enoshima causeway

enoshima causeway
Originally uploaded by Kurtz Law

My gratitude to the photographer, Kurtz Law, for permission to include this photograph in my BlogaboutJapan. Mr. Law has captured a view that I remember quite well. Back in the early 60s, the steps were easy to climb, but it would take much more time now. Mr. Law's photograph captures both the progress of construction, the progress that is inevitable in a nation where progress is essential, but moreover, his photograph retains the view of the causeway, though much wider and more efficient. Thankfully, the beauty of the traditional roofs has remained in reality and remembered quite well. Congratulations to Kurtz Law for photographs that awaken some fond memories of Enoshima nearly 50 years ago.

enoshima causeway

photographed by Kurtz Law on 25 Jun 10, 8.44AM PDT.

緑の侵略者

緑の侵略者
Originally uploaded by comolebi666

緑の侵略者
放っておいたらとんでもないことになるよね。
すんごい生命力。

Uploaded by comolebi666 on 21 Jun 10, 10.18AM PDT.

I cannot read the above, but this is one of the best photos I have seen in over 60 years of photo viewing.

going downstairs enoshima

going downstairs enoshima
Originally uploaded by Kurtz Law

My memories of Enoshima are many and fond. While browsing the Flickr photostream of Kurtz Law, I happened upon this photograph that defines just one of the numerous stairwells or stairs that one climbs to reach the summit of Enoshima Island.

If I have mentioned it once, I must have mentioned the rain of Enoshima a hundred times. "It always rained while I was in Enoshima. It was a light and gentle rain and began around two o'clock in the afternoon.

There was, as always in Japan, umbrellas everywhere the moment the rain began. The umbrellas of Enoshima are among my memories, but that is no surprise, I knew then that if I lived to an elderly age, I would never forget the umbrellas or the rain of Enoshima.

And as gently as the rain began, it stopped after about a half an hour and the sun came shining brilliantly through the passing clouds and once again created a myriad of colorful reflections upon the bay below. Having stopped into a sake shop for the duration of the rain, my sense of the reflections were enhanced by the joyful spirit of the sake.

While there are many small shops that feature miniature Dharmas and the other six symbols that usually comprise the group, I purchased the one that kept the sake spirit fresh and vibrant, thus among my keepsakes are a few of those momentos from Enoshima.

Someday, perhaps, I will return. Having changed my beverage choices a few years ago, I will try some coffee next time. And if I return, I will take an umbrella. My thanks to Mr. Kurtz Law, the photographer who granted permission to include his photographs in my BlogaboutJapan.

Photographs by Kurtz Law on 25 Jun 10, 8.44AM PDT.