Enoshima Island at low tide, c. 1910.

“Enoshima Island” at low tide, c. 1910. A wood causeway would be erected in 1914 that made Enoshima accessible during high tide.

“Like Mont St. Michel in Normandy, and its namesake St. Michael’s Mount in Cornwall, Enoshima is only completely surrounded by the waves at high tide.

“[W]hen the waters abate, a stretch of sand is revealed, rendering it possible to cross to the island dryshod.”

– “Enoshima”, The Japan Magazine, July 1912

“Enoshima Island” at low tide, c. 1910. Published by “East Point Ginza”.

“On the coast of the Pacific, within the limits of a day’s trip from Tōkyō, on account of their beautiful scenery and historical interest, Kamakura and Enoshima attract crowds of tourists at every season of the year.

“Botanically they are places of some interest, as they display the general features of the flora of our coastal regions, Enoshima especially being rich in seaweeds. The neighbouring shore districts are diluvial or alluvial plains surrounded by tertiary hills of no great height. The plains are sandy or loamy, but the hills mostly consist of tuffaceous rocks.

“On the sandy beach of Kamakura, we find but a few species of Sargassum and Codium washed ashore, but at Enoshima the marine flora is very rich. The island is well-known among algologists on account of its possessing so many species in so small an area.”

– “Guide to the Botany of Kamakura and Enoshima”, Guide-books of the Pan-Pacific Science Congress, 1926

GUIDE TO THE BOTANY OF KAMAKURA AND ENOSHIMA