Great spectacular viewing spot of Mount Fuji and sunset

• See fantastic panoramic view around the island including Mt.Fuji.
• Visit Samuel Cocking Garden (Especially illumination event in winter!)
• Visit Enoshima Sea Candle tower.
• See the one of the earliest cherry blossoms on February.

• Especially recommended for... Families / Friends / Couples

• 25 minutes (1.4km) from Katase-Enoshima Station
• 29 minutes (1.7km) from Enoshima Station
• 31 minutes (1.8km) from Shonan-Enoshima Station
• 5 minutes from Nakatsumiya shrine

• Sea Candle
• LON CAFE (Cafe / At Samuel Cocking Garden)

The last distance to the mountaintop

Go up some stairs from Nakatsunomiya Shrine, finally the road becomes flat and spread your view. Here is the highest elevation place in Enoshima Island.
On weekend and holidays, licensed street performers will performing on the stage here.

Go left to Kamegaoka Square and view deck.
Go right to Samuel Cocking Garden and Sea Candle observation tower.

Kamegaoka Square view point

A square with grass and trees on your left is Kamegaoka Square that has nice view deck, some shop and restaurant facilities.

From the view deck, you can enjoy vast panoramic view of south and west Kanto region, such as Sagami Bay, mountains in Hakone or Izu peninsula or Tanzawa, and also Mt.Fuji.
Especially, sight of Sea Candle tower to show a variety of appearance in each season, time and weather. It is a must-see scenery here!

Every night during December to first half of February, the square becomes a venue of Shonan no Hoseki winter illumination and decorated with full of lights.

In the beginning of February, Kawazu-zakura (a kind of cherry blooms earlier) trees are bloom the flowers. Here is the one of the earliest place that can see cherry blossoms near Tokyo. During the event period of Shonan no Hoseki winter illumination, you can enjoy illuminated cherry blossoms [夜桜(Yozakura)] at night.
Standard cherry blossoms can also be seen here at the beginning of April.

Samuel Cocking Garden and Sea Candle

Samuel Cocking Garden [江の島サムエル・コッキング苑] was originally built as private villa site and botanical garden of British merchant Samuel Cocking in 1882 on the top of island.
Then, this 10,000 square meters garden has several large-scale renovation and become the current state.

It has botanical garden, ruins of greenhouse, some cafe and Soba(buckwheat noodle) restaurant.

A tower with observation terrace called as "Enoshima Sea Candle" also stands in the garden. [Official Website]

The garden

Tropical plants, 250 kinds of camellia and the roses that was gifted from Windsor city in Canada have been planted in botanical garden area.
The special display of the flowers of the season is go on frequently neat the entrance .
The number of trees planted at the construction days more than 100 years ago is still continues being brought up in the garden.

There is a brickwork ruins of brick building greenhouse, which was built at the time of the opening of the garden in 1882.
Inside of ruins is open to the public several times a year.

In the garden, there are some squares that was named sister cities of Fujisawa in Japan and overseas, there is such as plants, monuments and buildings related to each of the city.

Miami Beach city in the United States
Matsumoto city in Japan
Kunming city in China
Windsor city in Canada
Boryeong city in Korea

Every night during the end of November to mid-February, the garden is decorated in colorful and fantastic illuminations for Shonan no Hoseki event.
This one of the award winning winter illumination event of Japan is very popular and many people to visit here to see it especially on the weekend and holidays.

The highest place in Enoshima "Sea Candle"

Observation lighthouse "Enoshima Sea Candle"[江の島シーキャンドル] tower, has about 120 meters height above sea level, opened in 2003 (59.8 meters height from the ground level).
It is lit-up by seven colors of illumination to change by the season, which performed every night from sunset until 22:00 (10:00 pm). It is also frequently done special color light up by the event mainly in winter.

An elevator links between ground level and observation terrace. Elevator will arrive at observation room. Of course, it is possible to see a nice panoramic view.
However, it is too a shame that you return to see only here! Let's go to the upper open-air observation terrace on outdoor stairs.

From the open-air observation terrace, you can enjoy the 360-degrees great panoramic view!
Also it is possible to see buildings in Yokohama, also Tokyo Sky Tree tower and Tokyo Tower at night. Try to find!

On top of the observation terrace, there is a lighthouse facility that shines every 10 seconds.
This light reach to 46 kilometers away.

When you going back to the ground level, you can use the same elevator or return by your feet!
If you open the door in observation room, there is a open-air spiral staircase leading to the lower. More than 40 meters height to the ground, you can go down to walk while feeling the wind. This will be unique experience and memory of travel here!

(It is unable to walk this staircase when strong winds and bad weather.)