Shichirigahama
Sign in to savethumb|275 px|Shichirigahama seen from Inamuragasaki with Koyurugimisaki Cape and Enoshima in the background is a beach near Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which goes from Koyurugimisaki Cape, near Fujisawa, to Inamuragasaki Cape, west of Kamakura. Since from it one could enjoy a clear view of both Mount Fuji and Enoshima at the same time, during the Edo period it was popular as a subject for ukiyo-e. For example, famous ukiyo-e artists Hiroshige and Hokusai both include it in their 36 Views of Mount Fuji. Its dark sands are rich in iron ore which allowed Kamakura to become a florid cen
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11 sectionsContents
- Etymology of the name
- History
- Minamoto no Yoshitsune's letter from Koshigoe
- Inamuragasaki
- Nichiren in Shichirigahama
- Reikō-ji
- Nichiren's pine tree
- Yukiaibashi Bridge
- Koyurugimisaki
- Notes
- References
thumb|275 px|Shichirigahama seen from Inamuragasaki with Koyurugimisaki Cape and Enoshima in the background is a beach near Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, which goes from Koyurugimisaki Cape, near Fujisawa, to Inamuragasaki Cape, west of Kamakura. Since from it one could enjoy a clear view of both Mount Fuji and Enoshima at the same time, during the Edo period it was popular as a subject for ukiyo-e. For example, famous ukiyo-e artists Hiroshige and Hokusai both include it in their 36 Views of Mount Fuji. Its dark sands are rich in iron ore which allowed Kamakura to become a florid center for the production of swords and knives. Its name is usually translated into English as "Seven Ri Beach", the ri being a unit of measurement.
Unlike its easterly neighbor Yuigahama, its floor drops too quickly, so it is not very popular as a sea resort, but surfers are present in every season. Since 1939 it is administratively part of the City of Kamakura. The area is served by the Enoshima Electric Railway, or Enoden, which connects Kamakura Station in Kamakura with Fujisawa Station.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shichirigahama” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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