Enoshima dreaming
I was pleased to wake up the other day, and find that I had received a nice write up on bastish.net. His post speaks with the voice of a city dweller longing for the country, but not able to give up the comfort of civilization just yet. As I read further into his site, I started to feel a bit of envy as well. 
He posted a very interesting piece on sea kayaking around Enoshima that had me longing for a life in Kanagawa. We have friends in the Enoshima area, and were lucky enough to watch the first sunrise of the year 2000 there. It was a long cold wait for the sun to rise, but it was well worth the wait. As the sun finally came up over the pacific, the horizon was punctuated by the sails of windsurfers riding the first winds of the century.
Enoshima is an absolutely beautiful area, and is definitely on my short list of places to live in here in Japan. So, to Kevin at bastish.net I say, the grass is always greener…
After the watching the sun rise higher, and following the sails as they intersected the sun reflected on the water, we went for a hike on Enoshima. The hike itself was uneventful, although I did find one spot that I would like to return to again. Along one of the trails on the island, there is a metal fence that overlooks the ocean. This is just a normal fence, nothing 
spectacular about its construction at all. It stands out as people have chosen it as a place to seal their love, or so it seems. The fence has a collection of locks on it, that I can only assume were placed there by lovers as a symbolic gesture. I took a photo of one such lock, as it just seemed to jump out to me.
The writing roughly translates to “Always, always together”. As I was there with my then future wife, it must have rubbed off. If you happen by Enoshima, take a look for this lock, it just might rub off on you as well.