Basically, I went this morning to catch the Shonan Monorail from Ofuna station.
I took it from Ofuna, in Kamakura City, (next to Yokohama), and rode it all the way to quaint Enoshima in Fujisawa City.
From there, I walked about 15-20 mintues to Enoshima, this gorgeous little island off the shore of Fujisawa City.
There were a lot of temples. And SO MANY STAIRS.
I went to these gardens, the Samuel Cocking Gardens.
Samuel Cocking (1842~1914) was a British trader in Yokohama after Japan was opened to the western world during the Meiji period. His company specialised in art, but he made his fortune in importing choloric acid, a disinfectant afainst cholera. He then bought these gardens and made these beautiful botanic gardens. He later built a power plant, which contributed to the industry of Yokohama.
End history lesson!
There's an awesome lighthouse;
and this awesome lighthouse has an awesome view of the awesome gardens;
After that, I went down to some caves.
The caves were quite cool, and they're said (a legend) to lead all the way to Mt. Fuji (about 150km).
And then I left for Kamakura.
Just as a note, there were a LOT of cats. I saw about eight different ones.
I caught this cute little tram, the Enoshima Electric Line, to Kamakura. It was very rustic-looking (the stations anyhow), and I loved it.
The first thing I did in Kamakura, was go see the Big Buddha.
It was cool, and while you can usually go inside, you couldn't this day because it was already closed because it was getting late.
Then I tried to go to another place, but it got dark. It was in the middle of a mountain or something, and you had to go through a tunnel to get to it, so I chickened out, and went home.
THE END.
