Joel in Japan

http://www.yukaisoukai.com/tay/ Access: From Ofuna Station (大船駅） West Exit Bus Station with Bus 71/72 to Totsuka Bus Center (戸塚バスセンター） or from Totsuka Station　（戸塚駅） West Exit with Bus 71/72 to Ofuna Station （大船駅）, get out at Sanno Bus Stop (山王バス停）, walk 1 minute Price: JPY 840 (weekend), 740 (weekday), 550 (every 11 and 26nd of the month) Basic modern super sento style bathhouse. The water is hot spring and black. Good rotenburo (outdoor pool) and jet pools. There was also dining place, but I don't think appealing. Big Kanon at Ofuna Station West Exit

Hiking Date: 11 June 2017 Level: Easy Length: 4 hours View: Kamakura city, Yokohama city, Mt. Fuji (weather permitted) Today, we (my guide friend Ikemen-S and I) started at Enoden Hase Station （江ノ電、長谷駅）. After a walk on the road, just before the tunnel, we climbed the stair to enter the Kuzuhara-Daibutsu (Daibutsu = Big Budha) hiking course. We passed the mountain behind the famous Kamakura Big Buddha, since the trees were dense, we could not see the Big Buddha from the mountain. Kamakura city is surrounded by mountain, though it is not that high. The highest point is Mount Ohira (大平山）, only 149.2 m above sea level. After a while, we passed Kuzuharaoka Shrine. There is a place where you can trow a small plate to the rock. It is said that you put all your bad things in the plate, and by throwing it into peaces to the rock, your bad things will go away. The first part of our course, Kuzuhara-Daibutsu course finished in about 1 hour, then we arrived in the city. We walked