to the Enoshima Sea Candle

Visiting the Big Buddha
Kamakura and the nearby island Enoshima are located fairly close to Tokyo and have a lot to offer.
The first place I visited with my travel companion was the Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū - a shinto shrine. To get there we wandered through the Komachi Dori street, which is full of stalls with local and mostly seasonable edibles.
Next we visited the Jōmyō-ji, a buddhist temple with a traditional garden and tea house. At this temple we noticed a high number of a certain beautifully coloured spider types, which we later identified as Jorō spider. After that we wandered to the Hokoku-ji, also a buddhist temple, noted for its dense bamboo grove and tea house. At this temple we enjoyed a matcha tea while viewing into the bamboo grove.
Then for lunch we enjoyed a typical Japanese dish: Soba - thin buckwheat noodles - with Tempura - battered and deep fried seafood and vegetables. One of our favorite dishes! Totemo oishii desu! - It is very delicious!
After that our goal was to see the Daibutsu - the Big Buddha. We decided to hike there and got a bit lost admittedly. However, passing the Kewaizaka cutting road, the Zeniarai Benzaiten Shrine and some calm woods, made it totally worth it.
Darkness arrives early so when it did we took the train to the Enoshima station and walked from there onto Enoshima up to the Enoshima Sea Candle - the Enoshima Lighthouse.
Actually we did a lot on this day, no wonder we were so tired afterwards.
Mata ne! - See you! :)
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