Enoshima Iwaya Caves, Camellia Garden & Chigasaki-Enoshima coastal walk
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To join this event please see below and send me a message on LINE. Without this, you will not find out our meeting point. EVERYONE needs to do this EVERY TIME, including those who have participated with me previously.
Enoshima Iwaya Caves (blog)
Enoshima Iwaya Caves (YouTube video)
Himuro Tsubaki Garden (website)
Himuro Camellia Garden (YouTube video)
We will meet at Chigasaki Station BEFORE 10.55am. Please kindly ensure you arrive punctually. There's a Tokaido Line train departing Tokyo at 8.54am bound for Atami arriving at Chigasaki at 9.51am. This is the latest train you should take.
◾️After you have applied to join this event, please contact Mark via the Line application quoting your FULL NAME and this message: [Chigasaki & Enoshima event - 22nd March] MARK's LINE ACCOUNT
If you would like to bring a guest, please ask me via Line.
◾️参加されるイベントの名前(フルネーム)と日付を付けてマークにLINEしてください。
例: [Chigasaki & Enoshima event - 22nd March] MARK's LINE ACCOUNT
定員の都合上、お連れ様がいる時は事前にLINEでご相談ください。
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Himuro Tsubaki Garden
In this extensive garden estimated to be 2800 square meters wide, about 1300 shrubs of garden plants such as camellias, pines, and roses are planted here. There are over 200 types of camellias here, including the beautiful Himuro Setsugekka, a type of camellia with a pink and white base with red patterns, which blooms from the end of February to the end of March.
Enoshima Iwaya Caves
The eastern part of the island is actually a harbour and the western part is a limestone rock with steep cliff faces. The cave entrance is in the middle of the cliff face and is reached across a 128 m long bridge. It offers a great view of Sagami Bay and Mount Fuji, Hakone, and Izu. There are two caves, the First Cave and the Second Cave, yes we know, the names are a little silly, but that’s how it is.
1500 years ago, an oracle advised the emperor to build a shrine in the Iwaya Caves, and in the years that followed, many renowned monks and influential samurai made pilgrimages there.
According to legend Kobo Daishi and Nichiren Shonin came here to train. In 1182 Minamoto no Yoritomoprayed here for the conquest of Fujiwara no Hidehira in Oshu. Also, the Iwaya Caves are said to be the birthplace of Enoshima Shrine and has been worshipped since ancient times. Since the Edo period the place was popular and drew many worshippers as a sacred place of the Benzaiten religion. 弁才天(Benzaiten) is a Japanese Buddhist goddess who originated from the Hindu goddess Saraswati. She is the goddess of everything that flows: water, time, words, speech, eloquence, music and by extension, knowledge.
OUR ROUTE:
From Chigasaki station we will walk 20 minutes to the Himuro Camellia Gardens. Afterwards we will enjoy walking along the Shonan coastline to Enoshima. The event will finish at Enoshima.
Please bring your lunch either you.
Expected distance 4-5km, walking time 2.5-3 hours
Additional fees (approximate):
Entry to Himuro Camellia Garden - free.
Entry to Enoshima Iwaya Caves - ¥500.
Event fee:
¥750 (discount fee) limited to the first 5 applicants (make sure you contact me on LINE immediately!) - payment is required via PayPay within 24 hours and is non-refundable. If you think you may need to cancel, then choose the option below ⬇️
¥1250 (regular prepaid fee) if you pay by 7pm on 21st March (PayPay, or in cash at an earlier event).
¥1500 in cash on the event day (22nd March) - please bring the correct money (see the NOTE below).
If you don't have PayPay, please ask a friend or coworker to do the transaction for you (give them cash!).
Cancellation policy:
- Full refund given for ¥1250 payments if cancellation is notified BY LINE MESSAGE at least 36 hours before the event start time.
- Reservation and then no-showing without prepayment requires full payment of the event fee via PayPay within 24 hours. Further non-payment will result in removal from the group.
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After the event, you may submit a review/evaluation. Please kindly rate appropriately as a low evaluation has an impact on the group. Things you should clearly understand in advance:
- I (Mark) am not a tour guide. For many events this will also be my first time, and events are mainly organised based on intensive internet research.
- Nature cannot be guaranteed, so flower festivals may be impacted by the recent climate.
- We aim to depart on time, however bus schedules might change. This is unavoidable.
- We request participants arrive EARLY. In rare cases we might wait a few minutes if we do not need to take a bus.
- The number of participants is not guaranteed. However we will not have large groups.
- The event finish time might be earlier or later than advertised. The hiking time might be longer/shorter than anticipated. Return bus times are not guaranteed.
How to calculate your review appropriately:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (5 stars) = Everything was as described.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4 stars) = The event was generally ok, but there were a few things that you weren't happy with (please provide further details).
⭐️⭐️⭐️ (3 stars) = The event was disappointing (please provide further details).
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