So what exactly is Okonomiyaki（お好み燒き）? It's a bit like the BBQ that we have in Asia, where everyone sits around a hotplate and cook our own food. It's the ingredients that is different. In Okonomiyaki（お好み燒き）, the dishes are eggs, cabbages, prawns/meat/cheese/etc, that is mixed and cooked. See the photos..
The restaurant was small and quite smoky when all the tables were filled. All of us had to keep our shoes at the front door and changed into a pair of slippers, which in my case, doesn't fit me at all. Then we were led up the staircase to the 2nd floor where we took off the slippers and sat around 2 tables that has a hole under the table for our legs. After more than one and a half hours, all of us are shedding tears, cos the smoke really does get into our eyes.. And all of us smell like okonomiyaki（お好み燒き）when we left the restaurant.
So coincidently, we managed to meet up with the main group who had just visited one of many famous shrine in the area. Next stop is the beach.. We had to take the train from Kamakura station to Shichirigahama station. Again the train is jam-packed with people.. But the Station opposite is empty (see photo).
Although the station is filled with people, but like everywhere in Japan, everyone is queueing up and it was very orderly. The station itself is small and lies among the houses and roads. Everyone would form 2 lines behind the markings on the station floor. No one would try to jump queue or jostle their way in front. That is what I would call a civilized country..
Finally, we reached the beach.. It was beautiful..
The sky was clear, the beach is clean and the sand is so fine.. It's almost picture perfect! Add to that, there are many seagulls flying and gliding above us. It seems like they were playing, just like humans would surfing.. I took many photos of the sea and of the seagulls.. There were several wind-surfers out in the sea that day. And the wind was strong... I had always loved the sea, and that day, the feeling has deepen further..
More pictures of the beach and the sea...
Beach 01
Beach 02
Wind surfer01
Wind surfer02
Seagulls 01
Seagulls 02
Seagulls 03
Seagulls 04
Group photo 01
From the beach we walked to the next train station.. Along the way, I couldn't helped myself and took more pictures...
Beach 03
Beach 04
Beach 05
Beach 06
From afar, we could see Enoshima Island (江ノ島).
At the station, we were dismissed. We could either go back to the dormitory or go continue exploring Kamakura. We decided to go to Enoshima Island to take a look. Again, we took the train to Enoshima Station, and walked toward the island.
As the weather was very good, we could even see Mt. Fuji from the bridge that connects to the island. The sun was setting beside Mt Fuji, and the scene was so beautiful, it felt like a drawing.. I can see the layers of colors emitting from the sun, shining beside Mt Fuji... I just can't find words to describe it...
More photos of Mt Fuji and Enoshima Island
Mt Fuji 01
Mt Fuji 02
Mt Fuji 03
Mt Fuji 04
Mt Fuji 05
Enoshima Island 01
Enoshima Island 02
Enoshima Island 03
Enoshima Island 04
When we reached Enoshima Island it was already 7pm. There is a main road leading to a temple, which unfortunately was closed. We went up to the temple and looked around the outside of the temple. Too bad there were no lightings within the vicinity of the temple. I could only managed to take a few photos.
Photos of Enoshima
Enoshima 01
Enoshima 02
We continue walking up the slopes, hoping to find some place that are well-lit. Unfortunately, there were none.
So in the end, at around 8:30pm we decided to make our way back to the dormitory. And this concludes my first 'tour' of Japan...
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