The Rest Of The Day

After Kawasaki Daishi we made a brief stop to Shakey's Pizza in Yokohama. While pizza may not sound so Japanese, the ones here are. The toppings have to be seen to be believed; favourites of mine include Ceasar Salad, ChocoBanana, Squid Ink and Seaweed, Potato Salad...


After that, down to Kamakura and along the Enoden Electric Railway. The Buddha never ceases to impress me. I think that was probably the last time to see the guy (sniff sniff), and each time the backdrop (cloudy, clear, gloomy etc) was totally different and affected the mood.


Then to Enoshima, the serene island. It was quite hazy and there was no sign of Mt Fuji sadly. I was told that around this time of year, the sun sets directly on top and it's worth seeing. We persevered to the other side of the island to see the blurry sun go down. Then an amazing thing happened (think Hamunaptra!):


As the sun reached lower and lower, Fuji appeared; distant at first, but by the end a solid outline.


Even more spectacular was that the sun seemed to drop a fraction to the side of the mountain, but just at it reached the peak, it curved round and set straight on top!