SATURDAY 13TH - KAMAKURA AND ENOSHIMA

 

Today we headed of on our organized tour with Mika, the very competent English speaking guide who was extremely informative, not only in relation to our destinations but also every region we passed along the way.

Our first stop was the quaint town of Kamakura, a town on the coast south west of Tokyo. We were only just off the freeway when we found ourselves in extremely narrow streets with quaint houses. We were there to visit he Jomjo-ji Temple where we were treated to a Japanese Tea Ceremony. By remarkable coincidence, we bumped into somebody on the same tour that had taught with Trish at Aquinas in the 1970's.

 

From there we moved on to the Hokoku-in Temple where he features of note where a bamboo planation and some caves dug by the samurai some hundreds of years ago.

We then went to the Kotoku-in Temple and the Great Buddha, said to be the second largest buddha in Japan.

 

After a Japanese lunch, we moved on to Enoshima an island just off the coast where we experienced even more temples and views of the Pacific Ocean.

Tomorrow should be a little less hectic. Our principal commitment is to look after Bella while the wedding festivities take place.