Local festivals and events guide at Enoshima and Kamakura

• Shonan Enoshima Spring Festival (weekend around Mar.10, at whole of Enoshima Island)

• Cherry blossom season (End of Mar.- beginning of Apr.)

• Kamakura Matsuri [鎌倉まつり] (mainly at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine)

• Yoshitsune Matsuri [義経祭] samurai parade (at Koshigoe on the mid of April.)

• Colors-Fest! Art, music and gardening events (at Samuel Cocking Garden)

• Rose flower season (at Kamakura Museum of Literature and Samuel Cocking Garden)

• Rose flower season

• Colors-Fest! gardening events

• Hydrangea flower season (Mid of Jun.- mid of Jul.)

• Yoimiya evening festival of Tennosai [天王祭 宵宮] (at Enoshima Island and Koshigoe on 2nd Saturday of July.)

• Tennosai Festival [天王祭] (at Enoshima Island and Koshigoe on 2nd Sunday of July.)

• Hydrangea flower season

• Beach season (July 01 - August 31)

• Kamakura Hanabi Taikai fireworks display [鎌倉花火大会] (Mid of July 19:20-20:10 at Yuigahama and Zaimokuza beaches)

• Enoshima Toro summer illumination lantern festival [江の島灯籠] (at whole of Enoshima Island on every night of August)

• Tatsunokuchi Take Toro summer illumination [龍ノ口竹灯籠] (at Ryukoji Temple on 1st weekend of August)

• Beach season (until Aug.31)

• Suwa Jinja shrine Summer Festival (at Katase Town on Aug.27)

• Hase no Akari summer illumination event [長谷の灯り] (at Hase west of Kamakura on the last 1week of August)

• Tatsunokuchi Honan e [龍ノ口 法難会] (at Ryukoji Temple on Sep.11 - 13)

• Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Reitaisai annual festival [鶴岡八幡宮 例大祭] (at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine on Sep.14 - 16)

• Eno-fes (Various events in and around Enoshima Island until November)

• Menkake Gyoretsu parade [面掛行列] (at Goryo Jinja Shrine from 14:30 on Sep.18)

• Fujisawa Enoshima Hanabi Taikai fireworks display  [ふじさわ江の島花火大会] (at Katase Nishihama Beach from 18:00 on mid of October)

• Shonan Candle illumination [湘南キャンドル] (at Samuel Cocking Garden)

• Autumn Leaves season

• Hasedera Temple autumn colors illumination (at Hase)

• Shonan no Hoseki winter illumination [湘南の宝石] (at whole of Enoshima Island and more.)

• New year events (at major shrines and temples on Jan.01 - 03)

• Shonan no Hoseki winter illumination (at whole of the island and more.)

• Shonan no Hoseki winter illumination (at whole of the island and more.)

• The finale of Shonan no Hoseki illumination (at Samuel Cocking Garden)

Colors-Fest!

Art and music events that made the main event of spring flowers gardening will be held from the middle of April to the middle of June.
In the main venue of these events, Samuel Cocking Garden, flowers in full bloom are decorated everywhere. Also at the rose garden, the rose trees that are presented from Canada will be in the full bloom in the middle of May.
Inside the ruins of the greenhouse in the center of the rose garden, which was built in the late 1800's, is also open to the public during the events and can enter and see inside. "Maid in Enoshima" art exhibition by local artists will be held from the middle of April to the middle of May in Sea Candle tower.
Weekend afternoon of May will hold music live stage, Hawaiian hula dance and Tahitian dance event at the stage near Sea Candle tower.

Suwa Jinja Shrine Festival　諏訪神社例祭

On August 27, Suwa Jinja shrine in Katase Town is held an annual festival.
"Mikoshi" (portable shrine) walks around the town from 4:00 AM in theearly morning and goes to Katase Higashihama Beach. Then, it will enter the sea around  5:00 AM and march for a while.

Mikoshi and "Dashi" traditional wooden floats are get together again in front of Ryukoji Temple in the late afternoon. Then, they parade the road and go to Suwa Jinja in the evening.
While waiting for get together, Mikoshi and floats are parked on the road. You have a rare and great chance to see them very in front!! And also able to see Enoden train passing by aside of them.
Around 18:00 (6:00 PM), the parade departs for the shrine walks along the road playing traditional "Ohayashi" music for the festival.