Kamakura and Enoshima
Our second day trip out of Tokyo was to Kamakura and Enoshima. I was very happy because the day started with Corine taking me for my first Japanese haircut!!! Then, we went to see the Giant Buddha!! You'll notice the picture of me in the dark--this is actually me inside the Buddha Belly! The statue is so immense that during an earthquake(??- a natural disaster of some sort), the building that he was in was completely destroyed and washed away, but he remained there unharmed!! We then went to Hasadera Temple, a really neat fertility temple. The rows of baby statues are for the infants who have died, either after birth, due to miscarriage or abortion. It is really amazing to see, and the picture just doesn't do it justice. The temple also had this really neat cave that was filled with altars and hundreds of little baby idols that filled every crack and crevice, from people coming to pray. We then finished the day off by going to a spa in Enoshima!! It was absolutely amazing!! They had several pools that overlooked the ocean, including one that was inside a cave!! If you go during the day, which we didn't do, you can even see Fuji from these pools! It was definately one of the highlights of our trip!
posted by Zachary and Jane @ 2:24 PM
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had a great night with you guys last night. the snowball fight was a blast, i have some huge bruises on my leg from zac's ice throwing. have a good one and ill see you at the superbowl party tomorrow. update your pictures...
the address is:
http://www.hotel-kansai.co.jp/english/
its right by JR and Namba stations, like a 5 min walk from there, its like 3000 a night, and they speak english hope this helps
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