Enoshima

is a small offshore island, about in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River which flows into the Sagami Bay of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Administratively, Enoshima is part of the mainland city of Fujisawa, and is linked to the Katase section of that city by a bridge. Home to some of the closest sandy beaches to Tokyo and Yokohama, the island and adjacent coastline are the hub of a local resort area.

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Islands.name: Enoshima
Islands.native_name_link: Japanese language
Islands.native_name_lang: ja
Islands.image: EnoshimaAeralPhoto1988JP14.jpg
Islands.image_caption: A 1988 aerial image of Enoshima
Islands.archipelago: Japanese archipelago
Islands.timezone1: Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
Islands.ethnic_groups: Japanese

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==History== ===Classical era=== Benzaiten, the goddess of music and entertainment, is enshrined on the island. The island in its entirety is dedicated to the goddess, who is said to have caused it to rise from the bottom of the sea in the sixth century. The island is the scene of the Enoshima Engi, a history of shrines on Enoshima written by the Japanese Buddhist monk Kōkei in 1047 AD.

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